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BORDERLANDS

Filmmakers in attendance. Film program will be followed by Q&A.

Explore liminal worlds – those in-between realms where reality blurs, time shifts, and identities are in flux. Through themes of transition, from childhood to womanhood or the spiritual to the physical, these films invite us into the charged, transformative moments of change. 

In this program


Eighth Dimension

Directed by Haneol Lee

Preparing for the mandatory Korean military service, Joseph, a Korean-American, stores his belongings in a church attic with his father.

Mannequin

Directed by Mark Tran

A sleep-deprived father forms an eerie bond with a mannequin, blurring the lines between reality and fantasy.

Rooftop Lempicka

Directed by Hang Luong Nguyen

While her mother is expecting their second child, young Thi befriends club waitress Ngoc who has just moved in to tenant in their family′s house. As their friendship grows, she finds out that Ngoc is an undisclosed sex worker.

Rosa’s Flowers

Directed by Amanda Ann-Min Wong

In 1998 Indonesia, two girls promise to stay friends forever. 25 years later, Emily dreams about Rosa, her childhood friend.

Wild Animal

Directed by Tianyun Lyu

In the Mongolian wilds, a hunter’s heir,
With his father, a bond so rare.
Kindness within, ‘midst nature’s might,
A tale of love, in the wild’s wild fight.

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