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1001 Frames

Film 1001 Frames Directed by Mehrnoush Alia Auditioning for the dream role of Scheherazade in One Thousand and One Nights becomes a nightmare in this form-blurring thriller.
Animation

113 Words For You Today

Film 113 Words For You Today Directed by BoQing Tang, Lan Zeng On a frozen planet where every word costs energy, a worker endures silence, storms, and solitude, saving his…

4 Sundays in September

Film 4 Sundays in September Directed by Mun Chee Yong Mari, an Indonesian migrant domestic worker, seeks abortion to avoid being deported from Singapore.

A SOUTH FACING WINDOW

Film A SOUTH FACING WINDOW Directed by Lkhagvadulam Purev-Ochir Azaa and Shagai, a couple in their late 20s, are living in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia with their 6-year-old daughter. On…

Accelerant

Film Accelerant Directed by Dorothy Xiao As crippling debt mounts, a down-on-his-luck gambling addict goes to the extreme to save his family’s failing ice…

Adult Sitters

Film Adult Sitters Directed by Ann Sun An artist and her boyfriend turn the family house into chaos while the parents are away. As the…

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…

Agapito

Film Agapito Directed by Arvin Belarmino and Kyla Romero It's the last day of the month. Bowlers flock to the lanes of a bowling alley that has…

Alas

Film Alas Directed by Marcos Nieves A young undocumented music video director must choose between a dream opportunity abroad and the family and community…

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.
Animation, Narrative Features, Special Presentations

Another World

Film Another World Directed by Tommy NG Kai Chung Spirit guide Gudo befriends a young girl named Yuri, whose death has cursed her with rage and regret—…
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…

Ban Dal (Half-moon)

Film Ban Dal (Half-moon) Directed by Hae-Sup SIN Annette accompanies her adopted son to Korea, where she meets his birth mother for the first time.

Besieged

Film Besieged Directed by Kiarash Ardeshirpour An oppressed Iranian mother’s secret plan to escape the country unravels when her young daughter disappears after school…

Collection Title: Turtle

Film Collection Title: Turtle Directed by Ehsan Majouni I believe someday all immigrants will be washed ashore to their homeland.

Colors of the Sky’s End

Film Colors of the Sky’s End Directed by Catherine Truc Cam Nguyen A Vietnamese-American photographer seeking inspiration in Sa Dec, Vietnam discovers an abandoned baby, sparking a controversial creative journey…

Correspondence

Film Correspondence Directed by Paul Oh A filmmaker participates in a Victim Offender Dialogue (VOD) with the murderer of his grandmother

DASHER

Film DASHER Directed by Alexander Bocchieri A down-and-out food delivery driver and a wayward restaurant worker team up for a chaotic night of deliveries…

Date

Film Date Directed by Zaynwell Zheng After a misunderstanding shatters a fragile connection, a young performer retreats into memory and, on a windy day,…

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…
Narrative Features

Diamonds in the Sand

Film Diamonds in the Sand Directed by Janus Victoria A lonely divorced salaryman travels from Tokyo to Manila after a chance encounter with a Filipina migrant worker,…

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…

Grace

Film Grace Directed by Jana Park Honolulu, 1959: Two women hide their forbidden love—one resisting the pressure to marry, the other her nation's admission…

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.

Her Last Day in the U.S.

Film Her Last Day in the U.S. Directed by Armando Ibanez For nearly 40 years, Leonor has lived in the U.S. as an undocumented immigrant mother. Now, everything is…

Hokia

Film Hokia Directed by India Fremaux A warring teenage girl and her mother make a road trip to see the whānau matriarch.

Home Visit

Film Home Visit Directed by Anushka Shah, Danna Kim A queer couple prepares for one of their moms to visit their apartment for lunch in hopes of…
Narrative Features

Honeyjoon

Film Honeyjoon Directed by Lilian T. Mehrel A surprisingly sexy, darkly funny, emotional rollercoaster... about a mother-daughter trip, life, loss, and flirting.
Animation, VC Presents

Hugs & Kisses

Film Hugs & Kisses Directed by Alexandra “Lexie” Orr A soon to be born daughter feels her mom give her hugs & kisses and reminisces on what…
Pacific Cinewaves

I Am Not Your Dusky Maiden

Film I Am Not Your Dusky Maiden Directed by Vea Mafile'o When a Samoan woman enters therapy, she must navigate a series of alter egos protecting her from painful…

i saw you in the flood

Film i saw you in the flood Directed by Kevin Xian Ming Yu As their grandfather's health worsens in Northeast China, Kai, a genderqueer Chinese-American in Queens, is visited by a…
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…

Long’s Long Lost & Mini Mart

Film Long’s Long Lost & Mini Mart Directed by Julian Doan In the seedy back rooms of a Little Saigon convenience store, a young customer seeking closure reanimates his…

Los Tirados

Film Los Tirados Directed by Javier Lopez Quintana Jorge Tirado and his family confront the joy and pain that comes with running a Mexican Panaderia in…
Narrative Features

Lucky Lu

Film Lucky Lu Directed by Lloyd Lee Choi Lucky Lu follows a New York City delivery rider whose world is turned upside down when he loses…

Memoria

Film Memoria Directed by Ross Vasallo Under the weight of religious expectation, a teenager sifts through layered memories and reflections until they finally see…
Cinema Musica

Midsea – The Bog

Film Midsea – The Bog Directed by Steven Gong Across San Francisco's land, sea, and underground, Midsea faces the siren-call of "the bog."

Milk & Honey

Film Milk & Honey Directed by Rachel Leyco An ambitious Filipina nurse leaves her family behind in the Philippines to chase the American Dream in the…

Mr. Ramen

Film Mr. Ramen Directed by Mia Hagerty, Shubhra Dubey Thirty two years ago, Shinobu-san opened Mr. Ramen on Little Tokyo’s historic 1st Street. In the wake of…

Nak Muay

Film Nak Muay Directed by Tinge Krishnan A fallen Muay Thai star, consumed by fame and excess, faces self-destruction—until a brutal defeat offers the one…

No One Knows I Disappeared

Film No One Knows I Disappeared Directed by Hanxiong Bo In a wintry Chinese city under quiet surveillance, a caregiver’s search for a vanished elderly woman blurs into…
Animation

Ordinary Life

Film Ordinary Life Directed by Yoriko MIZUSHIRI Ordinary life repeats itself every day while the succession of moments that we repeat over and over again…
Animation

Out of Eden

Film Out of Eden Directed by Siege Ledesma In search of deliverance in a post-apocalyptic Philippines, a distraught mother takes her reluctant daughter on a secret…
Animation

Paper Daughter

Film Paper Daughter Directed by Cami Kwan A young Chinese woman grapples with the guilt of using the identity of a deceased girl to immigrate…

Parhelio

Film Parhelio Directed by Karla Vargas Gastélum The future of an undocumented woman and her teenage son is jeopardized after a chance encounter with a…

Pigeon Soup

Film Pigeon Soup Directed by Lynn Liu In a rural village, a paralyzed grandmother and her pigeon-raising husband move through slow days shaped by quiet…
Narrative Features

Pinch

Film Pinch Directed by Uttera Singh One misstep. One lie. A neighbourhood ready to erupt.
As a woman battles harassment and hush-hush hypocrisy,
In a world…
Narrative Features

Reunion

Film Reunion Directed by John Woochong Kim A despondent Asian American funeral home worker, goes to his high school reunion with hopes of jump starting his…

Roommates

Film Roommates Directed by Jonathan "JD" De Guzman II A young man fights his desire for his best friend's boyfriend.

Rope

Film Rope Directed by Lucas Manuel-Scheibe During a night of erotic bondage, Aki begins to recall the story of his grandmother’s disappearance.

RUNO!

Film RUNO! Directed by Jazmine Gin R. Pateña, Lysa Catolico A few days after the apocalypse started in the Philippines, a silly Filipino stray rescue aspin do g…

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.

Sole

Film Sole Directed by Haneol Lee A Korean American cobbler in Nashville, Tennessee finds peace in his simple life. A meditation on dreams and…

somewhere, i exist

Film somewhere, i exist Directed by Aaron Madrigal A young man struggling with grief after losing his mother finds comfort in old voicemails and a conversation…
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…
Animation

SORRY I MISSED YOUR CALL

Film SORRY I MISSED YOUR CALL Directed by Hae Ji Cho A multimedia animation utilizing a series of real voicemails, SORRY I MISSED YOUR CALL explores the emotional turmoil…

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:…

Sweat

Film Sweat Directed by Edward Nguyen A day away from crossing the border of Vietnam, a farmer engages with his co-worker that reveals the…
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…
Animation

The Bird, the Girl and the Typhoon

Film The Bird, the Girl and the Typhoon Directed by Angeline Marie Michael Meitzler While following her morning routine, an elderly migrant Filipino nurse is liberated from a lifetime of service as…
Pacific Cinewaves

The Forest is a Spirit That Beckons Me

Film The Forest is a Spirit That Beckons Me Directed by Jacob Cruz-Rine After a lifetime of waiting, a CHamoru woman finds that her family curse has finally emerged on her…

the layover

Film the layover Directed by Yuchi Chiu Prepared to spend his Christmas alone, a newly single man unexpectedly takes in his ex-boyfriend’s grieving mother.
Pacific Cinewaves

The Return

Film The Return Directed by Marina Alofagia McCartney When Lupesina answers her ancestors’ call, she must find acceptance of herself, or risk being stuck in the…

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…

Veterano

Film Veterano Directed by Patrick Epino A Filipino World War II veteran with nothing left to lose dusts off his past and his pistol…

WE BUY GOLD

Film WE BUY GOLD Directed by Albie Smith-Chang, David Huang Two young coin dealers in New York City Chinatown document their attempts to secure a deal of a…

What Have You Done, Zarina?

Film What Have You Done, Zarina? Directed by Camila Sagyntkan A 15-year-old Zarina wants to get rid of an unwanted pregnancy; however, she ends up caught in a…
Pacific Cinewaves

What We Carry

Film What We Carry Directed by Lindsay Watson After years of tragic miscarriages, Sala begins to lose hope of becoming a mom- until she uncovers a…

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.

You Have Arrived

Film You Have Arrived Directed by Dia Frampton When a supernatural GPS leads the chronically depressed mother of a missing child to an ordinary man, she…