Dialogue: Select filmmakers in attendance.
Tuesday, May 12, 5:45 p.m. | If you see it, you can be it. These shorts use the freedom of animation to illuminate the vast range and possibility of the AAPI experience. Dialogue: Select filmmakers in attendance.
Program:
DEEP SPACE
2025, dir. Evan Eslava, USA, 5 min., In English
A star-bound boy makes an unexpected discovery in the last place he thought to look.
PASALUBONG!
2025, dir. Sophia Uy, USA, 5 min., In English and Tagalog with English subtitles
Two friends enjoy a giddy hangout at an airport in the Philippines before one of them heads back home.
CHRISTMAS LIGHTS
2024, dir. Cameryn Koike, USA, 7 min., In English
In a world of cats, one family hopes for a holiday miracle.
CREATURES OF CHAOS
2025, dir. Asavari Kumar, USA, Denmark, India, 7 min, In English
City-dwellers must decide whether to make demons or companions of their personal difficulties.
CABBAGE DADDY
2026, dir. Grace An, Canada, 4 min., In English and Korean with English subtitles
A crayon-based study of an English speaker struggling to learn Korean.
PAPER SWORDS
2025, dir. Anjali Pulim, USA, 5 min., In English
Two sisters ponder life's biggest questions while playing in their backyard.
BROKEN MOSAIC
2025, dir. Alexandra "Lexie" Orr, USA, 5 min., In English
Two mixed Asian American siblings declare their own identities with the power of punk rock.
A GRIEVING HEART
2025, dir. Wendy Cong Zhao, USA, 13 min., In English
An immigrant woman examines her past in the wake of her American ex-boyfriend’s death.
COEXIST
2025, dir. Angie Panganiban, USA, 11 min., In English
A queer couple recount the trials and tribulations of their relationship.
THE BIRD, THE GIRL AND THE TYPHOON
2025, dirs. Angeline Marie Michael Meitzler, USA, 11 min, In English and Tagalog with English subtitles
An elder Filipino nurse undergoes outer transformations in route to an inner one.
PAPER DAUGHTER
2026, dir. Cami Kwan, USA, 15 min., In English
A Chinese woman tries to enter the U.S. under the assumed identity of a deceased girl, contending with both the authorities and her personal guilt.
Asian American Showcase | May 7–12, 2026
Presented as an annual collaboration with the Foundation for Asian American Independent Media and now celebrating its 29th year, the Asian American Showcase (AAS) provides a platform for new work by established and emerging Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander filmmakers and stories. Synopses provided by AAS.
The Film Center is ADA accessible. This presentation will be projected without open captions. The theater is hearing-loop equipped. For accessibility requests, please email filmcenter@saic.edu