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Filmmakers in attendance.

What constructs our identity? Interest? Passion? Culture? Race? Or all of them? Watch as each of the protagonists enter their own journeys to explore the definition of themselves and others. – Annie Liang

Co-presented with Community Partner: asian mamas working in the arts

In This Program

1. 

   FAKEAPINO

   Jeremy Sistoso / Shorts Competition / USA / 2017 / Comedy, Drama, Pacific Islander, Social Issues / 16 mins

   A boy of mixed white and Filipino descent struggles to understand his identity through the perception of those around him.

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   FRENCHIES

   Kuan-Fu Lin / Shorts Competition / Taiwan, USA / 2017 / Fantasy, Satire, Social Issues / 12 mins

   A fantasy satire about the contradiction between an anxious guy and his new neighbors, the Frenchies, who have heads that resemble French bulldogs.

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   IRON HANDS

   Johnson Cheng / Shorts Competition / China, USA / 2017 / Children, Drama, Family, International, Sports, Student, Women / 11 mins

   As a 12-year-old girl prepares for her Chinese Youth Olympics weightlifting team try-outs, she makes an unlikely connection with the gym's reclusive groundskeeper.

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   MIMI

   Jeffrey Hsueh / Shorts Competition / USA / 2017 / Animation, Comedy, History, Student, Women / 2 mins

   A fun chat with an immigrant hairstylist and her husband, who recount their days in China.

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   OTHELLO-SAN

   Theodore A. Adams III / Shorts Competition / USA / 2018 / Arthouse, Drama, Educational, History, International, Social Issues / 21 mins

   Cultures clash when an African American student discovers a universal truth through an encounter with a demanding Japanese instructor while rehearsing for Shakespeare’s "Othello."

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   THE TRAVELER TAKAMURE

   Jing Niu / Shorts Competition / USA / 2018 / Action, Adventure, Animation, Coming of Age, Documentary, Environmental, Experimental, History, Spiritual, Women / 16 mins

   A 54-day long adventure to retrace the wandering footsteps of a Japanese poetess leads filmmaker Jing Niu down a winding road of accidental self-discovery.

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   VISAGE

   Blake Hodges, Jackson Tobiska / Shorts Competition / USA / 2017 / Drama, Sci-Fi / 10 mins

   The most important reason Edward is perfect for a leading role, is also the only reason he may not get it.

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8. 

   THE WEIGHT OFF MY CHEST

   Emory Johnson / USA / 2018 / Documentary, Family, LGBTQIA+, Social Issues, Student / 12 mins

   College student and Star Wars fan Jesse undergoes top surgery and explores the gender spectrum.

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