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shareWhat don’t we know about our mothers? Who are they beyond the defining and confining role of motherhood? This showcase delves into the hidden realms of mothers, soon-to-be mothers, and grandmothers—women with secrets, aches, longings, dreams, and griefs. These are the stories our moms never told.
Curated by Lillian Li
In this program
Ipdeot
Directed by Dokyun Im
Hawa and Adam are an immigrant couple. She has been turned away by her family due to an unexpected pregnancy, and the two are now relying on each other while facing the threat of deportation from the United States
Balikbayan
Directed by Rebecca Rajadnya
A Filipina immigrant grapples with the physical distance from the family she left behind and the cultural disconnect from her daughters in the United States.
SANSEDAI
Directed by Kayli Kimura
Through intimate conversations over old photobooks and home movies from the 1930s, SANSEDAI explores themes of identity and belonging as it follows the filmmaker’s 92-year-old grandmother’s journey growing up during war, migrating to a country that was once deemed an enemy, and what it means to be Japanese-American.
Spasm
Directed by Sahra Asadollahi
A girl who has dreamed of acting since childhood, like a horse that wants to be the first in all competitions… She enters the film office for an audition, but…
