
#LIFE #TIMES
- Shorts Programs
- 94 mins
Filmmakers in attendance. Film program will be followed by Q&A.
Across time and space, these films explore finding your place on your own terms.
In this program
Charlie Can Talk
Directed by Oliver Evangelista
A faith-healing debt collector crosses paths with a stutterer.
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 father and musical hero.
NANI
Directed by Mainak Dhar
On her yearly trip home for Eid, Maisha rebels against family expectations to give her grandmother a fleeting moment of freedom she’s long been denied.
Puberty for Humans
Directed by Wester Demandante
In an educational video preparing students for cybernetic bodily changes, Linus learns that everything will be okay… for everyone else.
Rising
Directed by Evelyn Hang Yin
RISING traces the history of China Alley in Hanford, California and how four generations of the Wing family established and maintained their roots in Central Valley.
Swimming Lessons
Directed by Meloddy Gao
Swimming Lessons is a personal, reflexive film that follows a daughter of Chinese immigrants who yearns to understand her transoceanic family’s expressions of grief. During a summer visit to the home her parents left behind in Beijing, China, she tries to learn what they never taught her: how to navigate a heat wave, how to cook watermelon, and how to say goodbye.
Dates & Times
AMC Atlantic Times Square 14
May 4, 2025
6:45 pm