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Filmmakers in attendance. Film program will be followed by Q&A
A legacy program with the film festival that has welcomed award-winning filmmakers early in their career. Experience a range of storytelling styles from the next generation. The future is now.
In this program
REIWA 9000
Directed by Ray Yamamoto
Per the request of his grandmother, a Japanese-American man goes to the beach in Los Angeles
POACHERS
Directed by Tiffany Lin
During the summer before college, two best friends come across a unique business opportunity: illegally harvesting and selling succulents from the California coast.
BUSAN, 1999
Directed by Thomas Kim
An expecting Korean-American woman returns to her mother’s rustic home. They bathe and scrub each other, searching for reconnection and redemption.
MAN BROWS
Directed by Rohan Srinivasan
An Indian-American teenager is forced to confront his “masculine” insecurities when he gets his eyebrows threaded.
A THOUSAND CARS AT NIGHT LOOKS LIKE A MOVING TRAIN
Directed by Colin Wang, Max DeFalco
A homeless man, chronic daydreamer, aspiring fisherman, stumbles upon guidance from an eccentric self-help program.
CROSSWINDS
Directed by Candace Ho
On the eve of her move out of LA, a second generation Chinese American woman learns how to let go.
BEAUTY QUEEN
Directed by Myra Aquino
Set in the Philippines during World War II, a young woman struggles to find purpose after losing her father.