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shareIn this collection of Vietnamese short films, plots haunt the ephemeral: old crushes on scooters, reanimated memories, and tenderness found in between the past and present.
In this program
Grandma’s Four Colored Cards
Directed by Sally Phuong Tran
From a tiny house in Saigon’s slums, 101-year-old Ngoai lives her everyday life feeding the cat, cleaning the altar, and running an illegal card game. A day through her clouded radiant eyes, overflowing with community care.
We Used to Take the Long Way Home
Directed by An Nguyen
A teenage girl embarks on a summer road trip with old friends, racing against time through the Vietnam countryside to return to a place that can no longer exist.
These Yellow Stars of Ours
Directed by Vinh Nguyen
Inventive and experimental, a son chronicles his parents’ journey fleeing war-torn Vietnam and their love story in the States to reconcile with the family’s legacy of diaspora.
Gà Lavabo: Tết 1969
Directed by Duy Do
It’s 1968 San Diego, and amid a shifting political climate, a group of South Vietnamese exchange students attempt to celebrate their first Tết away from home.
Goodbye and Hello to my Dad
Directed by Kathleen Hoang
Between newspaper shapes and heavy brushstrokes, a recently passed Vietnamese father lingers with his daughter, as time, space, and videocam memories overlay a final quiet reckoning.
Long’s Long Lost & Mini Mart
Directed by Julian Doan
At a conspicuous quick mart, a young man pays for one last conversation with his dead father, an encounter filled with ashes, lotto tickets, grief, and spirals of “what ifs.”
Dates & Times
UltraStar Cinemas Mission Valley
Sun, Nov 9
2:00 pm
