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Coming of Age
ADVENTURE UNDERGROUND
Film
ADVENTURE UNDERGROUND
Directed by Zhenyi li
Twelve-year-old Yi is ready to flatten his school teacher’s car tire with his buddy, but it comes with…
Documentary Features
Always
Film
Always
Directed by Deming Chen
A cinematic allegory of a boy becoming a teenager in rural China. Searching through an emotional landscape of…
American Boy
Film
American Boy
Directed by Undocumented Immigrant
With the looming threat of deportation. Sam, who is undocumented, is on a night out with his two…
Anino
Film
Anino
Directed by MG Evangelista
A quiet teen inherits a dark and ancestral force that helps her to take on her bully.
Pacific Cinewaves
Ata Pūao
Film
Ata Pūao
Directed by Allie Howell
Amid the nightlife of a new city, a young Māori trans-woman reckons with safety, isolation, and the fragile…
Because of You: A History of Kilawin Kolektibo
Film
Because of You: A History of Kilawin Kolektibo
Directed by Barbara Malaran, Desireena Almoradie
Joyful, raw, revolutionary: Because of You: A History of Kilawin Kolektibo tells the remarkable story of queer Filipinxs…
daylight
Film
daylight
Directed by Andrea A. Walter
A young vampire; afraid of who she has become, goes on a night out and rediscovers who she…
Each Solitary Moment
Film
Each Solitary Moment
Directed by Jingwen Fang
It's a serendipitous encounter - two Chinese high school girls track a certain adult woman living in New…
Enjoy The View
Film
Enjoy The View
Directed by Ana Chen, Jude Garcia
A recollection of memory in honor of caretakers everywhere.
Enough
Film
Enough
Directed by Brian Tee
While researching a class assignment, a disillusioned college student crosses paths with a quiet librarian and is drawn…
glide (all the people i’ll never be)
Film
glide (all the people i’ll never be)
Directed by Li Anne Liew
Between life and death, a young ghost comes to terms with her loneliness when she becomes a spectator…
HARVEST PARTY AT CAMP TWO
Film
HARVEST PARTY AT CAMP TWO
Directed by Rajan Gill, Reaa Puri
It was a summer of romance, race-wars, and rock n’ roll. Unable to attend their local prom, HARVEST…
HEADBANG
Film
HEADBANG
Directed by Anna Khaja
An American perspective on the hijab and female empowerment that resonates with universal questions of selfhood and freedom.
Animation
Insider
Film
Insider
Directed by Longyin Zhou
A treasure hunt through memory and self leads the panda to embrace the long-forgotten version of himself.
Lamento Americano
Film
Lamento Americano
Directed by Alejandro Joaquin
A young immigrant confronts the changes that come with a green card marriage and the death of his…
Animation
Living On The Edge Of The Internet
Film
Living On The Edge Of The Internet
Directed by Clarisse Chua
It’s the early 2000s, the internet is new and janky and a 7 year old girl struggles to…
Animation
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VC Presents
Ramen Western
Film
Ramen Western
Directed by Meloddy Gao
A young Chinese American girl sets off to uncover the secrets of the American West with an unexpected…
Saint Andrews
Film
Saint Andrews
Directed by Erin Ramírez
Coming to terms with her family’s racial prejudice, a Chinese-Jamaican teenager is pushed to carry out a subtle act of defiance-- one which may have permanent consequences.
Soaring Hoops
Film
Soaring Hoops
Directed by Guanzheng Gao, Yasheng Tao, Yiwei
A Tibetan boy's journey across the plateau to find a perfect basketball court leads him to a group…
Pacific Cinewaves
Socks
Film
Socks
Directed by Todd Karehana
In small-town New Zealand, a young indigenous Māori boy feels an unexpected bond with a Mormon missionary.
VC Presents
Somewhere to be
Film
Somewhere to be
Directed by Libby Chun
A young woman's efforts to bring her runaway sister back home turn into a strange night in an…
Stroke of Dreams
Film
Stroke of Dreams
Directed by Tracy Nguyen
Two best friends Sarah and Emily share joyful, summer rituals before the start of their first college semester:…
Pacific Cinewaves
The Arrangements
Film
The Arrangements
Directed by Sonny Ganaden
Three Micronesian boys in Hawaii have a day to prepare for a funeral and find their friend’s hidden…
The Last Resort
Film
The Last Resort
Directed by Sarita Khurana
In the first-ever Indian retirement complex in the U.S, a tight-knit group of Indian immigrants forge a resilient…
The Sharp Point of Time
Film
The Sharp Point of Time
Directed by Andrew Acedo
An immigrant Filipina mother who had dreams of being a filmmaker just wants her America-born son to not…
Three Ladies & A Fake ID
Film
Three Ladies & A Fake ID
Directed by Brandon Okumura
Three middle aged women get fake IDs to score a senior discount at a local restaurant.
When The Tiger Roars
Film
When The Tiger Roars
Directed by LAM Can-zhao
A tiger's escape shatters the long silence between a father and his son, with suppressed love shining through…
Cinema Musica
Why Are You Like This?
Film
Why Are You Like This?
Directed by Sung Eun (Grace) Park
A girl in her early 20s confronts her roommate Monster for all the problems he's been causing.
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