Spirit of Youth

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Short Film Programs

A beautiful collection of short films, curated by PAAFF staff into 13 programs that explore themes like immigration, dreams, youth, belonging, and love.

Defining Ourselves, Defining Each Other

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Program Defining Ourselves, Defining Each Other Part of life’s complicated journey is realizing and forming all parts of one’s identity: race, ethnicity, nationality, sexuality,...

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Excavated Memories

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Program Excavated Memories Employing found footage and interviews, and spanning multiple decades and cultures, these eclectic films all nonetheless reveal the...

Pacific Showcase, Short Film Programs

Joy: When I Am My Ancestors

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Program Joy: When I Am My Ancestors “When I was my ancestors, I survived war, infections, and imprisonment. Now I am me, and I can...

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LMAO: Lighthearted, Merry, Amusing, Outrageous!

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Program LMAO: Lighthearted, Merry, Amusing, Outrageous! With premises as outrageous as a secret underground Chinese chess enclave and a truly magical strain of weed,...

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Queer Futures: LGBTQ Shorts

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Program Queer Futures: LGBTQ Shorts How do you use imagination to survive in this time of uncertainty? In this program, documentarians and narrative...

Short Film Programs

Reflections

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Program Reflections When you face the world, do people see you as you are or how they perceive you to...

Short Film Programs

Self Determination

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Program Self Determination Sometimes what we want and what others want for us completely contradict one another. Other times, they align...

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Small Moments: Animated Shorts

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Program Small Moments: Animated Shorts The experiences of childhood and youth unfold in small moments. These animated shorts reflect the tense & tender,...

Short Film Programs

Southeast Asian Tracks

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Program Southeast Asian Tracks Determination. Perseverance. Dedication. Survival. From child soldiers to factory workers, this collection of shorts uncovers the different tracks...

Short Film Programs

Spirit of Youth

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Program Spirit of Youth Skipping school, sneaking out, falling in love, finding yourself … These short films remind us of the complicated...

Short Film Programs

Uncertain Movements

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Program Uncertain Movements Lying somewhere between dream and nightmare, American immigrants face a tenuous existence in a land that never quite...

Short Film Programs

Unsettling Truths

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Program Unsettling Truths These shorts will leave you wondering: What is real and what is not? How far would you go...

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What Haunts Us

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Program What Haunts Us Specters abound in this series of shorts—ghosts of people, places, and lives long abandoned. The footprints left behind...