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Following the in-person screening will be a Q&A moderated by AAIFF filmmaker Robert Fenske with the following filmmakers:
- i saw you in the flood: Kevin Xian Ming Yu (Writer/Director)
- Huong: Jenny Thach (Director/Producer/Editor/DP)
- Whereabouts: Suejee Lee (Writer/Director/Animator)
- The Boy with the Dinosaur Head: Ali Imran Zaidi (Writer/Producer), Rizwan Manji (Lead Cast)
- Yu & Me: Lucy Yu (Participant), Esther Chan (co-director/editor), Claudine Cho (Co-Director/Writer)
Note: not all shorts are available online. Check the list below to see if a short will play in-person, online, or both.
In our heart-wrenching times, these filmmakers keep hope at the center with films of intergenerational healing and community support. Whether the story belongs to one mother or a whole community, there are always ways to rebuild after tragedy.
In this program
i saw you in the flood
Directed by Kevin Xian Ming Yu
Kai, a genderqueer Chinese-American, and their mother, Li, deal with the effects of a heavy storm on their basement apartment in Queens.
This film will be available both in-person and online.
Huong
Directed by Jenny Thach
HUONG is a daughter’s attempt to understand her mother as a whole person—before she was her mom—after a single phone call split her life in two.
This film will be screened in-person only.
Before You
Directed by Lauren Melinda
On the way to an abortion clinic with her husband, a woman finds herself pulled into the memories of everything that led them there, and everything that came after.
This film will be screened in-person only.
Whereabouts
Directed by Suejee Lee
In a city that never slows down, one woman’s journey across New York becomes a meditation on presence, connection, and the small details of everyday life.
This film will be available both in-person and online.
The Boy with the Dinosaur Head
Directed by Imran J. Khan
A teacher tries to match wits with an unruly boy who identifies as a dinosaur.
This film will be screened in-person only.
Yu & Me
Directed by Claudine Cho, Esther Chan
When a fire destroys a beloved Chinatown bookstore, its hyper-independent owner learns that community is necessary for survival.
This film will be available both in-person and online.
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