Our selection of four films that are longer than your average short, but just as impactful and brilliantly crafted as our feature-length films.
Followed by Q&A with filmmakers in attendance.
Our selection of four films that are longer than your average short, but just as impactful and brilliantly crafted as our feature-length films. This block of films includes a documentary film about an all-female drill team in Seattle, a pair of Hong Kong sisters struggling to look after their father with dementia, a South Korean animated comedy about a couple undergoing an experimental gender-swapped pregnancy, and the much overdue Texas premiere of local Austin filmmaker Sachin Dheeraj Mudigonda’s film on the exploitation of Indian immigrants in the coastal shipyards of the south. - Yuxi Lai, Senior Film Programmer
SHE MARCHES IN CHINATOWN (2023)
Documentary | USA | Dir. Della Chen
SHE MARCHES IN CHINATOWN is an inspiring story about belonging, identity, sisterhood, leadership, and a community that has flourished among a diverse group of women with backgrounds that represent a variety of sexual orientations, races, and ages. It is about a group that thrives despite being in a neighborhood targeted by hate and discrimination. As one superfan puts it, “Please don’t go away – Seattle needs you!”
AL NIENTE (2023)
Narrative | Hong Kong | Texas Premiere | Dir. Lo Lam
Ling, a woman conducting music therapy for her dementia-stricken father, clashes with her older sister Munn’s cautious approach. But when Dad mistakes Ling for his former mistress, the sisters must face newly uncovered family secrets and their unresolved conflicts.
HOW TO GET YOUR MAN PREGNANT (2023)
Narrative | Korea | U.S. Premiere | Dir. Gyeongmu NOH
This film is set in South Korea in the year 2030. Jeonghwan Choi and Yujin Kang have been married for ten years. Yujin is worn out after failing to conceive through IVF treatment. The genius medical doctor, Dr. Samsin Kim, has been researching male pregnancy technology, which is now available publicly.
MEN IN BLUE (2022)
Narrative | USA | Texas Premiere | Dir. Sachin Dheeraj Mudigonda
Resistance brews among the Indian immigrants who were stripped of their dignity when a reputed shipyard in Texas conscripted them as guest workers to repair the oil rigs and ships damaged after Hurricane Katrina.