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8AM & 8PM
Film
8AM & 8PM
Directed by Sanjna Bharadwaj
On the day of her engagement, Sonali is surprised by an early morning visit from an estranged friend.
Documentary Features
ABOVE AND BELOW THE GROUND
Film
ABOVE AND BELOW THE GROUND
Directed by Emily Hong
In Myanmar’s first and only country-wide environmental movement, Indigenous punk rock pastors and women activists protect a sacred…
ALL THIS WASTED SPACE
Film
ALL THIS WASTED SPACE
Directed by Cris Bringas
The search for a burial token for her mother forces a woman to dig up a buried past…
ART21: CHRISTINE SUN KIM
Film
ART21: CHRISTINE SUN KIM
Directed by Chiemi Karasawa
A portrait of artist Christine Sun Kim and her practice.
Documentary Features
ASHIMA
Film
ASHIMA
Directed by Kenji Tsukamoto
A year in the life of 13-year-old elite rock climber Ashima Shiraishi as she balances fame, career, and…
ASIAN BITCHES SPEAK
Film
ASIAN BITCHES SPEAK
Directed by Janet Chen (Ma)
After generations of cultural silence, years of pandemic anxiety, and one anti-Asian hate crime, queer filmmaker Janet and…
BABY GAY
Film
BABY GAY
Directed by Arielle Frances Bagood
Desperate to finally prove her bisexuality, Stevie Lee bluffs her way into a lesbian threesome thinking she’ll “figure…
BEFORE DAWN, KABUL TIME
Film
BEFORE DAWN, KABUL TIME
Directed by Tara Motamedi
In the wake of the Americans announcing their withdrawal from Afghanistan, an Afghan prosecutor fleeing from the Taliban…
BUTTERFLY/BATAPLAI
Film
BUTTERFLY/BATAPLAI
Directed by Veialu Aila-Unsworth
A Papua New Guinean/American woman challenges her evangelist father’s strict rules to find her voice as a makeup…
Narrative Features
CHAPERONE
Film
CHAPERONE
Directed by Zoë Eisenberg
Alienated by friends and family for her lack of ambition, 29-year-old Misha finds a dangerous acceptance in a…
Pacific Cinewaves
COME TOGETHER
Film
COME TOGETHER
Directed by Honestine Pa'ala-Fraser
Inspired by the 1978 documentary “Omai Fa’atasi: Samoa Mo Samoa,” a teenage girl growing up in a strict…
CROSSROADS
Film
CROSSROADS
Directed by Libby Chun
On the eve of her 16th birthday, Shylo Song must decide whether she, her younger sister, and their…
DAISY IS GONE
Film
DAISY IS GONE
Directed by Ziyao Liu
An absurdist sci-fi with comedic overtones.
Pacific Cinewaves
DAUGHTER OF GUAM
Film
DAUGHTER OF GUAM
Directed by Alfred Bordallo
PARA I ONRA; A love letter to our CHamoru matriarchs; A young woman embraces her responsibility as a…
DIANA
Film
DIANA
Directed by Luo-Bing Pan
A young Chinese trans woman navigates through a fraudulent marriage and a turbulent friendship as a recent immigrant…
DUCKWORTHY
Film
DUCKWORTHY
Directed by M.G. Evangelista
A candid conversation with Senator Ladda Tammy Duckworth, army veteran, mother, one of only two AAPI senators currently…
FORTUNE COOKIE
Film
FORTUNE COOKIE
Directed by Fu Yang
A fortune-cookie-head crumbles himself, piece by piece in order to keep devouring creatures out of his way...
FRAGMENTED
Film
FRAGMENTED
Directed by T. L. Quach
The late stage of dementia erases memories of his wife, but her recollection of their past renews their…
GRAPEFRUIT
Film
GRAPEFRUIT
Directed by Jessica Liu
Strangers connect over grapefruit, jelly, and a chance to truly be seen.
Cinema Musica
HAPPY MOTHER’S DAY
Film
HAPPY MOTHER’S DAY
Directed by Anisha Adusumilli, Mukesh Vidyasagar
A woman collects blessings from mother LA and gives them to her ancestors.
Documentary Features
HOME COURT
Film
HOME COURT
Directed by Erica Tanamachi
Home Court traces the ascent of Ashley Chea, a Cambodian American basketball prodigy whose life intensifies amid recruitment, injury,…
Documentary Features
HOW TO SUE THE KLAN
Film
HOW TO SUE THE KLAN
Directed by John Beder
The story of how five Black women from Chattanooga used legal ingenuity to take on the Ku Klux…
I LOVE YOU, YOUR KAMO
Film
I LOVE YOU, YOUR KAMO
Directed by Isaac Kau
A 93-year old Taiwanese widow recounts her love story with her late husband and the sacrifices they made…
Democracy Series
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Documentary Features
INVISIBLE NATION
Film
INVISIBLE NATION
Directed by Vanessa Hope
In this urgently timely and insightful portrait of Taiwanese politics, director Vanessa Hope, with unprecedented access to Taiwan’s…
Documentary Features
JEWELLE: A JUST VISION
Film
JEWELLE: A JUST VISION
Directed by Madeleine Lim
From Black Power in late-60s Boston, to AIDS activism in mid-80s New York, to Marriage Equality in early-10s…
KILIG!
Film
KILIG!
Directed by Kacey Layson
A film about a mother and daughter, meeting each other where they are.
LADKE
Film
LADKE
Directed by Sruchi Patel
After seeing the coolest shoes on campus, Saloni, a hopeless romantic, embarks on a quest to find the…
LET LOVE FLOW – AN OH MYH DATING HELL STORY
Film
LET LOVE FLOW – AN OH MYH DATING HELL STORY
Directed by Ryan Fukuda
A woman past her prime age of marriage, seeking to find her perfect match, goes blindly into a…
LOLA
Film
LOLA
Directed by Grace Hanna
A thirteen-year-old science prodigy is on a mission to cure her grandmother's dementia by traveling inside her grandma's…
Narrative Features
MADINA
Film
MADINA
Directed by Aizhan Kassymbek
Madina, a single mother whose day-to-day routine is a battle for survival with lack of confidence in the…
MERCY
Film
MERCY
Directed by Xinyue Wu
After losing her leg, a young girl becomes a passionate advocate for disability rights, facing unexpected challenges in…
NO ESCAPE
Film
NO ESCAPE
Directed by Leena Kurishingal
A couple's romantic weekend in the woods goes awry with an unwelcome spooky arrival.
Documentary Features
NOBUKO MIYAMOTO: A SONG IN MOVEMENT
Film
NOBUKO MIYAMOTO: A SONG IN MOVEMENT
Directed by Quyên Nguyen-Le, Tadashi Nakamura
NOBUKO MIYAMOTO: A SONG IN MOVEMENT is a sweeping documentary that follows the life of visionary artist-activist Nobuko…
OF SILENCE AND SONG
Film
OF SILENCE AND SONG
Directed by Dai Leyi
A pregnant single mother grapples with revealing the truth to her family as she navigates a world embroiled…
OVER EASY
Film
OVER EASY
Directed by Jiyeon Kim-Myung
Two women who just wanted a fun and casual night are delivered a giant egg that will hatch…
PAMILYA
Film
PAMILYA
Directed by Miles Blacket
The film follows the FDWA, an organisation dedicated to assisting Filipino victims of modern slavery in the UK,…
QUEERFULLY DEPARTED
Film
QUEERFULLY DEPARTED
Directed by Trent Nakamura
A beyond the grave love story between a patient and her gynecologist.
ROCK THE CRADLE
Film
ROCK THE CRADLE
Directed by Asis Sethi
When the grips of postpartum depression engulf a new struggling South Asian mother, she must learn to stay…
ROOTS + WINGS: PARISA PARNIAN
Film
ROOTS + WINGS: PARISA PARNIAN
Directed by Irene Yadao, Lisa Yadao, Michelle Sampior
Episode 3 of Roots & Wings features Parisa Parnian, an Iranian-American multi-disciplinary artist and culinary creative who uses…
Narrative Features
SALLI
Film
SALLI
Directed by Chien-Hung Lien
An online romance with a foreigner takes a lonely middle-aged chicken farmer to an unknown land. Despite everyone…
SHOT CLOCK
Film
SHOT CLOCK
Directed by King Lu
Three teenagers - an Asian boy, Black boy, and Latina girl - weaponize their race and gender to…
Narrative Features
SMOKING TIGERS
Film
SMOKING TIGERS
Directed by So Young Shelly Yo
Over one summer spent at an elite academic bootcamp, a lonely korean-american teenager hides her true identity to…
SPECIAL CAMP
Film
SPECIAL CAMP
Directed by Teresa Takaki Matsushima
Special Camp, for the Asian American developmentally disabled, celebrates its 50th year in 2024.
SPORTS DAY
Film
SPORTS DAY
Directed by Jessica Wu
A girl struggles for her mom's approval in a lively school sports event.
THE BOTANICAL GARDENS: AN URBAN OASIS
Film
THE BOTANICAL GARDENS: AN URBAN OASIS
Directed by Glenda Vallejo
This documentary explores the role of the McAllen Nature Center (formerly known as The Botanical Gardens) as an…
Cinema Musica
UNDOCUFORCE BY SOULTREE
Film
UNDOCUFORCE BY SOULTREE
Directed by Josef Akira
Expressions of Asian Pacific Healing and Martial Arts weave and dance beautifully between the artist, Soultree, and their…
Narrative Features
WAKHRI
Film
WAKHRI
Directed by Iram Parveen Bilal
A widowed school teacher becomes a viral sensation overnight when she accidentally unleashes her unabashed opinions on social…
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