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shareFilmmakers in attendance. Film program will be followed by Q&A.
As long as we’ve been telling stories, tales of longing have been part of the human ethos. They are no stranger to any medium, let alone cinema. Plots and characters change, but the sentiment is always the same and always relevant. Yet, just as in life, longing is never the end of the story. Comfort, connection, or a revelation emerge in unexpected ways—through new companions, within our families and friends, the language we share, or even a new hairdo.
In this program
A Summer’s End Poem
Directed by Lam Can-zhao
Shortly before the end of the summer holidays, a country boy spends his savings on his dream of a city hairstyle – with surprising results. A story about bidding farewell to childhood and the poetic end of a summer.
Growing Up
Directed by Ann Sun
We all have that moment when we suddenly realize: we’re the same age as our parents when they had us! GROWING UP is inspired by that realization.
Through old VHS tapes, the filmmaker embarks on a journey to revisit her childhood in China, ultimately gaining a deeper understanding of the adults around her and the cyclical nature of life.
Mr. Corruption
Directed by Simeon Hu
Father and son chase buried millions in Ojai’s wilderness. One needs escape from Chinese authorities, the other from crushing debt. Unknown pursuers close in on their secret.
My Only Friend is a Robot Named Beans
Directed by Anika Kan Grevstad
Ruby finds her lonesome routines disrupted when she makes an unlikely new friend: a mail-order robot.
RECOLLECTORS
Directed by Ran Ran Wang
Two strangers work to determine what is worth remembering while language, and memory, deteriorates.
Roots That Reach Toward The Sky
Directed by Jess X. Snow
When her immigrant mother’s Chinese Traditional Medicine shop gets vandalized, Kai, a young botanist is thrust in between her mother’s grief and her partner’s mission for community mutual aid, and must confront the healing she most resists.
Dates & Times
AMC Atlantic Times Square 14
May 3, 2025
2:00 pm
