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#LIFE

Filmmakers in attendance. Film program will be followed by Q&A

Films of love, new beginnings, will make you recall. That we’re here to witness, we really don’t know life at all.

In this program


REMEMBER

Directed by: Jessica Sanders | 3 mins

Visual Poem by Jessica Sanders, poetry by Joy Harjo, the first US Native American Poet Laureate.

beautiful country

Directed by: Jess X. Snow | 4 mins

In the height of pandemic, the relationship between an Asian American musician and activist deteriorates as they confront the reality of anti-asian violence.

THE SYED FAMILY XMAS EVE GAME NIGHT

Directed by: Fawzia Mirza | 11 mins

All cards are on the table when a queer Muslim woman brings her partner home for the first time on the family’s annual game night.

ALL I EVER WANTED

Directed by: Erin Lau | 15 mins

Romcom obsessed Christine always longed for the picture-perfect romance, but she’s confronted with the fact that her ideal prince charming might be a princess charming.

SUBMITTAN

Directed by: Susumu Kimura | 19 mins

A mother’s decision for survival takes us into an unflinching view of Submittan, a future city with compromised morality.

HK UPRISING

Directed by: TT Takemoto | 3 mins

A tribute to the ongoing protests taking place in Hong Kong.

ELVIS OF LAOS

Directed by: Van Ditthavong | 12 mins

Through dance and conversations – a famous Lao singer, his son, and granddaughter examine the artist’s inspirations after leaving the war torn country in 1974.

GOOD NEWS

Directed by: Osric Chau | 14 mins

Ryan struggles with the news of an unplanned pregnancy and his wife Nicole’s decision to keep it.

SUBSCRIBE / FOLLOW

Directed by: Faroukh Virani | 15 mins

A social media influencer code switches his platform, but gets challenged by his peers when they find faults in his messaging.

Dates & Times

Past

Directors Guild of America

Sun, May 8
5:00 pm