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SPONSORS
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TICKET INFO & VENUES
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AWARD NOMINATIONS & JURORS
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SPOTLIGHTS
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SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS
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NARRATIVE FEATURES
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DOCUMENTARY FEATURES
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SHORTS PROGRAMS
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LIVE EVENTS
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STAFF & THANK YOU LIST
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JURORS NARRATIVE FEATURE EMERGING DIRECTOR CAT KIM
ISABEL SANDOVAL
BEE VANG
Cat Kim is Associate Director at the
Recognized by the Museum of
At 16, Bee Vang has engaged in
Cinema Arts Centre. Born in Seoul,
Modern Art as a “rarity among
social justice and media activism
she grew up on Long Island before
the young generation of Filipino
and published works related to the
majoring in Film & Television
filmmakers for her muted, serene
visibility and inclusion of Southeast
Production at Tisch School of the
aesthetic,” Isabel Sandoval has
Asian Americans. His pieces cover
Arts, minoring in East Asian Studies
premiered her films at major
topics
and
Media
festivals in Venice, Locarno, London,
race, gender, sexuality, and post-
Industries and Technology. With
and Busan. Cahiers du Cinéma
war Laos, Vietnam and Cambodia.
a
background,
profiled her in April 2020 upon the
Vang worked at MSNBC with The
she programs multifaceted events
French release of LINGUA FRANCA,
Rachel Maddow Show in broadcast
serving
by
which was then acquired in North
journalism, at The Economist in
partnering with local organizations
America by Ava DuVernay’s ARRAY
print journalism, and at First Look
and prioritizes screening foreign
and premiered on Netflix. She is
Media in documentary filmmaking.
language
center
currently in development on her
After several years of working
people of color. Also a writer, she
fourth feature, TROPICAL GOTHIC,
in media, advocacy and policy
appreciates
a
research, he recently moved to LA
Entertainment multidisciplinary the
community
films film
screenwriting.
and
that
criticism
and
16th-century
colonial
with surreal elements that riffs on Hitchcock’s VERTIGO.
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drama
such
as
representation,
to pursue acting and filmmaking.
JURORS DOCUMENTARY FEATURE EMERGING DIRECTOR ROBERT Y. CHANG
ALLIE CUERDO
SELENA YIP
Robert Y. Chang is the Coordinating
Alexandra “Allie” Cuerdo is an
Selena (she/they) is the child
Producer of America ReFramed
award-winning
of Hong Kong immigrants and
and
American
on
the
Programming
&
and
was raised in Philadelphia. After
American
producer, named one of the 100
graduating, they moved back with
Documentary. The curated year-
Most Influential Filipina Women in
a desire to be more involved in
round series can be seen on public
the World by the Filipina Women's
their community. In 2018, they
television’s WORLD Channel or via
Network. Allie has been tapped
produced a short documentary
the PBS app. He received his PhD
to represent the film industry
STAYING
in Cultural Anthropology at NYU
for LIFEWTR'S “LIFE UNSEEN”
CHINATOWN’S RESISTANCE, which
for his research on the intersection
campaign. Recently, Allie directed
tells the story of Chinatown's
of religion and media. Robert is also
the International Press Freedom
historic struggles with inequitable
a documentary filmmaker whose
Awards for NBC. Her feature ULAM:
urban development and advocacy
work has screened worldwide at
MAIN DISH is the first Filipino food
towards a better future. Selena
festivals and is distributed by
documentary to achieve worldwide
joined PAAFF in 2018 and became
Documentary Educational Resources
distribution. Allie's book AMBOY:
the Festival Director in 2020.
(DER). He is a member of the
Recipes From the Filipino-American
They hope to lead PAAFF to be a
Producers Guild of America.
Dream was named one of the 20
nourishing creative space that
Best Books of the Year by Amazon.
fully represents the diversity of the
Production
team
at
writer,
Chinese/Filipinodirector,
PUT:
STORIES
OF
API diaspora.
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JURORS EXCELLENCE IN SHORT FILMMAKING NARRATIVE & DOCUMENTARY JENN KIM
JOANN PARK
MELODY SHANG
Jennifer Kim is a Senior Client
Joann Park is an award-winning
Melody Shang is a producer as
Partner at IW Group, a full-service
content
has
well as the owner of Dreameng
multicultural
agency
experience in building digital-first
Studio, Canada. She has a great
omni-
brands at legacy networks. She is
understanding of Chinese and
channel campaigns that reach the
currently the Director of Audience
Canadian cultures as an immigrant
growing multicultural market in the
Development and Publishing at
who has lived in both countries for
United States. She partners with
Headspace, tasked with creating
over 15 years. When she started
brands such as Lexus, McDonald’s,
compelling content that strives to
as an actor, Melody worked in
and HBO to produce programs
improve the health and happiness
Canadian TV shows, such as The
like the HBO APA Visionaries film
of the world. Her prior works include
Handmaid’s Tale, and Y, the Last
competition that empower and
MTV’s Always-On and CNN’s Great
Man. Since 2019, she started
uplift Asian-American stories.
Big Story. Joann is passionate
her own company focusing on
about community building in the
multi-cultural
AAPI space and was formerly the
commercials, documentaries, and
co-host of $6.99 Per Pound, an
films.
and
delivers
marketing dynamic,
strategist
who
NYC-based podcast serving up hot takes from industry leaders from a wide variety of fields.
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productions
for
JURORS EXCELLENCE IN CINEMATOGRAPHY FEATURE & SHORT ANTE CHANG
ROLAND LAZARTE
AN RONG XU
LA-based
Roland is a cinematographer and
An Rong Xu is a New York City and
cinematographer from Taipei. Ante
video producer based in San Diego.
Taipei-based
is a frequent collaborator with
He loves talking about his favorite
director. Born in China and raised
director Justin Chon—BLUE BAYOU
movie too much, please ask him
in New York City’s Chinatown,
and MS. PURPLE (Sundance ’19
about it.
Xu explores the world around
Ante
Cheng
is
an
photographer
and
competition, Busan ’19), GOOK
him through his unique cultural
(Sundance
perspective.
award).
He
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NEXT
also
shot
audience DEATH
OF NINTENDO (dir. Raya Martin, Berlinale ’20) and EAST OF LA BREA (dir. Sam Bailey, SXSW ’19). Most recently, Ante has been filming PACHINKO for Apple TV+.
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JURORS EXCELLENCE IN EDITING FEATURE & SHORT SON DUONG
JULIAN KIM
ELLISON SHIEH
"Howdy. I am Vietnamese-‘Murican.
Julian Kim, born and raised in
Ellison Shieh is a non-binary Tai-
I like to make sure my tea’s hot and
New York, pursued a career in the
wanese American and multidisci-
my hands fast, typing away at a
arts at an early age. An animator
plinary storyteller who resides on
book or jamming through an edit.
and filmmaker, Julian always felt
unceded Duwamish land (otherwise
My history with editing runs from
passionate about telling moving
known as Seattle, Washington). As
short shorts (which, coincidentally,
and creative stories. His feature
an artist, filmmaker, and arts orga-
I like wearing) to web series to
film
HAPPY
nizer, they are deeply committed
commercials to a variety of music
CLEANERS, screened at various
to exploring human connections
videos that may or may not have
film festivals and won multiple
through mixed media and uplifting
won Grammys (hint: not). Luckily
awards. He currently works at
the stories of historically excluded
for me, I don’t measure success in
ABC News Digital as an Editor and
communities. They are one of the
how many awards you touch but in
Producer.
co-directors of the Seattle Asian
how many people. Besides being cheeky, I’m also the marketing video editor for Outlier.org."
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directorial
debut,
American Film Festival.
JURORS EXCELLENCE IN PRODUCTION DESIGN FEATURE & SHORT PRISCA CHOE
YIYI HAN
VIVIAN HUA
production
YiYi Han is a Chinese-American
Vivian Hua (she/they) is a writer,
designer and visual artist based
filmmaker. YiYi attended NYU Tisch,
filmmaker, and organizer. As the
in
Through
where her short film SOMETHING
Executive Director of Northwest
acrylic art, installation, film, and
ABOUT WONDER received awards
Film Forum in Seattle and Editor-in-
photography, her work centers
for directing and screenwriting at
Chief of REDEFINE, much of their
community
identity
the First Run Film Festival. Living
work unifies their metaphysical
formation, and storytelling in the
between New York and Beijing, YiYi
interests with the belief that art
Asian diaspora. As a community
has produced numerous projects
can positively transform the self/
organizer, Choe is the co-founder
ranging from commercials to indie
society.
and director of Asian Womxn in the
films. She is currently working as
human-centered stories through
Arts (AWA), which creates space
a producer and project manager
their newsletter RAMBLIN’ WITH
for Asian women and LGBTQIA+
at Theo Darling, a New York-based
VEE! In 2021, they will begin
creatives and cultural workers.
production company.
production on an otherworldly
Prisca
Choe
NYC’s
Think!
is
a
Chinatown.
healing,
Chinatown
brought
They
regularly
share
her
comedy series entitled Reckless
installation, “Newsstand Lantern,”
Spirits. They are passionate about
to the community. She launched
cultural space preservation and
the jewelry line Chaotic Neutral NY
creation, seeking ways to disrupt
in 2020.
oppressive structures.
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JURORS EXCELLENCE IN SCREENWRITING FEATURE & SHORT DEREK NGUYEN
TERA TOLENTINO
A refugee of the Vietnam War, Derek
Tera Tolentino is a Filipina-Portu-
Mentored
Nguyen is a screenwriter, director,
guese writer based in LA. She grad-
Yuen, Bao was instilled with an
producer, and cofounder of The
uated from NYU’s Tisch School of
approach to action that doesn’t
Population, which has produced
the Arts in 2015 with a double ma-
rely solely on spectacle but draws
Carlo Mirabella-Davis’ SWALLOW,
jor in Dramatic Writing and Film
on story and character. His editing
Heidi Ewing’s I CARRY YOU WITH
and Television Production with
credits include CHO LON, one of
ME, and upcoming Josef Kubota
a concentration in Directing. Af-
Southeast Asia’s highest-budgeted
Wladyka’s CATCH THE FAIR ONE.
ter college, Tera moved to Hawaii
action blockbusters, and JACKPOT,
His directorial feature debut THE
where she got her start as a pro-
a heartfelt comedy selected as
HOUSEMAID was released by IFC
duction assistant on Hawaii Five-0,
Vietnam’s official entry to the 2016
Films in 2018 and sold to 22 different
worked her way up to a producer’s
Oscars for Best Foreign Film. His
territories around the world. An
assistant, then was offered a writ-
first directorial feature THE PAPER
American adaption called GRAVE
ers’ assistant position in LA on the
TIGERS
HILL is heading to production in
CBS revival of Magnum P.I., where
Collider as “an impressive feature
2021. He was a 2004 fellow at the
she currently serves as a Story
debut with confident command of
Sundance Screenwriters Lab for
Editor.
the narrative and action alike, it’s
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BAO TRAN
by
director
garnered
praise
Corey
from
his screenplay MONSTER based on
an absolutely lovely time at the
his award-winning play.
movies.”
JURORS EXCELLENCE IN FOR YOUTH BY YOUTH ONE TO WATCH CHRISTINA DEHAVEN-CALL
JOANNE KWONG
SAMANTHA SEID
Christina DeHaven-Call is a Filipino-
Joanne Kwong is the president of
Samantha Seid is a digital and
American producer whose body
Pearl River Mart, the iconic NYC
educational
of work includes shorts, features,
Asian emporium established in
invested in creating engaging in-
documentaries, commercials, and
1971. After the 2016 closing of the
teractive spaces and narratives
music videos, including BEBOT and
historic “friendship store,” she
that encourage youth to become
THE APL SONG by the Grammy
joined her in-laws and reinvented
agents for social change. She cur-
Award-winning group The Black
the
new
rently works across NBCUniversal’s
Eyed Peas. Her films have played at
locations in SoHo, Chelsea, and
cable entertainment portfolio and
Sundance, Tribeca, SXSW, and on
Chinatown. Today, Pearl River serves
has previously worked for Sesame
HBO. She is a faculty member and
as a dynamic hub for the AAPI
Workshop, WNET New York Public
the Associate Chair of Production
community and a springboard for
Media, and Nickelodeon.
for Undergraduate Film & TV at
emerging entrepreneurs and art-
NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts
ists. Joanne holds degrees from
and is an active member of the
Columbia and Duke. Before leading
Producers Guild of America. Her
Pearl River, she had a long career as
most recent project is the podcast
an attorney, adjunct law professor,
WEDNESDAY MORNING, a political
and
satire about the 2020 election.
executive.
brand,
establishing
non-profit
media
professional
communications
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AWARD NARRATIVE FEATURE EMERGING DIRECTOR DOCUMENTARY FEATURE EMERGING DIRECTOR
Mei Makino - INBETWEEN GIRL KEFF - TAIPEI SUICIDE STORY Chris Kahunahana - WAIKIKI Ryo Takebayashi - BOOKMARK 14 Anthony Banua-Simon - CANE FIRE Deng Wei - FATHER
EXCELLENCE IN SHORT FILMMAKING NARRATIVE
Olivia Hang Zhou - APART, TOGETHER Kayla Abuda Galang - LEARNING TAGALOG WITH KAYLA Jess X. Snow - LITTLE SKY Nelson Ng Chak-Hei - MAGIC KINGDOM
EXCELLENCE IN SHORT FILMMAKING DOCUMENTARY
Shao Min Chew Chia - 3 CENTS A KILO Elliot de Bruyn, Nathaniel Brown, Caili Quan - MAHÅLANG: A LOVE LETTER TO GUAM Melanie Ho - SỐNG Ở ĐÂY (TO LIVE HERE) Tatsuyuki Kozen, Kazuko Yonezawa - BOOKMARK 14 Fan Shen-Siang - MICKEY ON THE ROAD Kao Tzu-Hao - TAIPEI SUICIDE STORY
EXCELLENCE IN CINEMATOGRAPHY FEATURE
EXCELLENCE IN Giorgos Valsamis - LAST FERRY FROM GRASS ISLAND CINEMATOGRAPHY Taylor Mcintosh - MAGIC KINGDOM SHORT Jack Davis - WHO CAN PREDICT WHAT WILL MOVE YOU
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NOMINEES EXCELLENCE IN EDITING FEATURE
Chris Naoki Lee - DINNER PARTY Masaya Tsutsumi - IN ANOTHER LANGUAGE Vibhav Nigam - THE KNOT
EXCELLENCE IN William Pinke - FAMILY HEIRLOOM EDITING Elliot Debruyn - MAHÅLANG: A LOVE LETTER TO GUAM SHORT Jacqueline Chan - FISHBOWL EXCELLENCE IN PRODUCTION DESIGN FEATURE
Caley Bisson, Kait Murphy - AMERICANISH Weng Yu-Ting - MICKEY ON THE ROAD Analu Tomoso - WAIKIKI
EXCELLENCE IN PRODUCTION DESIGN SHORT
Shi Min Yong - HELLO FROM TAIWAN Lianne Arnold - LADY APSARA Hsuan Lee - THE BLACK KITE
EXCELLENCE IN SCREENWRITING FEATURE
Masaya Tsustumi - IN ANOTHER LANGUAGE Mei Makino - INBETWEEN GIRL Kristen Uno, Mari Walker - SEE YOU THEN
EXCELLENCE IN SCREENWRITING SHORT
Olivia Hang Zhou, Jess Kohs - APART, TOGETHER Amanda Centeno - DISASTER PANTIES Osric Chau - GOOD NEWS
FOR YOUTH BY YOUTH ONE TO WATCH
Jessica Lin - BEYOND THE MODEL Sandeep Vadlamudi - GERALD’S BAD JUJU Ava Ghahremanifar - THE GULL’S SHRIEK Marina Yap - MY PUMPKIN, MY BOO
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OPENING NIGHT SCREENING & RECEPTION
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SNAKEHEAD DIRECTED BY EVAN JACKSON LEONG 93 MINUTES UNITED STATES ENGLISH, CHINESE (MANDARIN, CANTONESE) CONTENT WARNING SEXUAL ASSAULT, VIOLENCE IN-PERSON SCREENING REGAL ESSEX WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 11 7PM
ONLINE SCREENING* AUGUST 12–14
*NOTE: This film is geoblocked to the tri-state area. SISTER TSE is brought to New
her success with her real reason
York by a Snakehead, a human
for coming to America—to find
smuggler. Although she is indebted
the child that was taken from her.
to the crime family responsible for
In the end, Sister Tse must draw
her transport, her survival instincts
on the strength she has found in
help her gain favor with the
transforming her victimhood into
matriarch, and she rises quickly in
power.
the ranks. Soon Tse must reconcile
EVAN JACKSON LEONG is a sixth-
He was also a co-producer of Lin’s
generation
American
FINISHING THE GAME: THE SEARCH
native of San Francisco. Leong has
FOR THE NEW BRUCE LEE, which
worked with his mentor, director
premiered at Sundance in 2007. He
Justin Lin, on BETTER LUCK
would return to Sundance in 2013
TOMORROW, which screened at
with his own film, the documentary
the 2002 Sundance Film Festival,
LINSANITY. SNAKEHEAD is his first
and THE FAST & THE FURIOUS.
narrative feature.
Chinese
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FILIPINOS IN FOCUS: IN-PERSON SCREENING & RECEPTION PHILIPPINE CENTER NEW YORK | WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 18 | 4:30PM
LUMPIA WITH A VENGEANCE ONLINE SCREENING*
DIRECTED BY PATRICIO GINELSA 109 MINUTES UNITED STATES ENGLISH, TAGALOG
AUGUST 19–22
*NOTE: This film is geoblocked to the tri-state area. IN THIS CROWDFUNDED action comedy,
the
LUMPIA-armed
avenger returns to Fogtown. A maid of honor to her own parents’ wedding, teenager Rachel finds herself tangled up with a crime syndicate selling drugs disguised as food. She teams up with the crime fighter to prevent a mysterious crime boss from destroying her town and her parents’ dream wedding.
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PATRICIO GINELSA is from Daly
over a decade’s worth of music
City, CA, where he discovered his
videos, including the Black Eyed
passion for making neighborhood
Peas’ “The APL Song.” He’s won
movies.
Production
Best Music Video (SDAFF) for his
graduate at USC, he became the
Native Guns “Champion” and the
Associate Producer of THE DEBUT
California Preservation Foundation
and wrote/directed the feature
Presidents Award for BEP “Bebot:
LUMPIA.
Generation One.”
A
Cinema
Ginelsa
has
directed
A DOUBLE FEATURE THE FABULOUS FILIPINO BROTHERS DIRECTED BY DANTE BASCO 93 MINUTES UNITED STATES, THE PHILIPPINES ENGLISH, TAGALOG CONTENT WARNING SEXUAL CONTENT, VIOLENCE FOUR VIGNETTES
follow
four
brothers while their Fil-Am family prepares for the ultimate Filipino event, a wedding. The Eldest Brother must secure his pride by paying for the wedding, leading him to revisit his old life as a hustler. The Golden Child is stuck in the Philippines and meets a past lover. The Youngest connects with a new love...who may be his cousin. The Middle Brother, following the loss of a child, breaks out of a deep depression using a dating app for the first time.
DANTE BASCO is a poet, producer, author, activist, writer, director, dancer, and actor with 30 years of experience in the entertainment industry.
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CLOSING NIGHT SCREENING & RECEPTION
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BLUE BAYOU DIRECTED BY JUSTIN CHON 109 MINUTES UNITED STATES ENGLISH, VIETNAMESE CONTENT WARNING VIOLENCE
IN-PERSON SCREENING QUAD CINEMA SUNDAY, AUGUST 22 6PM
BLUE BAYOU IS
the
moving
and timely story of a uniquely American family fighting for their future. Antonio LeBlanc, a Korean adoptee raised in a small town in the Louisiana bayou, is married to the love of his life, Kathy, and step-dad to their beloved daughter, Jessie.
Struggling
to
make
a
better life for his family, he must confront the ghosts of his past when he discovers that he could be deported from the only country he has ever called home.
JUSTIN CHON was born in Orange
Spirit Awards. His 2019 film MS.
County, California. As a filmmaker,
PURPLE premiered in competition
Chon debuted with his film GOOK,
at the Sundance Film Festival
which won the NEXT Audience
and was released by Oscilloscope
Award at the 2017 Sundance Film
Laboratories. As an actor, Chon is
Festival, and earned Chon the
known for playing Eric Yorkie in
Kiehl’s Someone to Watch Award
all five installments of the Twilight
at the 2018 Film Independent
franchise.
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CUNY SHORTS SHOWCASE Since 2004, the CUNY Asian American Film
College, Hunter College, Lehman College,
are separated by the different campuses
Festival (AAFF) has recognized and awarded
College of Staten Island, and Queens
and serve as a central location to display
over $13,500 in cash prizes to student
College. The CUNY AAFF helps to promote
their creative works. Past participants have
filmmakers enrolled at the City University of
the artistic visual talents and stimulate
also had their films screened at the Asian
New York, including City College, Brooklyn
communication among CUNY students who
American International Film Festival.
AVAILABLE ONLINE
THE DISTANCE BETWEEN US
MORKOVCHA
IN LOVING MEMORY
DIRECTED BY KAINOA
(KOREAN CARROT SALAD)
(OF WHO WE USED TO BE)
PRESBITERO
DIRECTED BY LIDIYA KAN
DIRECTED BY VICKY LEE
7 MINUTES
22 MINUTES
8 MINUTES
UNITED STATES ENGLISH
UNITED STATES, RUSSIA,
UNITED STATES ENGLISH, CHINESE
After a miscarriage, Alex and Christina
UZBEKISTAN, KAZAKHSTAN
(CANTONESE)
deal with the loneliness and hurt of the
RUSSIAN, ENGLISH
IN LOVING MEMORY is reminiscent of the
emotional distance that has come between
This documentary tells the story of Lidiya
growing pains and awkward tween years of
them.
Kan’s Korean family’s nearly century-long
a Chinese-American girl.
journey from the Russian Far East to their new home in the United States.
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SOCIAL ANXIETY DIRECTED BY PHILIP CHOI 7 MINUTES SOUTH KOREA ENGLISH A young student from South Korea holds on to his last hope—his faith—while suffering social anxiety and a traumatic event in America.
DEEPEST MEMORY DIRECTED BY SIAOMIN LOH 2 MINUTES UNITED STATES ENGLISH In this animated short, the filmmaker recalls their deepest memories and the atmosphere of celebrating Lunar New Year Eve with family in Malaysia as a child— something they haven’t experienced since coming to the United States.
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MYSTERY PORTAL: VR/INTERACTIVE SHOWCASE
Enter magical, hand-drawn worlds, cultural
NYC’s Chinatown, (1) short film that uses
of the Haenyeo community in the Korean
pockets of NYC and beyond, and jump
augmented reality technology to integrate
province of Jeju; delve into WWI from the
back
non-traditional
animation (A New Normal), (1) interactive
perspective of South Asian troops; and
modes of storytelling. This mix of unique
website (Little Pakistan - Future Histories),
follow the journeys of Pakistani immigrant
experiences includes (2) games (Paz It On!,
and (2) 360 video experiences (Haenyeo
communities across America.
Metamorphosis), (1) site-specific augmented
VR, A South Asian Story). Please join us on
reality experience on Doyers Street in
this journey as we visit the female divers
in
time
through
METAMORPHASIS: THYOTA’S JOURNEY DIRECTED BY JOANNA SHEN 20 MINUTES ENGLISH Thyota, the last protector of the ocean, and their three companions lived in Coral Forest in harmony for many years until a poisonous foreign substance invaded their home. Using their special ability, Thyota must rid this monster and its trail of toxic goo from the environment. METAMORPHOSIS is a game about empathizing with nature by performing selfless acts. The player is placed into the active role as an inhabitant of a polluted marine world who is subject to
HAENYEO
harms outside of their control.
DIRECTED BY JAEHEE CHO 7 MINUTES KOREA ENGLISH In this VR experience, guests will get a firstperson view of what the Haenyeo endure in their age-defying lifestyle. The guest will see them forage for abalone, sea urchin, and other shellfish—diving while holding their breath for up to a minute at a time. They will witness them pray in traditional ceremonies. They will experience a fascinating culture that these women keep alive in the face of a changing world.
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ALPACA STACKA DIRECTED BY MICHELLE MA, SEBASTIAN BARACALDO 12 MINUTES UNITED STATES ENGLISH You play as Paz, a friendly alpaca dedicated to helping their friends in need. One day, Streusel the Squirrel mischievously releases Mama Hen’s children from the pen. It’s up to Paz to find them and return them home safely!
EMPIRE SOLDIERS: A SOUTH ASIAN STORY DIRECTED BY PAUL LONG 10 MINUTES UNITED KINGDOM ENGLISH A SOUTH ASIAN STORY is the second installment in the Empire Soldiers Virtual Reality series. EMPIRE SOLDIERS: A SOUTH ASIAN STORY tells the story of South Asian troops and their contribution to WWI, and asks how much, or how little, we have moved on 100 years later.
DOYERS STREET DIRECTED BY DAVID KOH 9 MINUTES UNITED STATES ENGLISH, CHINESE (CANTONESE) In this AR interactive story and walking tour, participants explore the history of Doyers Street in Chinatown through the lens of a fictional family restaurant as it strives to stay open throughout the decades.
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A NEW NORMAL DIRECTED BY ASAVARI KUMAR 2 MINUTES INDIA, UNITED STATES ENGLISH A NEW NORMAL frames the idea of ‘home’ and ‘belonging’ through the eyes of a family that’s scattered across different parts of the world. The narrative has been constructed through
various
interviews
with
the
different speakers where they express their views about the evolving idea of home and changing family dynamics. The film is accompanied by an AR piece that allows the viewer to step inside a scene from the story and experience it in their own home..
LITTLE PAKISTAN FUTURE HISTORIES DIRECTED BY SANA AKRAM 120 MINUTES UNITED STATES ENGLISH LITTLE PAKISTAN - FUTURE HISTORIES is a dérive, a drifting in an online environment illustrating an immigrant neighborhood of Pakistani-Americans across three eras. Each era has its own rhythm—with three sets of youth engaged in transformative acts
of
inhabitation,
organizing,
and
resilience, taking Little Pakistan from an ethnic enclave to a concept spreading across Brooklyn, New York City, and beyond.
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72 HOUR SHOOTOUT TOP TEN PREMIERE AVAILABLE ONLINE
WORDS MATTER, and with the rise of anti-Asian racism and the struggles and triumphs of Black Lives Matter amidst the insanity of a global pandemic, they matter now—perhaps
more
than
ever.
The Film Lab’s 72 Hour Shootout filmmakers took on the challenge to create a film in 72 hours based on the theme BE A HERO. These are the top ten films.
THE FILM LAB™ is a 501(c)(3) notfor-profit
organization
devoted
to the promotion and support of gender and racial parity in film and television programming. Through our public programming, 72 Hour Shootout filmmaking competition, and
in-house
entertainment
production arm AAFL-TV, we ensure that stories and voices too often silenced in mainstream media are heard, not just as whispers, but as shouts to the world. 37
THE TERRORIZERS DIRECTED BY EDWARD YANG 109 MINUTES TAIWAN CHINESE (MANDARIN), ENGLISH AVAILABLE ONLINE
crisis
Renowned director Edward Yang
AWARD-WINNING director Edward
between an emotionally stunted
(YI YI) refracts the changing
Yang helped shape the Taiwanese
writer and a careerist doctor is
society and culture of Taipei in this
New Wave and define Taiwanese
mysteriously intertwined with the
classic of New Taiwanese Cinema,
cinema in general with films like
story of a photographer and a petty
which
nation’s
TAIPEI STORY (1985), A BRIGHTER
criminal. Police cars speed through
cinematic landscape in the 1980s.
SUMMER DAY (1991), and is YI YI
the streets of the metropolis,
An enigmatic puzzle full of Yang’s
(2000).
helpless witnesses to new and
prescient vision, this is a film to
violent social contradictions.
watch again and again.
IN TAIPEI,
the
marital
revitalized
the
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MICKEY ON THE ROAD DIRECTED BY MIAN MIAN LU 95 MINUTES TAIWAN, CHINA CHINESE (MANDARIN), TAIWANESE AVAILABLE ONLINE* *NOTE: This film is geoblocked to the tri-state area.
MICKEY AND GIN GIN are young women scraping by in southern Taiwan. When Gin Gin hatches a plan to rendezvous with her crush Jay in the city of Guangzhou, China,
Mickey
decides
to
go
along, determined to locate the father
who
abandoned
her
and her mother years before. Almost immediately, the two find
desires, and pleasures. Through
strengthen their friendship and
themselves in over their heads,
their misadventures—some comic,
transform from naive rascals into
immersed in lawlessness, betrayal,
some brutal—Mickey and Gin Gin
more mature souls.
MIAN MIAN LU is a Taiwanese
ROAD is Lu’s debut feature film. Lu
filmmaker.
short
began her career in Taipei’s avant-
MY MOM’S WEDDING won the
garde theater scene during the
special award from Women Make
‘90s. She later studied filmmaking
Wave Film Festival in Taiwan. Her
in New York. Lu received her MFA
previous short MIDNIGHT DANCE
from Taipei National University of
screened at numerous film festivals
the Arts.
Her
recent
to critical acclaim. MICKEY ON THE
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WAIKIKI DIRECTED BY CHRISTOPHER KAHUNAHANA 88 MINUTES HAWAI’I ENGLISH, HAWAIIAN AVAILABLE ONLINE
WHEN A NATIVE HAWAIIAN hula
self-exploration and enlightenment.
of indigeneity. Leaving behind the
dancer
abusive
WAIKIKI breaks down the enduring,
touristic image of paradise and
boyfriend crashes into a mysterious
stereotypical image of paradise
island culture, WAIKIKI tackles the
homeless man, she finds herself
we have of Waikiki to reveal a
often-unspeakable
flung into a surrealistic journey of
vulnerable and authentic portrait
trauma of postcolonial cultures.
escaping
her
generational
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DINNER PARTY DIRECTED BY CHRIS NAOKI LEE 90 MINUTES UNITED STATES ENGLISH CONTENT WARNING SEXUAL ASSAULT AVAILABLE ONLINE* *NOTE: This film is geoblocked
A GROUP OF childhood friends get
to the tri-state area.
together for a reunion dinner with their significant others 12 years after high school, but they soon realize they have changed just as much as the social climate of racism, sexism, and classism have. At the same time, an incoming verdict on a controversial court case regarding sexual misconduct has captured the nation’s attention, and that verdict will have an impact on not only the country but this group of friends.
BORN AND RAISED in Los Angeles,
Amazon’s TOO OLD TO DIE YOUNG
Chris Naoki Lee is a Japanese/
and JEAN CLAUDE VAN JOHNSON,
Chinese American artist who is
Apple
often on all sides of the industry.
among others. After producing and
Chris recently wrapped a season-
writing digital series to pilots, Chris
long arc playing Ken Uehara on the
is humbled and excited to share his
critically acclaimed AMC series,
directorial debut DINNER PARTY
THE TERROR, and recurred on
with AAIFF.
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TV+’s
MYTHIC
QUEST,
THE KNOT DIRECTED BY ASHISH PANT 107 MINUTES INDIA HINDI AVAILABLE ONLINE* *NOTE: This film is geoblocked
SHIRISH AND GEETA run over a
rickshaw
driver
and
to the tri-state area.
have
dramatically opposing reactions. Shirish moves on, hiding behind the protections afforded to him by class structure. In parallel, Geeta’s guilt drives her to surreptitiously employ Manoj, the victim’s younger brother,
intertwining
two
lives
otherwise separated by class and power. The small collision quickly turns
into
dramatic
suspense
as the nocuous effects of grave inequality threaten to unwind the very fabric of their lives.
ASHISH
PANT
Indian
Film Festival and was nominated
filmmaker based in New York,
for Best Screenplay and Best Actor
where he teaches film. THE KNOT
at Shanghai International Film
(ULJHAN) is his debut feature
Festival and New York Indian Film
film that he also wrote. THE KNOT
Festival. Ashish completed his MFA
premiered in Asia at Shanghai
in Film from Columbia University in
International Film Festival and in the
New York.
is
an
U.S. at Santa Barbara International
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IN ANOTHER LANGUAGE DIRECTED BY MASAYA TSUTSUMI 49 MINUTES JAPAN JAPANESE, ENGLISH AVAILABLE ONLINE A MAN AND WOMAN are taking part in a One Coin English Cafe where participants can casually enjoy English conversation for a small price. Miki lies about her work and background while participating in the conversation to satisfy her need for approval. Kenji is a young actor who plans to work in the U.S. but is restricted from traveling there. The two of them start playing a game where they act like different people. There are two rules: “Stay out of each other’s life” and “Don’t lie in Japanese.”
MASAYA TSUTSUMI
was
born
known
works
in
Japan
in Japan in 1986. After making
are SMARTPHONE KAREN and
many student films in college at
URASHIMA TARO (both web series
Kyushu University, he continues
available on YouTube) and his
as
latest feature PARALLEL WORLD
an
independent
filmmaker
while working freelance in the video
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most
production
industry.
His
THEATER.
INBETWEEN GIRL DIRECTED BY MEI MAKINO 90 MINUTES UNITED STATES ENGLISH AVAILABLE ONLINE TEEN ARTIST Angie Chen does NOT like Liam, but after being blindsided by her parents’ sudden divorce, he serves as a welcome distraction. When that distraction knocks on her window in the middle of the night, a secret hookup will set Angie on a journey of sexual awakenings, racial insecurities, and artistic expression as she comes to discover what she wants and who she wants to be.
FOR THREE YEARS, Mei Makino
Longhorn Network, and she is an
taught filmmaking to youth in the
AFS grant recipient. Makino is a
Austin area, which inspired her to
graduate of the University of Texas
tell honest stories about kids and
at Austin with a B.S. in Radio-TV
teens. She has written and directed
and Film.
short films that have played at The Dallas VideoFest, PBS, and ESPN’s
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SEE YOU THEN DIRECTED BY MARI WALKER 75 MINUTES UNITED STATES ENGLISH AVAILABLE ONLINE* *NOTE: This film is geoblocked to the United States. A
DECADE
AFTER
abruptly
breaking up with Naomi, Kris invites her to dinner to catch up on their complicated lives, relationships, and Kris’ transition. Over the course of a one-night encounter, they engage in a series of
increasingly
intimate
and
vulnerable conversations, before a shocking revelation is unveiled. SEE YOU THEN focuses on the universal truth that no matter how much you change, a part of you will always stay the same.
MARI WALKER (she/her) is an
identity through multiple forms
award-winning filmmaker whose
and
work has been accepted into
shared humanity of others through
over 250 film festivals including
narratives that promote empathy
Sundance, SXSW, Frameline, and
and understanding.
Outfest, garnering a total of 76 awards
and
52
nominations.
Mari’s work consistently explores
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genres,
championing
the
AMERICANISH DIRECTED BY IMAN ZAWAHRY 90 MINUTES UNITED STATES ENGLISH AVAILABLE ONLINE AUGUST 15–22* *NOTE: This film is geoblocked to the tri-state area. IN JACKSON HEIGHTS, Queens, career-driven sisters Maryam and Sam and their newly-immigrated cousin
Ameera
must
navigate
the consistent and sometimes conflicting demands of romance, culture,
work,
and
family.
Serving both as a lighthearted reimagination divergence
of
and
critical
from
the
classic
romantic comedy, AMERICANISH
by welcoming us into the world—
tackles and celebrates the complex
with all its joys and tribulations—of
intersectionalities of womanhood
these three marriage-aged women.
IMAN ZAWAHRY is one of the
debut feature film AMERICANISH
first
American-Muslim
with a majority female crew that
filmmakers in the nation. She has
won the audience award at the
worked on numerous films that
world premiere at CAAMFest. She
have played at over 100 venues
is currently a professor of film
worldwide. Iman works to amplify
production at the University of
the
Florida.
hijabi
underrepresented
female
voice. She wrote and directed her
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TAIPEI SUICIDE STORY DIRECTED BY KEFF 45 MINUTES TAIWAN CHINESE (TAIWANESE MANDARIN) CONTENT WARNING SELF-HARM/SUICIDE AVAILABLE ONLINE
OVER THE COURSE of one night, a receptionist at a suicide hotel in Taipei, Taiwan forms a fleeting friendship with a guest who can’t decide if she wants to live or die. TAIPEI SUICIDE STORY is a quiet exploration of not just the urban tendency towards apathy, passivity, and the avoidance of discomfort, but also the hidden feelings of loneliness, despair, and
Taiwan and all over the world are
hopelessness that many people,
experiencing as part of life in the
particularly
21st century.
young
people,
in
KEFF is a Taiwanese-American
by the Director’s Guild of America.
writer/director and a recent grad-
His second short and NYU thesis,
uate of the NYU Graduate Film
TAIPEI SUICIDE STORY, had its
program. His first short, SECRET
World Premiere at the Festival de
LIVES OF ASIANS AT NIGHT, was
Cannes (Cinefondation) and was
supported by the Spike Lee Film
awarded the Grand Jury Prize for
Fellowship and awarded the Jury
Narrative Feature at Slamdance.
Prize for Best Asian-American Film
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FATHER DIRECTED BY DENG WEI 96 MINUTES CHINA CHINESE (LEIYANG) AVAILABLE ONLINE
ZUOGUI HAS BEEN BLIND since the age of three, living most of his life as a fortune teller and raising many children. Now approaching the final chapter of his life, Zuogui lives a life of bitter discontent toward his son Donggu. Donggu works as a property developer, but when a job-site accident forces him into financial hardship, it prompts a re-examination of his priorities and values—one that may lead the two to finally form a bond of respect, perhaps even love.
DENG WEI is a director and
His feature documentary FATHER
cinematographer.
was
work,
a
His
graduate
feature-length
by
the
2020
Golden Horse Film Festival for Best
mentary NO WHERE HOME, won
Documentary and won Feature
the “Thousand Miles” Award and
Documentary Award at 2021 DOXA
Top Prize for Graduate Works
Documentary Film Festival.
and was collected by the Central Academy of Fine Arts Museum.
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nominated
docu-
A SEXPLANATION DIRECTED BY ALEX LIU 81 MINUTES UNITED STATES, CANADA ENGLISH CONTENT WARNING NUDITY, SELF-HARM/SUICIDE, SEXUAL CONTENT
AVAILABLE ONLINE FROM NEUROSCIENCE labs to church pews, A SEXPLANATION features provocative conversations with psychologists, sex researchers, and even a Jesuit priest. With humor
and
grit,
Alex
takes
audiences on a playful, heartfelt journey from a shame-filled past to a happier, healthier future.
ALEX LIU’S work explores taboo
views. After studying molecular
topics like sex and drugs in order
toxicology at UC Berkeley and
to broaden our understanding
Science, Health, and Environmental
of science, morality, and how
Reporting at New York University,
to negotiate a meaningful life.
he produced video, radio, and print
He has developed two YouTube
content for NOVA scienceNOW,
channels focused on sex and drug
CNN Health, and San Francisco
education, totaling over five million
NPR station KQED.
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WUHAN WUHAN DIRECTED BY YUNG CHANG 95 MINUTES CHINA CHINESE (MANDARIN) AVAILABLE ONLINE* *NOTE: This film is geoblocked
WHEN THE CITY of Wuhan, China
to the Unites States.
locked down at the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, award-winning filmmaker Yung Chang and a group of intrepid videographers were able to document life at the epicenter, including portraits of a couple expecting a baby, quarantined families in a byzantine shelter, dedicated medical workers, and a psychologist facing her own family crisis while helping patients. WUHAN WUHAN is an invaluable depiction of a metropolis joining together to overcome a crisis.
YUNG CHANG is the director of
participate
in
UP THE YANGTZE (2007), CHINA
Sundance
Labs.
HEAVYWEIGHT (2012), THE FRUIT
have premiered at international
HUNTERS (2012), and THIS IS NOT
film festivals including Sundance,
A MOVIE (2019). He is currently
Berlin, Toronto, and IDFA and have
completing a screenplay for his
played
first dramatic feature, EGGPLANT,
around the world.
which was selected in 2015 to
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the
prestigious
Chang’s
theatrically
in
films
cinemas
BOOKMARK 14 DIRECTED BY RYO TAKEBAYASHI 121 MINUTES JAPAN JAPANESE AVAILABLE ONLINE THIS IS A documentary about youth that closely follows all of the students in a single second-year junior high school class. It is set in Japan and shows a “normal junior high school” that is neither urban or rural. This plain view of puberty is portrayed by 35 students.
RYO TAKEBAYASHI was born on
focus on television commercials,
October 26, 1984, and he is from
and by posting original content on
Kanagawa. He graduated from Keio
YouTube, he became a freelancer in
University in the Environment and
2016. With the universal themes of
Information Studies Department
“bonds” and “family,” his specialty
in 2008. After graduating from
has been to express insightful
the university, he was involved
narratives in videos.
with working on videos with a
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CANE FIRE DIRECTED BY ANTHONY BANUA-SIMON 107 MINUTES UNITED STATES ENGLISH, PIDGIN ENGLISH, OLELO HAWAIIAN AVAILABLE ONLINE
CANE FIRE examines the past and island
present of
of
Kaua‘i,
the
Hawaiian
interweaving
four generations of family history, numerous Hollywood productions, and troves of found footage to create a kaleidoscopic portrait of the economic and cultural forces that have cast indigenous and working-class residents as “extras” in their own story.
ANTHONY
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BANUA-SIMON
is
Magazine, and Hyperallergic. In
a documentary filmmaker and
2014, his short about the workers
editor. His films have screened
of the Domino Sugar Factory in
at venues such as the Brooklyn
Brooklyn, NY, THIRD SHIFT, won
Museum and MoMA PS1, as well
best documentary at the Brooklyn
as the websites MUBI, Filmmaker
Film Festival.
A RIFLE AND A BAG DIRECTED BY CRISTINA HANES, ISABELLA RINALDI, ARYA ROTHE (NOCUT FILM COLLECTIVE) 89 MINUTES INDIA, ROMANIA, ITALY, QATAR HINDI, MADIA (TRIBAL), GONDI (TRIBAL) AVAILABLE ONLINE SOMI AND HER HUSBAND are striving to forge a new identity after fighting alongside the Naxalites, a
communist
guerrilla
group
that has been waging war on the Indian State since the 60’s. After a decade of armed struggle for the rights of their tribal communities, the couple deserted the movement and surrendered to the police. Ever since, they have been trying to educate their son and reconcile their violent past with the desire to integrate into Indian society.
CRISTINA HANES, ARYA ROTHE, AND ISABELLA RINALDI CO-FOUNDED NOCUT FILM COLLECTIVE IN 2016. CRISTINA HANES is a Romanian
ARYA ROTHE is an independent
ISABELLA
filmmaker. Her short documentary,
filmmaker from Pune and an
independent
ANTÓNIO E CATARINA, won the
alumna of DocNomads and FAMU.
Rome. She graduated from the
Pardino D’oro Award in 2017 at
Her
DAUGHTER’S
DocNomads Master Course. She is
Locarno Festival and was screened
MOTHER (2018) had its world
currently directing one episode of
at over 25 film festivals around
premiere at the 61st Dok Leipzig
the documentary series Borderline
the world. She is an alumna of
Film Festival.
produced by Off World Production
DocNomads
and
Aristoteles
short
film
RINALDI filmmaker
is
an from
based in Belgium.
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ONES TO WATCH: MY PUMPKIN, MY BOO DIRECTED BY MARINA YAP 11 MINUTES CANADA ENGLISH A curious pumpkin and a shy ghost go on an adventure to find candy, only to fall in love after the events of Halloween.
THE BLACK COLLECTIVE DIRECTED BY ROXY MORRIS, SHIVA KANSAGARA, SOPHIA LEE 4 MINUTES UNITED STATES ENGLISH Three businesspeople of color discuss the Black Lives Matter movement, supporting Black businesses, and the small shop in Encinitas, California that showcases their products.
POH
GERALD’S BAD JUJU
THE GULL’S SHRIEK
DIRECTED BY HILLARY
DIRECTED BY SANDEEP
DIRECTED BY AVA
THILAVONG
VADLAMUDI
GHAHREMANIFAR
10 MINUTES
22 MINUTES
13 MINUTES
UNITED STATES LAO
UNITED STATES ENGLISH
IRAN PERSIAN
The displacement of Lao civilians causes a
A young man must overcome his childhood
Susan and Raha are two senior students
young boy named Phomma to seek refuge
trauma in order to win over the girl of his
studying Dramatic Arts in an art school.
in the United States, the “Land of the Free.”
dreams.
They are both candidates for the role of Johnathan Livingston Seagull.
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FILMMAKERS UNDER 21 A collection of short films by talented filmmakers under 21.
AVAILABLE ONLINE
PLEASE LAUGH DIRECTED BY KRISTOFFER BRADLEY CRUZ 7 MINUTES CANADA ENGLISH An aspiring comedian kidnaps his friends to prove to them that he is objectively funny.
LEMONS DIRECTED BY SIENA KUAN 2 MINUTES UNITED STATES ENGLISH An exploration of society’s idea of perfection and what it means to find your own.
BEYOND THE MODEL
AMAZING APPLE
SNAIL MAIL
DIRECTED BY JESSICA LIN
DIRECTED BY YUTONG WU
DIRECTED BY ANDREA BAEK
7 MINUTES
4 MINUTES
6 MINUTES
UNITED STATES ENGLISH
CHINA ENGLISH
UNITED STATES ENGLISH
After the assaults on and discrimination
A discarded apple core is accidentally
Pairs of pen pals share their sides of the
against Asians because of COVID-19, this
discovered by an artist and becomes a
letters—what they’ve learned, why they
film shines a light on what it is like be a
famous artwork.
write, and what makes penpalling special.
“model minority” in an increasingly divided America.
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TAIWAN: LOST & FOUND Sift through this special selection of Taiwanese shorts in which the search for human connection overcomes loss, borders and political strife. Peace lost, but hope found.
AVAILABLE ONLINE
KUROSHIO CURRENT DIRECTED BY KUN-YU LAI 25 MINUTES TAIWAN, UNITED STATES CHINESE (MANDARIN), TAIWANESE, ENGLISH A Taiwanese guy goes on a road trip to avoid facing his guilt, but the memories from the past haunt him to face the mistakes he has made.
HELLO FROM TAIWAN DIRECTED BY TIFFANY FRANCES 16 MINUTES UNITED STATES, TAIWAN CHINESE (MANDARIN), TAIWANESE, ENGLISH After a year of separation, a young Taiwanese American girl and her mom struggle to reconnect with her dad and two older sisters across familial and cultural divides.
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PIGLET PIGLET DIRECTED BY LIN TSUNG-YEN 15 MINUTES TAIWAN CHINESE (MANDARIN) The sudden pregnancy and miscarriage of a young woman results in a turbulent day of anxiety and loneliness, set in a monumental day of a country’s search for hope.
THE BLACK KITE DIRECTED BY I-HUI LEE 23 MINUTES TAIWAN TAIWANESE A 7-year-old girl’s only wish is to fly a kite again with her father.
WILD GRASS DIRECTED BY SHAN WU 19 MINUTES UNITED STATES, TAIWAN ENGLISH A young Taiwanese woman’s journey to America reveals an unrealistic fantasy of love, driving her to confront the ways her identity is entangled with beauty, sexuality, nationality, and two languages.
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NEW YORK, I MISSED YOU
A dash of coming of age; a pinch of the foibles of pandemic dating; then, simmer with the ghosts of the past. No matter how far you’ve been flung in the last year, these hearty shorts will welcome you back to the eclectic melting pot we call home.
AVAILABLE ONLINE
TRUMPET
SEEDS
FITNESS! OR A STORY
DIRECTED BY KEVIN HAEFELIN
DIRECTED BY DENISE ZHOU
ABOUT SWEAT
17 MINUTES
15 MINUTES
DIRECTED BY KANA HATAKEYAMA
SWITZERLAND ENGLISH,
UNITED STATES ENGLISH, YUE
12 MINUTES
JAPANESE, SPANISH
CHINESE (CANTONESE)
UNITED STATES ENGLISH
A Japanese trumpet player is on a cultural
Desperate
pilgrimage to discover New York City jazz
remarkable 13th birthday, Georgia plots an
your
and experiences a hell of a night after
escape to the crowded streets of Brooklyn
technology, human connection... and sweat.
getting lost in Brooklyn.
with her little sister Cassie in tow.
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to
salvage
her
less-than-
A titillating spiritual comedy about seeking joyful,
deepest
nature
through
CORONA DATE DIRECTED BY SIMEON HU 17 MINUTES UNITED STATES, CHINA CHINESE (MANDARIN) A sexually frustrated girl stuck in New York City during the pandemic is desperate to meet up with someone she met online, while her paranoid mother is desperate to extend her web of protection... all the way from China.
POSTMAN DIRECTED BY MINKYU KANG 6 MINUTES UNITED STATES ENGLISH A postman meets a dying painter while delivering mail.
LITTLE SKY DIRECTED BY JESS X. SNOW 14 MINUTES COUNTRY ENGLISH, CHINESE (MANDARIN) A non-binary Chinese-American drag queen returns to their hometown to confront their estranged father about the childhood memories that continues to haunt them.
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NOT ON YOUR TERMS: GRADUATION DIRECTED BY ROBIN WANG 6 MINUTES UNITED STATES ENGLISH, CHINESE (MANDARIN) Following a graduation celebration, four Chinese people must navigate the future of their relationships as dictated by the circumstances of life and their families.
GOD’S DAUGHTER DANCES DIRECTED BY SUNGBIN BYUN 24 MINUTES SOUTH KOREA KOREAN A transgender dancer, Shin-mi, gets a call from the Military Manpower Administration to attend the Military Service Examination. Shin-mi takes her steps to the Military Manpower Administration.
FISHBOWL DIRECTED BY JACQUELINE CHAN 15 MINUTES UNITED STATES ENGLISH, CHINESE (MANDARIN) Navigating the Chinese New Year festivities now tinged with a foreign animosity, Natalie struggles to keep the growing attraction to her childhood friend, Joanne, from the prying eyes of those she once called home.
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QUEER SHORTS “‘Queer’ means anything is possible” Apichatpong Weerasethakul. These shorts don’t play by anyone’s rules but their own.
AVAILABLE ONLINE
BRIDGET DIRECTED BY ZON CHAN, KAYUE LI 11 MINUTES SINGAPORE MALAY On the night before his debut, Isa decides to open up to his parents about his longhidden pursuit.
ANYTHING FOR YOU DIRECTED BY MATT FERRUCCI 12 MINUTES UNITED STATES ENGLISH It wouldn’t be cheating, it would be experimenting.
PINK & BLUE DIRECTED BY CARMEN LOBUE 13 MINUTES UNITED STATES ENGLISH After a surprise first-time pregnancy, a trans couple of color wrestles with how the new baby will affect their relationship and how to raise their child in a binary world.
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LOVE STORIES Grab a coffee, light some candles, and get to know these romantic short films about what is and what could have been. You may have a future together even when these couples don’t.
AVAILABLE ONLINE THE NEGOTIATION
GOOD NEWS
CHECKING OUT
DIRECTED BY ROBERT JOE
DIRECTED BY OSRIC CHAU
DIRECTED BY VICK KRISHNA,
5 MINUTES
14 MINUTES
PIYALI SYAM
SOUTH KOREA, UNITED STATES
CANADA ENGLISH
15 MINUTES
KOREAN, ENGLISH
Happily married without kids and with an
UNITED STATES ENGLISH
A couple wake from sleep and discuss their
intent to focus on his career, Ryan struggles
Two
dreams, but the more they talk, the more
with the news of an unplanned pregnancy
members check into a hotel room to carry
reality starts to skew around them.
and his wife Nicole’s decision to keep it.
out a suicide pact.
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Indian-American
group
therapy
THE PERFECT POST DIRECTED BY JONATHAN DE GUZMAN II 11 MINUTES UNITED STATES ENGLISH In an attempt to show that she is “winning” post-breakup life, Jenna and her two best friends try to create the perfect social media post.
FAMILY HEIRLOOM DIRECTED BY WILL PINKE 14 MINUTES UNITED STATES ENGLISH Guy is finally ready to propose to his girlfriend Emily. When he visits her father Marty to ask for his blessing, Marty says yes, but only if Guy can pass a twisted test to prove his devotion. How far will Guy go for the woman he loves?
WHO CAN PREDICT
DELIMERENCE
CANDLEPIN
WHAT WILL MOVE YOU
DIRECTED BY STANLEY WONG
DIRECTED BY GAUTAM CHOPRA
DIRECTED BY LIVIA HUANG
9 MINUTES
10 MINUTES
9 MINUTES
UNITED STATES ENGLISH
UNITED STATES ENGLISH
UNITED STATES ENGLISH
A couple meets up for Valentine’s Day
A high-school math teacher on a hot date
Two boys spend one last night together in
despite breaking up days before.
runs into a group of his students.
Brooklyn, navigating a goodbye.
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IN A DIFFERENT LIGHT “When drinking water, always remember the source.” A pair of young siblings grapple with a family curse. A young drag performer tip toes behind his father’s traditional beliefs. A man and his son take a fateful trip to Disneyland. The water’s source looks different under new light.
AVAILABLE ONLINE APART, TOGETHER
BEYOND THE LAKE
EVA
DIRECTED BY OLIVIA HANG ZHOU
MY SISTER SLEEPS
DIRECTED BY MING JUE HU
19 MINUTES
DIRECTED BY MEL GUO, ANQI YU
11 MINUTES
UNITED STATES, CHINA CHINESE
10 MINUTES
UNITED STATES ENGLISH, CHINESE
(MANDARIN), ENGLISH
UNITED STATES ENGLISH
(MANDARIN)
Yiru, a Chinese teenager, travels to Los
A tale of a young boy, his sister, and their
Jenny’s father is getting remarried this
Angeles with her mom in search of her long
family curse.
weekend. She has to make a decision if she
lost sister.
wants to be friends with her new stepsister.
MAGIC KINGDOM DIRECTED BY NELSON NG CHAK-HEI 15 MINUTES HONG KONG, UNITED STATES CHINESE (CANTONESE, MANDARIN), ENGLISH Kit, a middle-aged single parent, brings his son from Hong Kong to California under the pretense of visiting Disneyland.
MARIAM DIRECTED BY REEM JUBRAN 12 MINUTES UNITED STATES ENGLISH, ARABIC Zaid, a young Arab-American amateur drag queen, has to confront his conservative father and grandfather who has Alzheimer’s about his identity on an average night that goes terribly wrong.
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BIRDWATCHING DIRECTED BY MARYAM MIR 9 MINUTES UNITED STATES ENGLISH, URDU When a daughter discovers her divorced mother setting up an online dating profile, she is forced to witness her as a woman with desire for the first time.
THE LAST FERRY FROM GRASS ISLAND DIRECTED BY LINHAN ZHANG 13 MINUTES HONG KONG, UNITED STATES CHINESE (MANDARIN, CANTONESE) A Hong Kong hitman retires as a fisherman on the peaceful Grass Island. One day, his Chinese apprentice shows up, tasked to kill him before the last ferry departs.
SNAKE TRAIL DIRECTED BY SHICONG ZHU 17 MINUTES CHINA CHINESE (MANDARIN) Urged to complete the traditional Chinese death ritual as her mother’s only daughter but lacking the legal documentation to prove their kinship, a girl finds herself in an institutional conundrum.
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BETWEEN THE LINES Can you repeat that? I don’t understand.
POST OFFICE
FARANAK
Borders, social distance, and language
DIRECTED BY COURTNEY LOO,
DIRECTED BY MEHRNOUSH ALIA
create
and
DAVID KARP
15 MINUTES
connection. For many, these have never been
13 MINUTES
IRAN PERSIAN
more vast, nor more necessary to overcome.
UNITED STATES ENGLISH, CHINESE
A new driver at a ride-hailing company in
In these shorts, crossing these borders may
(MANDARIN)
Iran has hit rock bottom and accepts a ride
start best with reading between the lines.
When a Chinese-American mother and her
to a dog, knowing too well that it is against
children come upon a seemingly abandoned
the Islamic law of his country. What he does
little girl, their attempts to help have
not know is that this dog is experiencing a
unforeseen consequences.
crisis just like him.
barriers
to
understanding
AVAILABLE ONLINE
LEARNING TAGALOG WITH KAYLA DIRECTED BY KAYLA ABUDA GALANG 4 MINUTES UNITED STATES ENGLISH, TAGALOG In this lesson, Kayla will teach you Tagalog, the language of her homeland.
MICHELLE DIRECTED BY KENYA GILLESPIE 10 MINUTES UNITED STATES ENGLISH A shy Asian American girl fights off her bullies with a little help from her idol: decorated U.S. figure skater Michelle Kwan.
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LONELY BLUE NIGHT
DISASTER PANTIES
TRANSLATION OF SILENCE
DIRECTED BY JOHNSON CHENG
DIRECTED BY ALISHA BHOWMIK
DIRECTED BY NATE CUBOI
15 MINUTES
8 MINUTES
12 MINUTES
UNITED STATES CHINESE
UNITED STATES ENGLISH
FRANCE, VIETNAM VIETNAMESE,
(MANDARIN), ENGLISH
Quarantining
The consequences of a mother’s decision
Lacey discovers something awry with her
A young Vietnamese man travels to Paris
to leave her daughter in the care of an
vagina and must take her gynecologist
to reunite with his long-lost father, only
American homestay family are unearthed
appointment over video call.
to discover the truth behind his family’s
when they reunite for dinner one lonely
alone,
anxious
millennial
FRENCH
separation.
blue night.
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THE ART OF IDENTITY What is art and how can we see it in our lives? These stories explore what art means and how it helps us connect to our world.
AVAILABLE ONLINE
HAWAIIAN SOUL DIRECTED BY ‘ĀINA PAIKA 2O MINUTES UNITED STATES ENGLISH Amidst the 1970s native rights movement, George Helm, a Hawaiian activist and musician must gain the support of kūpuna (community elders) from Maui to aid in the fight of protecting the precious neighboring island of Kaho‘olawe from military bombing.
MAHÅLANG: A LOVE LETTER TO
AND THEN
LADY APSARA
GUAM
DIRECTED BY RAVENNA TRAN
DIRECTED BY ZI ALIKHAN
DIRECTED BY ELLIOT DEBRUYN,
17 MINUTES
18 MINUTES
NATHANIEL BROWN, CAILI QUAN
JAPAN ENGLISH
UNITED STATES, PHILLIPPINES,
18 MINUTES
AND THEN is a queer travel romance short
INDIA ENGLISH
UNITED STATES ENGLISH
film set in Tokyo about two restless artists
Apsara, a hard-working NYC actress whose
who repeatedly run into one another in a
identity is both Filipina and Indian, sings
sleepless city.
her way through a two-audition day… to an
Chamorro
Filipino
choreographer
and
dancer Caili Quan pays tribute to the family and culture of Guam that sparked her love of music and inspired her dream of dancing.
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extraordinary conclusion.
OPEN FOR BUSINESS The past year has made the world focus on the difficulties of everyday people getting a business up and running and doing their best to serve their local community. These films offer some insight into the day to day of this life.
AVAILABLE ONLINE
SỐNG Ở ĐÂY (TO LIVE HERE)
KOTO: THE LAST SERVICE
PHOENIX BAKERY: SWEETS FOR
DIRECTED BY MELANIE DANG HO
DIRECTED BY JOELLA CABALU
THE SWEET
21 MINUTES
14 MINUTES
DIRECTED BY JANET CHEN
UNITED STATES VIETNAMESE,
CANADA ENGLISH, JAPANESE
15 MINUTES
ENGLISH
After nearly 40 years in operation, the
UNITED STATES ENGLISH
Exploring the intimacy of the mundane, TO
family-run Koto Japanese restaurant is
As Los Angeles Chinatown’s Phoenix Bakery
LIVE HERE focuses on the lives of Vietnam-
closing down in Campbell River, Canada.
celebrates its 80th anniversary, three
ese shrimpers and elderly farmers in New
A meditation on how to say goodbye with
generations of the Chan family explore their
Orleans, understanding the reverberations
grace and the legacy of investing care in
legacy and contemplate the bakery’s future
of the past and present in day-to-day labor.
relationships through sushi.
in the community.
3 CENTS A KILO
FUGETSO-DO
DIRECTED BY SHAO MIN
DIRECTED BY KAIA ROSE
CHEW CHIA
13 MINUTES
23 MINUTES
UNITED STATES ENGLISH
SINGAPORE ENGLISH, CHINESE
An intimate portrait of the 117-year-old
(MANDARIN, CANTONESE)
Japanese sweet shop that has become
Three cardboard collectors invite us along
a memory bank for the Little Tokyo
as they go about their day, freely sharing
community.
their thoughts and feelings about their personal history and present circumstance.
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COMEDY NIGHT LITTLEFIELD FRIDAY, AUGUST 13 8PM Join some of the funniest API stand-up comics from NYC for a night of laughter! Hosted and produced by Asian CineVision’s very own Claire Yoo.
HOSTED BY CLAIRE YOO
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FEATURING DJ SOUL KOREA
MICHAEL CRUZ KAYNE
JES TOM
DYLAN ADLER
SABRINA WU
MOSS PERRICONE
MIC NGUYEN
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SOUR MOUSE FRIDAY, AUGUST 20 8PM LONELY WHALE - JON KYOTO
CAFE P.M. - MR. HONG & PASTELS
BLOOD - SAMMAY
DIRECTED BY STEVE NGUYEN
DIRECTED BY BEN BLENNER
DIRECTED BY GUERRILLA DAVIS,
3 MINUTES
3 MINUTES
ADONIS EMORY
UNITED STATES ENGLISH
UNITED STATES, AUSTRALIA
3 MINUTES
An astronaut rescues a celestial giant
ENGLISH
UNITED STATES ENGLISH
buried underneath a meteor of waste.
Welcome to cafe p.m! mr. hong and pastels
A young brown girl awakens to reclaim
invite you to a night out bar hopping.
her ancestral inheritance from Maharlika. A descendant of balyana (priestesses)—
GOALS_ - SUPERKNOVA
ADIEUX - ZEAUX
believed to have been fed to the crocodiles
DIRECTED BY LILI FANG
DIRECTED BY ZOE STERN
by Spanish colonizers who feared their
4 MINUTES
STILLINGER
unmatched prowess—she re-emerges from
UNITED STATES ENGLISH
5 MINUTES
the shadows to lead her people into the
A young woman seeks to gain acceptance
UNITED STATES ENGLISH
reckoning for collective liberation.
and praise from everyone around her but
Touched by loss, a young artist explores a
becomes increasingly fed up with pursuing
landscape of grief and longing, reclaiming
ASIAN ENOUGH - CHARA KAI-LE
everyone’s else’s goals but her own.
her relationship to creativity.
DIRECTED BY CHARA KAI-LE TAN 3 MINUTES
FLOATING - KUOKO
GOLD - ELLA JAY BASCO
CANADA, ENGLAND, SINGAPORE,
DIRECTED BY JASMIN LUU
DIRECTED BY LESLIE
MALAYSIA ENGLISH, CHINESE
4 MINUTES
ALEJANDRO
(CANTONESE)
GERMANY ENGLISH
6 MINUTES
From rejecting rice to family disapproval,
FLOATING is about getting lost in the
UNITED STATES ENGLISH
Toronto pop artist Chara Kai-Le provides a
beauty of the moment as an act of self-
This video was made in honor of Asian
lighthearted autobiographical depiction of
empowerment. It’s about following your
American Month. It's about the artist taking
her identity as a Southeast-Asian woman
own voice, even when society’s pressures
pride and ownership of their beautiful gold
growing up in a Western world.
seem to be ever-increasing.
skin.
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35 YEARS OF TAIPEI STORIES
PANELS
SUNDAY, AUGUST 15 | 8:45PM ONLINE We’ll be exploring the throughline from the New Taiwanese Cinema movement that TERRORIZERS represents to the present day: the influence both in the contemporary films we are exhibiting like TAIPEI SUICIDE STORY, and modern day Taiwanese film fandom. What does it mean that interest in these filmmakers seem to be growing in popularity and availability in the US, with recent Criterion collection releases of A BRIGHTER SUMMER DAY and the introduction of Criterion’s first Hou Hsiao-Hsien film? What allows these films to have so much appeal internationally? What is their legacy domestically?
AMERICANISH:
A PARADISE LOST:
A CASE STUDY IN AMERICAN-
HOLLYWOOD'S EFFECT ON HAWAI'I
MUSLIM REPRESENTATION
THURSDAY, AUGUST 12 | 7:30PM
SATURDAY, AUGUST 14 | 4:30PM
THE PEOPLE’S FORUM
THE PEOPLE’S FORUM
Portrayals of Muslims and Islam on television and film typically
It’s America’s paradise. But at what price?
include: aggressive or violent terrorists, submissive and oppressed women, and antiquated ideas of religion, culture, gender, and
After less than a century as a state, Hawaii continues to feel
society. These portrayals and stereotypes are not only damaging
the effects of colonization, and increasingly, the growing
and dangerous for members of the Muslim community, but are
gentrification pared with the tourism industry on the island. Now,
additionally problematic due to the nature of who is perpetuating
the COVID-19 pandemic has put the problem of resource limitation
them: namely, non-Muslim filmmakers. Americanish is the first
acutely in view. Hollywood, of course, isn’t absolved of it’s own
American Muslim romantic comedy made by diverse American
role in promoting tourism to the island but what does that look
Muslim women about Muslim women. These filmmakers will
like in the present? What obligations do productions have to local
discuss the how they are turning around a narrative to show, real
communities?
and authentic story of American Muslims.
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ACV ADMIN TEAM JOHN WOO
ACV Executive Director
EUNICE CHEN
ACV Associate Director - Development
KAYLA WONG
YU HAI SHEN
Events Coordinator
CLAIRE YOO
Events Coordinator
Programs/Festival Director
EVAN LIN
Legal Consultant
OPERATIONS TEAM DEVELOPMENT TEAM
DAVID RANCES CHRISTOPHER GULTIANO
AMANDA ZHANG
Community Engagement Coordinator
JENNIFER LO
Sponsorship Coordinator
MARKETING & PUBLIC RELATIONS TEAM
HR Manager
BEAU BLUMENTHAL
Public Relations Lead
YICHEN QU
Publicity Coordinator
BERYL LIU
Publicity Coordinator
Social Media Lead
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Content Strategy Lead
CHARISSA ISIDRO
JESSINA WONG
Production Manager
JENNY HA
Operations Associate
ANNA SANG
Operations Associate
ELIZABETH BIGELOW
Operations Associate Hospitality Coordinator
Communications Manager
WAN-LING YU
IRENE PARK
Administrative Manager
BERYL LIN
ISABELLA NICDAO KEUNRAK KANG “K-ROCK”
Senior Operations Manager
PROGRAMMING TEAM WYNTON WONG
Programming Manager
KRIS MONTELLO
Film Programmer
Social Media Coordinator
MILISA BURKE
Film Programmer
Social Media Coordinator
ANNIE NING
Film Programmer
ELYSE WANG
Film Programmer
Email Marketing Lead Marketing Data Analyst Marketing Assistant
CHLOE LEE
VR/Interactive Programmer
CREATIVE TEAM NANCY CHOI
Creative Manager
HARMONIE TSAI
Lead Designer
SHING-HAY WONG
Graphic Designer
HANNAH COOPER
Graphic Designer
ALEX WEN
Lead Web Developer
DENNIS HU
Lead Software Engineer
ARNOLD BUSTAMENTE
Lead UX Designer
CARL ANTHONY VITALE
UX Designer
MAREK MATTHEW GETTER
UX Designer
ANDY DO
Web Developer
DANIEL PARK BRETT KODAMA
Assistant Web Developer Photo/Video Lead
QIAN LI
Video Editor
VIC YUEN / TAKE 21 ALLISON HSU RAYMOND MEI DAVID KOH
Video Editor & Media Partner Editorial Coordinator Editorial Assistant Interactive Webpage/AR Designer
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Screener
AMANDA ZHANG
Screener
BRIAN LAU
Screener
ERNEST LESMANA
Screener
CLAIRE YOO
Screener
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LEADERS' CIRCLE LORI TAN CHINN YAO KING
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API Film Festival Coalition Ashley Arnold Jennifer Betit Yen Shana Bhattacharya James Boo Eseel Borlasa Karin Brownstein Christine Chan Laura Chen Schultz Kanglan Chin Daryl Chin Josephine Chu Melinda Chu David Chung Shing Chung Rachel Cooper Drew Allison Cowen Victor Cruz Reynaldo Cuerdo Francis Cullado Veronica Dang Anne Del Castillo Michael Dong Beth Finkle Patricio Ginelsa Aaron Go Lisa Gold Aaron Ho Brian Hu Ellen Huang Cynthia Koo Joanne Kwong Diana Chiawen Lee
Evan Jackson Leong Shawn Lin Brennan Lowe David Magdael Jordan McNerney Erin Mitchel Reginald Nance Amanda Nguyen Shannon O'Neill Ed Pokropski Gil Quito Sean Ro Rachel Rosado Nick Sakai Melanie Scharler Danny Taing Armand Talbo Sara Tam Naeema Thompson Monique Townes Angela Tung Tanya Tweedy Shannon Urabe Corey Wilson Kevin Wong Klavier Wong Antony Wong Kenne Yang Brian Yang Stacey Young Julie Young Wendy Younge Michelle Yun