Saturday, May 20 at 1:00pm | Examining the wide range of intergenerational interactions within the Asian-American community, these seven shorts demonstrate the ways we show love, honor and document our past, and engage in cross-cultural miscommunications–as well as the resulting remorse and self-reproach.

Program: NǍI NAI & WÀI PÓ (2022, dir. Sean Wang, 17 min.), MISSILE (2022, dir. Christopher Hwisu Kim, 11 min.), IN LIVING MEMORY (2022, dir. Quyên Nguyen-Le, 11 min.), THE RETURN (2021, dir. Hena Asraf, 18 min.), LUNCHBOX (2022, dir. Anne Hu, 17 min.), DEAR CORKY (pictured, 2022, dir. Curtis Chin, 18 min.), and CLOSING DYNASTY (2022, dir. Lloyd Lee Choi, 18 min.).


Asian American ShowcasePresented as an annual collaboration with the Foundation for Asian American Independent Media and now celebrating its 26th year, the Asian American Showcase provides a platform for new work by established and emerging Asian American filmmakers. View full festival.


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