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Following the in-person screening will be a Q&A moderated by AAIFF programmer Dayoung Lee with the following filmmakers:
- Daily Worker: Ting Su (director), Eddie Yukun Long (producer)
- Almost American: Saritha Rothermel (co-director), Sam Soliman (participant/co-director)
- Confucius Plaza: ZJ Wang (writer/director/producer), Heather Hill (producer)
- Homecoming and Going: Kristie Ko (writer/director), Sophia Shek (producer), Jasmine Hawamdeh (impact producer)
Note: not all shorts are available online. Check the list below to see if a short will play in-person, online, or both.
In the States and across the world, people are on the move. Witness young immigrants find new generational identities as they face bureaucratic anxieties, violence, and the old immigrant generations that settled and stayed.
In this program
Daily Worker
Directed by Ting Su
Digitizing union newspapers in the quiet of a dark room, a filmmaker reflects on their relationship to labor.
This film will be available both in-person and online.
Almost American
Directed by Sam Soliman, Saritha Rothermel
ALMOST AMERICAN follows Sam Soliman as he anxiously awaits the outcome of his DACA renewal. Just as he begins to reckon with his place in America, his world is shattered by the sudden detainment and deportation of his mother by ICE.
This film will be available both in-person and online.
Confucius Plaza
Directed by Zijin Wang
A Chinese man living in New York comes across an abused American Pitbull living in the apartment downstairs, the man takes it upon himself to take the dog in and take care of her.
This film will be available both in-person and online.
ITALIANO
Directed by Mehdi Davachi
Two Iranian gay boys during the Women’s Freedom Movement want to smuggle themselves out of Iran due to the difficult living conditions for gays, but they face difficulties in financing the smuggling trip.
This film will be screened in-person only.
i see myself in you
Directed by Amreen Kullar
Amidst rising xenophobia, 1st and 2nd gen South Asian settlers in Brampton, Ontario explain their side of the story through interweaving dual language prose and 16mm film.
This film will be available both in-person and online.
Cabbage Daddy
Directed by Grace An
Why am I so bad at Korean?
This film will be screened in-person only.
Homecoming and Going
Directed by Kristie Ko
A London flat is handed over between old friends. Emily has just immigrated with her fiancé, and Megan plans to return to Hong Kong. Both struggle to justify their decisions as the line between foreign and familiar becomes blurred.
This film will be screened in-person only.
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