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Smiling Buddha

微笑彌勒

Directed by Yu Chu Chang

Bonus roundtable Q&A including this filmmaker for ticket holders of the SHORTS: TAIWAN<->AMERICA program!

A young woman struggles to balance her autonomy with her love for her grandma, whose fading memory creates a chasm between them.

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SHORTS: TAIWAN <‐> AMERICA

Americans in Taiwan, Taiwanese in America, and all the messy, awkward, and sentimental combinations of familial and cinematic border-crossing at the intersection of ABTs and ah-ma’s.