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shareWhen haunted homes and unmoored homecomings send life adrift, don’t change the channel! Whether through séances, shoebox memorials, or poetry, these films tune in to the human spirit underneath life’s turbulent currents.
In this program
I SAW YOU IN THE FLOOD
Directed by: K. Xian Ming Yu | 14 mins
Over an evening of heavy rain in a sub-basement apartment in Queens, Kai, a nonbinary Chinese American, and their mother, Li, are visited by a familiar spirit.
SONS ARE NOT EARTHBOUND
Directed by: Lauren Luke | 14 mins
At a grief camp in Hawaiʻi, a young boy strives to trap the endangered ʻiʻiwi bird, his late mother’s spirit animal.
MOTEL GRAND-PRÉ
Directed by: Calvin Liu | 15 mins
In a remote region of Quebec, a quirky Chinese motel owner navigates his quiet routines between fixing rooms and casting lines into the sea—until his filmmaker son visits for a week.
CINDY TRAN: FROM HERE TO HERE
Directed by: Xinyan Yu | 16 mins
From family estrangement to New York City’s overlooked restaurants, Cindy Tran’s poems capture what’s hidden, honest, and beautiful about being human.
TRISTESSE
Directed by: Yuri Muraoka | 12 mins
Video letters from the filmmaker to herself, dedicated to an ill cat named Kurumi and her daughter in the midst of a difficult situation.
CAT’S TALE
Directed by: Em Butler | 21 mins
A 2nd generation Khmer American daughter documents her mother’s journey back to Cambodia for the first time in over 40 years.
Dates & Times
UltraStar Cinemas Mission Valley
Tue, Nov 10
4:00 pm
