Following a graduation celebration, four Chinese must navigate their relationships' future as dictated by the circumstances of life and their families.

Graduation

Following a graduation celebration, four Chinese must navigate their relationship's future as dictated by the circumstances of life and their families.

A conflicted American-Born-Chinese waitress meets a mysterious man and is drawn into an unimaginable circumstance.

Neul未知nd (The Unknown)

A conflicted American-Born-Chinese waitress is drawn into an unimaginable circumstance by a mysterious man in a limo.

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.

Hello From Taiwan

HELLO FROM TAIWAN is a poetic drama about a Taiwanese American family who struggles to reunite across language and cultural barriers, set in the late 1980s and told from a child’s perspective.

Kiryu City, like many local cities, does not stop the outflow of young people. There are no tourism resources and no industry. What should we do now? Can we ask someone for promotion measures? And the meeting begins. We can't really read the Japanese conference. A harsh psychological warfare begins.

First

A Japanese conference is made with compassion and psychological warfare.

A light-hearted comedy about the sweetest fiancé giving her boyfriend the best birthday present ever.

Make A Wish

A light-hearted comedy about the sweetest fiancé giving her boyfriend the best birthday present ever.

Years after mining operations began, a once rugged and undisturbed town changes drastically. Koi, 22, returns home for the first time since leaving for college, and does so with an infected ear. He accompanies his mother Tonet in waiting for his father, both of them clueless as to whether his father could make it home alive after an accident in the extraction tunnel. As Koi reconnects with his hometown in slow decay, he fears the impending possibility of losing both his father and his hearing. Part fiction, part experiment, and purposefully blurring the distinction, Here, Here is as a loose visual study on landscapes and terrains, both natural and beyond.

Here, Here

Part fiction, part experiment, and purposefully blurring the distinction, Here, Here is a loose visual study on landscapes and terrains, both natural and beyond.

Kite is the moving portrait of four Chinese women across generations. The three young Chinese women, Patrice, Viola and Yuni, allude to the intersection of mental health and one's experience as a member of the diaspora of Chinese youth. The filmmaker's grandmother, Suqin, speaks about the Great Chinese Famine sixty years ago and foreshadows the continuation of a collective memory of trauma in a younger generation. The film explores the relationship between time and memory, the shifting definition of health, feminine embodiment, and the question of labels. Kite is an illustration of the weight of time and responsibility, a testament to the never-ending nostalgia and regret, yet it is also a hopeful portrayal of the possibilities of changing and becoming. While witnessing how four Chinese women in different generations have responded to pain, the film also spotlights their resilience when facing overwhelming social and bodily constraints.

Kite

While haunted by the collective cultural trauma and their personal pain, four determined Chinese women, young and old, set out to reconcile with their emotional health and to break free from the weight of the world.

"Dance is not about impressing others. Dance is about having fun." This documentary is about a man who's living his life teaching many influential "b-boys" in Los Angeles and became a hidden legend who's goal is not to become famous but to spread the joy of dancing and pass on.

Teacher

This documentary is about a man who's living his life teaching many influential "b-boys" in Los Angeles and became a hidden legend who's goal is not to become famous but to spread the joy of dancing and pass on.

Live Q&amp;A with the program's filmmakers! No recordings of the Q&amp;A will be given out.

Filmmaker Q&A | Asian Cinema Short Films Part One

InFocus: Asian Cinema Short Films Part One + Filmmaker Q&A

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