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A Wayfarer

Film A Wayfarer Directed by Roselyle Zhao A Wayfarer finds nowhere she belongs.

Ān-dé-lǔ

Film Ān-dé-lǔ Directed by Alan He A young Chinese-American baseball player must confront his internalized racism after his overbearing father comes to his rescue.

Diana

Film Diana Directed by Luo-Bing Pan A young Chinese trans woman navigates through a fraudulent marriage and a turbulent friendship as a recent immigrant…

Did You Eat Yet?

Film Did You Eat Yet? Directed by Alicia Qian As Eunice prepares a meal for her mother, she struggles to navigate the blurred lines of what it…

Growing Pains

Film Growing Pains Directed by Shengwen Ruan Dance major student Xiao Yong accidentally obtains a “Body Art” magazine and goes through a complex growth process.

I Wanna Become the Sky

Film I Wanna Become the Sky Directed by Jess X. Snow In a dystopian near-future of Chinese Exclusion, when a young student visits the studio of a charismatic artist…

Iron, Butterfly

Film Iron, Butterfly Directed by Ke Liu To catch up with work, a burdened blacksmith in rural China decides not to visit his wife, who…

It’s Been a Long Time

Film It’s Been a Long Time Directed by Yuxi Yin A heartbroken woman, armed with a knife and memories of a lost love, confronts her ex-boyfriend.

Lǎo Lao Lǎo Le

Film Lǎo Lao Lǎo Le Directed by Julie Zhu When a young boy is left home alone with his increasingly unwell grandmother, he is forced to come…

Moon in the Water

Film Moon in the Water Directed by Jingwen Fang After relocating to New York from China, Zhulan finds herself struggling to adjust to her new life. The…

One Note

Film One Note Directed by Jamie Ting A dark comedy about a neurotic but driven 17-year-old Chinese-American violinist on a mission to get admitted to…

Puzzle Pieces

Film Puzzle Pieces Directed by Zhuyu Liao As Joy is packing her luggage for moving out from home, in her bedroom where she grows up,…

Rat City Symphony

Film Rat City Symphony Directed by Adam Zheng Yuan After a long day dressed in a Mickey Mouse costume, undocumented immigrant Yun finds a rat in her…

Reading You

Film Reading You Directed by Angeline Teh An immersion into memories where absence of a person takes hold.
Narrative Features

Restrospective: Saving Face

Film Restrospective: Saving Face Directed by Alice Wu Wil is a lesbian, but she doesn’t dare tell her widowed mother, Hwei-lan, or her very traditional grandparents.…

Rock Springs

Film Rock Springs Directed by David Huang A fictional retelling of the Rock Springs Chinese Massacre of 1885, in which over 30 Chinese miners were…

Squeegee Boy

Film Squeegee Boy Directed by Chung-Wei Huang On a quest for belonging and acceptance, a trans teenager yearns to become part of a tight-knit group…

Swimming Lessons

Film Swimming Lessons Directed by Meloddy Gao A personal, reflexive film that follows a daughter of Chinese immigrants who yearns to understand her transoceanic family’s…

Threading Silence

Film Threading Silence Directed by Isabel Tay A Singaporean family's silenced grief over the death of an uncle parallels the country's removal of diverse dialects…

Until He’s Born

Film Until He’s Born Directed by Qingxuan Wang After the only boy accidentally “killed” an unborn brother during the one-child policy period, an encounter between him…
Narrative Features

Weeds by the River

Film Weeds by the River Directed by Ayang Gao On a damp summer night in the south, Xiao Fei searched for someone who was missing and experienced…