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shareA love letter and behind-the-curtain peek at the lives of artists, the making of art, and the unmaking of the very shapes we create it in.
In this program
Asian Cinema Club
Directed by: Hannah Marianetti, James Yu | 16 mins
Ingeniously tongue-in-cheek and subversive, two friends make a documentary about a t-shirt business called Asian Cinema Club: a lifestyle, a community, a dialogue.
The Blessing
Directed by: Ziyao Liu | 5 mins
An international filmmaking student struggles to make a video for her mother’s wedding. Grief, stress, and loneliness deconstruct the fabric of her blessing.
Opera
Directed by: Janelle Feng | 3 mins
A Peking Opera troupe arrives in Vancouver and gets ready to take the stage.
My Mother’s Daughter
Directed by: Flo Singer | 12 mins
Two estranged half-sisters—one born and raised in China, the other in the U.S.—meet for the very first time.
Party Poster
Directed by: Rishi Chandna | 20 mins
For the people of one suburb in Mumbai, to have your face plastered on a public banner is a unique form of social currency. On the occasion of a religious celebration, a group of men band together to advertise themselves and the party they’re throwing—to absurd comedic effects.
All I Ever Wanted
Directed by: Erin Lau | 15 mins
Rom-com obsessed Christine discovers her Prince Charming is not what she imagined him to be, in this queer love story that rescues a genre-in-distress from its outdated ideals.
The Acceptance Speech
Directed by: Kexin Yao | 10 mins
Through a richly rhythmic stream of consciousness, an artist contemplates the narrative arc of an acceptance speech, while the narrative structure of the film sprawls kaleidoscopically.
The Voice Actress
Directed by: Anna J. Takayama | 15 mins
Kingyo, a voice actress in Tokyo, bestows delightful and unearthly voices to cartoon characters. The world of voice acting is changing, though, leaving veterans like Kingyo in the past.
