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A Hurt Like Mine

Film A Hurt Like Mine Directed by Kahea Kiwaha A young boy, haunted by a child-like apparition, struggles to support his mom and baby sister as they…

After the Storm

Film After the Storm Directed by Sungbin Moon A filmmaker calls her now-sober mom, who lives halfway around the world, to confront their traumatic past.

Awit Natin (Our Song)

Film Awit Natin (Our Song) Directed by Pacqui Pascual When their father dies during their mother's hospitalization, a Filipino family bands together to hide the truth.
Documentary Features

BETWEEN GOODBYES

Film BETWEEN GOODBYES Directed by Jota Mun When a queer Korean adoptee visits her original mother in Seoul, long-held regrets and cultural misunderstandings come to…
Narrative Features

BITTERROOT

Film BITTERROOT Directed by Vera Brunner-Sung Reeling from a failed marriage and seeking solace and a new perspective, a Hmong man cares for his…

Bobo in Bliss

Film Bobo in Bliss Directed by Vivian Ip Confronted with a visit by her traditional parents and younger sister to her boarding school, a Singaporean teenager…

Broken Mosaic

Film Broken Mosaic Directed by Alexandra "Lexie" Orr In this punk music video, two mixed Asian-American siblings are always the topic of gossip, but they decide…

Crow, Starfish and Unicorn

Film Crow, Starfish and Unicorn Directed by Xiaoxuan Han A story about crow, starfish, unicorn, and regret.

Daly City

Film Daly City Directed by Nick Hartanto An Indonesian boy and his mother attend a church potluck and lie about their dish.
Pacific Cinewaves

DEAR ALOHA

Film DEAR ALOHA Directed by CRIS ROMENTO Dear Aloha is a heartfelt story about the meaning of aloha through the lives of Diasporic Hawaiians in…

FLIGHT 182

Film FLIGHT 182 Directed by Rippin Sindher Amid rising political tensions, a devoted wife fights to protect her husband from boarding a flight that could…

Grandpa’s Beef Stew

Film Grandpa’s Beef Stew Directed by HaiTao Wu Grandpa's Beef Stew follows a young protagonist's emotional journey as he grapples with his grandfather's Alzheimer's, uncovering the…

Growing Up

Film 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…

GYOPO

Film GYOPO Directed by Christina YR Lim A family goes to great lengths to protect a 10-year-old aspiring violinist from discovering the truth about her…

Have I Swallowed Your Dreams

Film Have I Swallowed Your Dreams Directed by Clara Chan A poetic conversation between an immigrant daughter and her mother about sacrifices and dreams.

HOLY HEAVINESS

Film HOLY HEAVINESS Directed by Farnoosh Abedi-Negah Fardiar The unbearable lightness of the death of loved ones… There are wounds in life that eat away at…
Pacific Cinewaves

KÜĪ

Film KÜĪ Directed by Kahu Kaiha In the face of her mother's absence and her father's alcoholism, 12 year old girl, Küī, rises above…
Documentary Features

LIGHT OF A SETTING SUN

Film LIGHT OF A SETTING SUN Directed by Vicky Du A Taiwanese-American filmmaker questions her family's silence around the cycles of violence that have persisted since the Chinese…

Maybe It’s Just the Rain

Film Maybe It’s Just the Rain Directed by Reina Bonta In their debut, an underdog group of young women become the first Filipino team in history to win…

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,…

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…

Prematho

Film Prematho Directed by Harshith S. Kotni When a perfectionist teenage Bharatanatyam dancer is denied her Arangayram (recital), she must realize that impeccable technique alone…

Rising

Film Rising Directed by Evelyn Hang Yin RISING traces the history of China Alley in Hanford, California and how four generations of the Wing family…

Roots That Reach Toward The Sky

Film 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…

Ruya

Film Ruya Directed by Nicole Mairose Dizon When a T’boli dreamweaver goes into a coma, her anxious, insomniac daughter must dream and communicate with Fu…
Narrative Features

SURRENDER

Film SURRENDER Directed by Jess Dang Triggered and wanting to escape her past trauma, Naomi, a young Asian American female, falls into the world…

Swimming Lessons

Film Swimming Lessons Directed by Meloddy Gao Swimming Lessons is a personal, reflexive film that follows a daughter of Chinese immigrants who yearns to understand…

Tasting Heritage

Film Tasting Heritage Directed by Emily Strong Tasting Heritage is a nourishing coming of heritage story of a Korean-adopted woman named Emily Flynn.

The Roof Over My Head

Film The Roof Over My Head Directed by Madison Buchanan An Appalachian family recount their lifetime journey with unstable housing and houselessness.

Things We Carry

Film Things We Carry Directed by Yifan Zhang On her first Chinese new year's eve in Australia, Yan realises that her 8-year-old son, Yuan Yuan, might…

Three Ates and a Wedding

Film Three Ates and a Wedding Directed by Kevin Ang Three vastly different Filipino-Canadian sisters ​accidentally ruin their younger brother’s wedding.

U-turn

Film U-turn Directed by Mahin Sadri It's about a middle aged woman who wants to try another shape of life but she is a…
Documentary Features

VOICES OF DEOLI

Film VOICES OF DEOLI Directed by Lulu Men Voices of Deoli is a poignant documentary that follows the lives of survivors of the Deoli internment camp,…

Who Are You, Nanu?

Film Who Are You, Nanu? Directed by Anjini Taneja Azhar After her Nanu's (meaning 'grandfather' in Hindi) ceremonial cremation brings her to the Holy Ganges River in India…

Wouldn’t Make It Any Other Way

Film Wouldn’t Make It Any Other Way Directed by Hao Zhou Having built a colorful queer life in Iowa, an aspiring costume designer visits their island homeland of Guam…
Documentary Features

YEAR OF THE CAT

Film YEAR OF THE CAT Directed by Tony Nguyen YEAR OF THE CAT follows filmmaker Tony Nguyen on an extraordinary quest to solve the mystery of his…

Yú Cì (Fish Bones)

Film Yú Cì (Fish Bones) Directed by Kevin Xian Ming Yu Bowen, a nonbinary Asian-American from Queens, tries to connect with their estranged father and help him deal with…