Bay Area Filmmaker Shorts
We are excited to present to you these Short Films from our local, Bay Area, filmmakers. These stories will make you laugh, cry, and even give you hope.
After the screening we will have Directors and/or Actors; Shruti Tewari, Hsiu Hsiu Lin, Tina Wu, Patrick Silvestre, Alexey Samsonov, Nan Su, Jessica Nye in person for the Q&A
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| Film | Synopsis | Filmmaker(s) |
| 3:45 PM | A girl sinks into contemplation during a picnic at the park. | Alisha Liu |
| Ankahee (Unsaid) | A daughter of divorced parents reflects on the contentious relationship her parents share, on the occasion of her 21st birthday. | Ishq Pradhan |
| Mum | When a distraught teen encounters a grieving mother at the train tracks in Silicon Valley, he must choose between his conviction and empathy before time runs out. | Shruti Tewari |
| Nanay's Lullaby | The morals of a Filipino-American family are turned upside down when the mother is diagnosed with mysterious illness. | Drew Stephens |
| Noodles | An old man finds new friendship through noodles as he reminisces on past experiences with his family | Kathleen Gao |
| Oh Crap... | Sh*t gets real. | Oscar Li |
| Prinsesa | (USA) A father is conflicted over the gender-identity questions of his young son. I | Drew Stephens |
| Radical Care: The Auntie Sewing Squad | This short experimental documentary looks at the Auntie Sewing Squad, a group of mostly women of color volunteers who came together following the U.S. government's botched response to the COVID-19 crisis. | Valerie Soe |
| The Little Masters | This documentary focuses on how Asian American children and teenagers participate in different activities at the Scouts BSA in San Francisco during their growth to have a better life. | Nan Su |
| xxvisible | Covering one year of the 2020 pandemic, a successful young Asian American struggles to navigate life during the lockdown. | Bobby Yan |
| 奶奶 (Nai Nai) | 奶奶 (Nai Nai) means grandma in Mandarin. Our film is about a Chinese grandmother named YuQian, who suffered an emotional trauma during her childhood and developed a severe hatred towards the Japanese. | Hsiu Hsiu Lin, Minori Uemura, Tina Wu |
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