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All Films & Events

Listed here are all the Festival film and events, in alphabetical order.


Memory Palace

Film Memory Palace Directed by Steven Gong After college, Steven revisits the places that defined each era of his life: early adolescence in the suburbs,…
Documentary Features

MISTRESS DISPELLER

Film MISTRESS DISPELLER Directed by Elizabeth Lo Desperate to save her marriage, a woman in China hires a professional to go undercover and break up…
Narrative Features

MOLOKAʻI BOUND

Film MOLOKAʻI BOUND Directed by Alika Tengan A Hawaiian man recently released from prison, struggles to reconnect and reconcile with his son and heritage.
Narrative Features

MONGRELS

Film MONGRELS Directed by Jerome Yoo In rural Canada in the 1990s, a Korean family - a widower, his teenage son, and young daughter…

Mr. Corruption

Film 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…

My Comrade

Film My Comrade Directed by Tathagata Ghosh When a wounded rebel accidentally takes refuge in the home of a tribal villager, both the men's lives…

My Only Friend is a Robot Named Beans

Film 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.

Myself When I Am Real

Film Myself When I Am Real Directed by Angeline Gragasin Set in the year 2000, a single mother and her teenage daughter struggle to make friends and find…

NANI

Film NANI Directed by Mainak Dhar On her yearly trip home for Eid, Maisha rebels against family expectations to give her grandmother a fleeting…
Documentary Features

NEW WAVE

Film NEW WAVE Directed by Elizabeth Ai Mile-high hair. Synthesized sounds. Teenage rebellion. Elizabeth Ai was on a mission to excavate an untold story of…

Newbies

Film Newbies Directed by Kimiko Matsuda-Lawrence, Megan Trufant Tillman Two broken strangers wrestling with their queer identities meet on the subway just after midnight. A poignant, poetic…
Pacific Cinewaves

Not A U.S. Citizen

Film Not A U.S. Citizen Directed by Gabby Alafagamalufilufi Faʻaiʻuaso, John Niko Pātū The film follows the perspectives of American Samoans, who navigate the complexities of being "non-citizen nationals" of the…
Documentary Features, Special Presentations

OH, SAIGON: A WAR IN THE FAMILY

Film OH, SAIGON: A WAR IN THE FAMILY Directed by Đoan Hoàng Curtis One of the rare Vietnam War documentary films made by a Vietnamese-born director, Oh, Saigon gives a Vietnamese…

Ohio is in the Heart

Film Ohio is in the Heart Directed by Sonia Desai Rayka A mother and daughter in Ohio reflect on their Filipino roots that propel their advocacy for a more…
Documentary Features

ON HEALING LAND, BIRDS PERCH

Film ON HEALING LAND, BIRDS PERCH Directed by Naja Phạm Lockwood ON HEALING LAND, BIRDS PERCH is a short documentary that tells the remarkable stories behind one of the…