FROM VISIONS TO REEL: GROWING PAINS
- Shorts Program
- 87 mins
Filmmakers in attendance. Film program will be followed by Q&A.
Witness the journey of identity and self-discovery unfold in these stories of growing up, where the path is anything but easy.
In this program
ACCIDENTALLY INTENTIONAL
Directed by Kevin Rahardjo
A 16-year-old teenager is watching porn for the first time when accidentally the audio is connected to his mother’s car Bluetooth. He is punished by his devout Christian parents and asked to repent without explanation.
CROSSROADS
Directed by Libby Chun
On the eve of her 16th birthday, Shylo Song must decide whether she, her younger sister, and their grandmother should leave their childhood home in the midst of a disastrous drought.
DIANA
Directed by Luo-Bing Pan
A young Chinese trans woman navigates through a fraudulent marriage and a turbulent friendship as a recent immigrant in the United States.
KOI
Directed by RJ Siu
KOI follows the misadventures of four Asian American roommates (RJ, David, Jihoon, Will) in their mid-twenties learning to work hard and play harder.
LADKE
Directed by Sruchi Patel
After seeing the coolest shoes on campus, Saloni, a hopeless romantic, embarks on a quest to find the boy wearing them. There’s only one problem: She has no idea what he looks like.
THỜI THƠ ẤU (CHILDHOOD)
Directed by Vi Tuong Bui
Thời Thơ Ấu (Childhood) explores my understanding of my bố mẹ (parents) as people outside of their roles as my parents through looking at how they dream for their late parents and homeland as former refugees of the American War in Vietnam / Vietnam War.