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A Brighter Summer Day for the Lady Avengers
Film
A Brighter Summer Day for the Lady Avengers
Directed by Birdy Wei-Ting Hung
Taiwan, 1980s. Hot summer day, watermelon juice, and a teenage girl's sexual awakening with her celluloid fantasies. Shot…
VC Presents
A Swim in the Desert
Film
A Swim in the Desert
Directed by Coffee Kang
A spectacular vision leaves K unable to close her eyes. In search of a cure, she sets out…
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…
autism is an altar
Film
autism is an altar
Directed by Casey Kaneyo Hidekawa
An autistic japanese american explores the connections between their Disabled and Asian american lineages through a trip to…
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…
Collection Title: Turtle
Film
Collection Title: Turtle
Directed by Ehsan Majouni
I believe someday all immigrants will be washed ashore to their homeland.
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,…
Enjoy The View
Film
Enjoy The View
Directed by Ana Chen, Jude Garcia
A recollection of memory in honor of caretakers everywhere.
Animation
Family Dinner
Film
Family Dinner
Directed by Huayi Yu
Tonight, dinner starts with a slice of tomato.
Cinema Musica
Frozen in Time
Film
Frozen in Time
Directed by Caleb Soon
A work-from-home graphic designer finds himself trapped in an endless loop, as the lines between dreams and reality…
I am grass
Film
I am grass
Directed by Abhi Indrekar
“I am Grass” is a meditation on migration — a dreamlike documentation of a young artist from one…
Animation
Ocean In My Box
Film
Ocean In My Box
Directed by Isaac Kau
When a weathered box arrives from Taiwan, a young man must choose whether or not to dive into…
Animation
Proposals for the Interpretation of a Dream
Film
Proposals for the Interpretation of a Dream
Directed by Nurain Amin
A young woman is plagued by a recurring dream of a mysterious house and in her attempts at…
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…
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…
SUDAKAS
Film
SUDAKAS
Directed by Ricardo Betancourt
higher educated immigrant works a lower wage job in the same city she was once a diplomat in.
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 Water is Blue in Tanjong Katong
Film
The Water is Blue in Tanjong Katong
Directed by Izzy Osman
Amidst Singapore’s unending redevelopment, the golden legacy of P. Ramlee lives on as the Malay community continues to…
Time Keeps Marching On
Film
Time Keeps Marching On
Directed by Vinnoth Krishnan
An undocumented immigrant explores his and his family’s immigration trauma while grasping hope through a voicemail.
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…
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