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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…
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…
Between Us
Film
Between Us
Directed by Quyên Nguyễn-Lê
Between Us follows the multilayered stories of queer Khmer and Vietnamese cultural workers in southern California as they contemplate…
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…
Correct Me If I’m Wrong
Film
Correct Me If I’m Wrong
Directed by Hao Zhou
Torn between love and tradition, a Southwest Chinese family tries to purge an entity from their queer heir…
Correspondence
Film
Correspondence
Directed by Paul Oh
A filmmaker participates in a Victim Offender Dialogue (VOD) with the murderer of his grandmother
The Ranch of My Dreams
Film
The Ranch of My Dreams
Directed by Ann Kaneko
Collective song workshops bring community members from Bloomington, California together to compose songs that honor their disappearing ranchos…
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…
Animation
Family Dinner
Film
Family Dinner
Directed by Huayi Yu
Tonight, dinner starts with a slice of tomato.
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…
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
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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…
In the Morning Sun
Film
In the Morning Sun
Directed by Serville Poblete
In a quiet Toronto apartment, an immigrant mother finds comfort in her Alexa—weather updates, love songs, and the…
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…
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…
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…
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…
VC Presents
My Father was a Footballer
Film
My Father was a Footballer
Directed by Matthew Kim
Through a blend of archival footage and spoken interview, I investigate the intersection of football, ambition, and responsibility…
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
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…
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…
PÓPO
Film
PÓPO
Directed by Jingyi Li
In a quiet Boston home, a Hong Kong immigrant family navigates the final days of a loved one's…
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…
Animation
,
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.
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…
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:…
Teb Chaw (Land)
Film
Teb Chaw (Land)
Directed by Joua Lee Grande
Teb Chaw (Land) [pronounced: thay-chuh] is an immersive portrait of Hmong refugee farmers transforming local foodways in a diversified…
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…
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…
Animation
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Pacific Cinewaves
The Rain
Film
The Rain
Directed by Kā'eo Luke
Exploring what it truly means to live and love.
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…
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.
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.
Animation
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Documentary Features
Y Vân: The Lost Sounds of Saigon
Film
Y Vân: The Lost Sounds of Saigon
Directed by Khoa Ha & Victor Velle
A young Vietnamese American artist sets out to recover her late grandfather’s lost musical recordings, uncovering hidden family…
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