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Following the in-person screening will be a Q&A moderated by AAIFF programmer Jackson Lee with the following filmmakers:
- Mother’s Recipe: Hyuga Kawabe (lead cast), Izumo Kawabe (writer/director)
- Heart and Sol: Donovan Decano (director/producer/editor)
- Disease: Jay Choi (lead cast), Joshua Koh (director)
- Back Then: Jackson Boomer & Chris Zou (producers)
Note: not all shorts are available online. Check the list below to see if a short will play in-person, online, or both.
Celebrate the future of AANHPI filmmaking with our youngest creatives as they take you on a journey through the modern conditions of youth and young adulthood. It’s coming of age as they see it, through the lenses of period drama, documentary and more.
A cash prize, sponsored by the Super Big Eight Fund, will be awarded to the winner. You can read more about the Super Big Eight Fund on Instagram.
In this program
Mother’s Recipe
Directed by Izumo Kawabe
When a Japanese boy who speaks little English is moved to Singapore by his mother and learns the stay is no longer temporary, he must earn enough money at a local food court to return home to Japan.
This film will be available both in-person and online.
Searching For Color
Directed by Mikayla Ashe
When a nail technician embraces her in ways her white mother never could, a young Asian adoptee begins to find her way home—to herself and her culture.
This film will be available both in-person and online.
Heart and Sol
Directed by Donovan Decano
A Filipino Karaoke bar owner in Berlin navigates the challenges of migration while recounting the extreme amounts of trauma he managed to overcome.
This film will be available both in-person and online.
Satkankul
Directed by Aidana Muralieva
Before she wakes up, she promises to remember him. And he promised to do the same.
This film will be screened in-person only.
Disease
Directed by Dongin Matthew Chun, Joshua Koh
A college student gets a homeless man struggling with substance abuse to act in his movie. After the shoot, they return to their lives.
This film will be screened in-person only.
A Story of Nanjing
Directed by L-J ShenFilerman
In 1937 Nanjing, two sisters grapple with the death of their family while desperately scrambling to flee from the Japanese army.
This film will be available both in-person and online.
Back Then
Directed by Junhyeok Kim
While en route to college in New York, a diminishing past memory is brought up, through one old, crumbled Leche Frita wrapper for Haneul.
This film will be available both in-person and online.
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