Presenters of the Asian American International Film Festival
Director Chien-chun Tseng and Yu-hsuan Tseng | Taiwan | 3 min Through the eyes of children you will discover that the most obscure is the most wonderful, beautiful and interesting. Using found objects and recyclables, this animation presents the imagin ...
Director Thanh Huynh and Phuong Ah | Vietnam | 5 min Mixing clay animation and live action, this fabulous short depicts how a bunch of pens attempt to ostracize the newly-come pencil, only to realize the importance of appreciating each other's difference ...
Director Stefanos Tai | USA | 14 min BIG CITY, SMALL TOWN is one 16-year-old's account of the neighborhood in which he has grown up, and the unsettling changes it has undergone as a result of the real-estate and economic downturns. The film shows t ...
Director Pang Jia Wei, Ryan Tan Chuan Min | Malaysia | 2 min Every single key on the piano has its own tone, but repeating a single key would only create monotones. The greatest melody is acheived from a collaboration of keys, just as our greatest gift ...
Emily is stuck in a repetition of events, a cycle that slowly begins to unravel as she comes to discover where and what she truly is.
In this quirky documentary, an American man and a Chinese woman agree to marry one another, but soon find out the relationship is not what they expected.
Outsider at Home follows filmmaker Danny Lee’s search for the reason behind the continued stereotypical representation of Asian Americans in mainstream media.
Nick is a Korean-American gay man in LA. On attending ‘dol’, the first birthday ceremony of his baby nephew, Nick finds himself yearning for a life just beyond reach.
Hyun-soo gets a phone call from home in the middle of a meeting. What awaits ahead is an array of mishaps, accidents, fears and murders.