#LIFE
- Shorts Programs
- 90 mins
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.








