A story about a Korean grandmother who expresses love through food. Director Biography -&nbsp;Kaylee Kim<img src="https://storage.googleapis.com/eventive-static/01e9f797dd4316bed837cc045e720762.jpg" width="132">Kaylee Kim, born and raised in Los Angeles, is currently a Broadcast Journalism and Documentary major at Chapman University. With her love for filmmaking and learning about different cultures, she grew an interest towards documentary filmmaking. Though she doesn’t have much experience in the documentary field at the moment, she has had experience creating short films while traveling to different countries such as Mexico, Philippines, and Korea. She also has a passion for learning languages, speaking English, Korean, and Spanish while studying Japanese and Chinese. She hopes to tell stories that brings together both her love for people and filmmaking.

A Korean Grandmother's Love

A young North Korean girl, has been trafficked into forced labor, made to choose between freedom and friendship. Director Biography -&nbsp;Michelle C McGhan<a href="https://storage.googleapis.com/ff-storage-p01/press_kits/headshots/001/404/799/original/b870787ab5-headshot.jpg?1580839792" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><img src="https://storage.googleapis.com/ff-storage-p01/press_kits/headshots/001/404/799/thumb/b870787ab5-headshot.jpg?1580839792" width="115" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: none; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-family: inherit; font-size: 12.95px; vertical-align: middle; display: block; height: auto; max-width: 100%; position: relative;"></a>Michelle C. McGhan, better known as Mitchy, hails from the epicenter of Berkeley, California to a Korean mother and an American father. Mitchy has received her Bachelor's of Arts from Columbia College Chicago in Cinema Art + Science.Mitchy is a Los Angeles based director and producer. She has co-directed a short film, Among the Hidden. Her most notable producing work, sponsored by AdamandEve, "Her First Time", has over twenty-three million views on YouTube. Mitchy has co-written and co-created a sex positive web series, "Hot Summer Daze" which has over five million views and is executive produced by Erika Lust.

Jeong

A wartime promise takes Japanese-American soldier Jimmy Ibata on a life-changing journey from the battlefields of Europe to San Francisco to complete his final mission of WWII. Director Biography -&nbsp;Kerwin Berk<a href="https://storage.googleapis.com/ff-storage-p01/press_kits/headshots/001/353/249/original/8aba59059f-headshot.jpg?1563543008" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><img src="https://storage.googleapis.com/ff-storage-p01/press_kits/headshots/001/353/249/thumb/8aba59059f-headshot.jpg?1563543008" width="87" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: none; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-family: inherit; font-size: 12.95px; vertical-align: middle; display: block; height: auto; max-width: 100%; position: relative;"></a>Kerwin is a Sansei filmmaker who was born and raised in San Francisco's Japantown. He is an award-winning journalist who worked at newspapers and wire services in Asia and the United States for more than 20 years. His last stop was at his hometown newspaper - The Chronicle. Today, he is a freelance writer and independent filmmaker who still calls The City his home. He has written, produced and directed award-winning films and web series such as “The Virtues of Corned Beef Hash,” “Infinity &amp; Chashu Ramen” and “Gold Mountain.”

Kikan - The Homecoming

The story is set in 1997 against the backdrop of the looming handover. Kit, a middle-aged single parent, brings his son from Hong Kong to California under the pretense of visiting Disneyland. The son, Chun, comes to realize the real intention of the trip is for his own adoption. Director Biography -&nbsp;Nelson Ng Chak Hei<a href="https://storage.googleapis.com/ff-storage-p01/press_kits/headshots/001/468/471/original/ba0685443d-headshot.jpg?1577943342" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><img src="https://storage.googleapis.com/ff-storage-p01/press_kits/headshots/001/468/471/thumb/ba0685443d-headshot.jpg?1577943342" width="111" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: none; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-family: inherit; font-size: 12.95px; vertical-align: middle; display: block; height: auto; max-width: 100%; position: relative;"></a>Nelson Ng Chak Hei studied film at Emerson College and graduated from Boston University with a degree in International Relations. After returning to Hong Kong, he co-founded Stray Dogs, a production house specializing in advertising, while exploring personal stories to develop outside the commercial sphere.

Magic Kingdom

A collection of family secrets, confessions and confrontation. Director Biography -&nbsp;Carol Nguyen<img src="https://storage.googleapis.com/eventive-static/02050e1dbd15defa4c502ec58cd20e50.jpg" width="91">Carol Nguyen is a Vietnamese-Canadian filmmaker based in Montreal. Carol is a TIFF Share Her Journey ambassador, an Adobe Creativity Scholar and a 2018 Sundance Ignite Fellow and an Adobe Creativity Scholar. Today, Carol is continuing her passion for filmmaking at Concordia University.

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