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Documentary
Fallen Star Rising Sun
Film
Fallen Star Rising Sun
Directed by Bake Phouikham
Ko Chandetka’s family fled Laos in 1975 to seek asylum in Elgin, Illinois. Bodybuilding becomes an escape from…
Short Film Programs
Family Portraits
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Family Portraits
The joys and heartaches of being part of a family.
Documentary
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Feature-Length Films
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Centerpiece Films
Geographies of Kinship
Film
Geographies of Kinship
Directed by Deann Borshay Liem
In this powerful tale about the rise of Korea’s global adoption program, four adult adoptees return to their…
Comedy
Ghost
Film
Ghost
Get ready for the buddy film Asian Americans deserve! SJ Son and Woody Fu serve up fresh sketch…
Thriller
Go To Sleep: A Lao Ghost Story
Film
Go To Sleep: A Lao Ghost Story
Directed by Phet Mahathongdy
Khon is a Laotian American man torn between the pressures of his professional life and the supernatural reminders…
Comedy
Grandma’s 80th Surprise
Film
Grandma’s 80th Surprise
Directed by Curtis Lum, Fola Evans-Akingbola
Curtis has to confront his family’s colorism when he brings his black girlfriend, Ella, to dinner. Tensions run…
Drama
Hae Hawai’i
Film
Hae Hawai’i
Directed by Ty Sanga
Set at the time of the illegal overthrow of the Hawai’ian monarchy in 1893, the unseated monarchy finds…
LGBTQ
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Drama
Halwa
Film
Halwa
Directed by Gayatri Bajpai, Nirav Bhakta
One friend's idle gossip shakes Sujata Chopra out of the domestic stupor she has felt pressured to live…
Drama
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Feature-Length Films
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Centerpiece Films
Happy Cleaners
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Happy Cleaners
Directed by Julian Kim, Peter S. Lee
Mr. and Mrs. Choi own and operate Happy Cleaners, the family dry cleaning business. Mr. Choi has been…
Documentary
Ikebana
Film
Ikebana
Directed by Alejandro Yoshizawa
Kaz Takahashi shares her experience as a Japanese Canadian, and how she continues to reclaim culture and community…
Animation
In Passing
Film
In Passing
Directed by Esther Cheung
Esther Cheung lovingly recreates the essence of urban life in the '70s in Mong Kok, Kowloon as told…
Documentary
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Feature-Length Films
Jeronimo
Film
Jeronimo
Directed by Joseph Juhn
In 1905, 1033 Koreans were sold as indentured servants to landlords in Yucatán, Mexico. Some of them moved…
LGBTQ
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Drama
Kama’aina Child of the Land
Film
Kama’aina Child of the Land
Directed by Kimi Howl Lee
First-time actor, Malia Kamalani Soon, delivers an unflinching performance as newly-homeless Mahina. Kama’aina is an uncompromising and intimate…
Drama
Last Taxi Dance
Film
Last Taxi Dance
Directed by Brayden Yoder
In post-WWII Hawai’i, the minimum wage is 40 cents a day, or 4 dance tickets. Mahea is a…
Drama
Leotard
Film
Leotard
Directed by Stephanie Cheng
Alice has a sexual awakening before ballet class. With heightened senses, she experiences the world anew in the…
Animation
Little One
Film
Little One
Directed by Anya Martin
A father with an empty nest is eager to bond with his daughter when she comes back to…
Short Film Programs
Looking Past Paradise: Shorts from Hawai’i
Program
Looking Past Paradise: Shorts from Hawai’i
Increased accessibility to filmmaking tools because of digitization has allowed storytellers from marginalized communities to express their truths....
Thriller
Loop
Film
Loop
Directed by Matt Dy
Local filmmaker, Matt Dy, brings visuals evocative of “Jacob’s Ladder” and “Paranoia Agent” to the suburbs. This horror…
Documentary
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Feature-Length Films
Love Boat Taiwan
Film
Love Boat Taiwan
Directed by Valerie Soe
Love Boat: Taiwan, a feature-length documentary, looks into of one of the longest running summer programs in the…
Free Programs
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Short Film Programs
Mastering the Craft (FREE)
Program
Mastering the Craft (FREE)
From hand-formed soba noodles made in Seattle to the 5000 year old art of paper cutting, this program…
Drama
Mauka to Makai
Film
Mauka to Makai
Directed by Alika Maikau, Jonah Okano
Mauka to Makai offers an unfiltered window into a day in the lives of two cousins, who, while…
Drama
Mo’o!
Film
Mo’o!
Directed by Anela Ling
Grief manifests in conflict for two cousins growing up in O’ahu. Kekoa’s teenage cynicism gives way to hope…
Documentary
No One Ever Really Dies
Film
No One Ever Really Dies
Directed by Anika Kan Grevstad, Mari Young
Jun Takahashi is an 84 year old Japanese man and maverick with an irreverent perspective on life. His…
Drama
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Free Programs
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Directed by Mragendra Singh
After having their first child, an interracial couple struggles to hold onto their marriage while dealing with temptations…
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