In a moment of ordinary madness, three girlfriends decide to shoot a burqa music video. The short film Warsha plays before Sonne.
Asian Americans unite to free Chol Soo Lee, a Korean immigrant who was wrongly convicted of a gang murder, but once out, he self-destructs, threatening the movement's legacy and the man himself. *Filmmaker in attendance
What’s worse than graduating without a job, a boyfriend, or a sense of purpose? Not being able to graduate at all. Riley, an Asian-American girl, is a senior at an unidentified NYC college who is dealing with a yeast infection, a UTI, the fallout of a recent break-up, racial stigma from supposed friends, flailing romantic endeavors with uninterested men, and a future put on hold.
In Toronto lively music, intricate textiles and vibrant colours paint an unlikely story of love and family when Badi and Sharon, two young students with very different upbringings from a divided Iranian community, accidentally fall in love. *Filmmaker in attendance. The short film Fictions plays before Tehranto.
AAAFF presents our second short film program, SLICE OF LIFE. As part of our values of having films be accessible, this program is offered for a low ticket fee of $5 per person. Q&A with attending filmmakers will follow.
Tracing back to the ‘92 LA Uprisings to the current day BLM movement, Liquor Store Dreams is an intimate portrait of two Korean American children of liquor store owners who set out to bridge generational divides with their immigrant parents in Los Angeles. *Filmmaker in attendance
Hidden Letters tells the story of two Chinese women trying to balance their lives as independent women in modern China while confronting the traditional identity that defines but also oppresses them.
An intimate exploration of how everyday lives intertwine with borders in the Indian subcontinent. 'Borderlands' brings together six characters whose lives are defined by personal and political borders. The short film Seasons plays before Borderlands.
AAAFF presents our second short film program, SNAP SHOTS AROUND THE WORLD. As part of our values of having films be accessible, this program is offered for a low ticket fee of $5 per person. Q&A with attending filmmakers will follow.
The leading "clown" role in a renowned theater troupe passes on, and is welcomed into the Underworld. As he relives his vivid memories one last time before entering the afterlife, fifty years of art, struggle and love play out against the background of 20th-century China’s tumultuous history.
The film poses the universal question—must we betray our family to grow up? The filmmaker’s Indian father gives her a letter, which he left unopened for 20 years. She pieces together her father’s history of trauma and renewal—of family violence, boyhood in a right-wing paramilitary group, Muslim-Hindu violence during Partition, and family banishment for marrying a Danish woman. *Filmmaker in attendance. The short film What Remains plays before TERRIBLE CHILDREN.
