This film track highlights the rich history of storytelling from Asian Americans and Asian voices across the world.

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Asian Voices Track Highlight

Julia Rated PG
Director: Emma Duvall
Runtime: 11 min
Gyeonggi-do, South Korea, 1970 — A young orphan faces a test of loyalty and friendship when she is accused of a crime that she did not commit. She is confronted with two choices – betray a friend to prove her innocence, or suffer the punishment herself. Based on a true story. Portland Premiere.

LAHI Rated PG
Director: Reina Gabriela Bonta
Runtime: 21 Min
When 18-year-old Mimi returns to O’ahu for her grandmother’s funeral and to sell her home, she can’t seem to find her footing. She finds ornate plates addressed to her grandmother’s friend, Gabriela and, racing against the clock to make her return flight to California, reluctantly embarks on a journey to deliver them. Throughout, she is haunted by the eerie apparition of her grandmother and meets Filipino elders whose stories about Filipino identity turn Mimi’s worldview upside down. World Premiere.

Good Boy Rated PG-13
Director: William Yu
Runtime: 16 min
Joon Kim, a Korean American designer, must choose between giving up his dreams to launch a streetwear brand or go to medical school. When he gets the chance to showcase his work to a Buyer, Joon’s laptop gets stolen! As the weight of his own disappointment, the dysfunction of his on-again-off-again girlfriend, the miscommunication between him and his best friend, and the judgement of his family, sit heavily on Joon, he must decide if his path is worth throwing away everything he holds dear.

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IMAGES:

Julia
Lahi
Good Boy
Fabulous Nuts
de closin night
The Scarlet Queen
Surrender

SUMMARIES:
Fabulous Nuts – A mad magician uses his magic to achieve the seemingly impossible ideas in his spiritual world. During his creation, an alter ego could be produced to fight with the real one. This madman Roy Wang, with all eyes on him, treats everything as his stage props; the audience under the stage and the other him alive on the stage, at the end, are exploited as well. Music Video. Directed by Jingran Damo Yang. Performed by Fabulous Nuts. 3.12 min. China. North America Premiere

Good Boy – A young Korean American with dreams of launching his own streetwear brand struggles with dysfunctional relationships and conflicting family values, forcing him to question if doing it for the culture is really worth the hype. TV Series . Directed by William Yu. 15.58 min. USA. World Premiere

Julia – A young girl faces a test of friendship at an orphanage in 1970 South Korea | Based on a true story. Narrative Short. Directed by Emma Duvall. 10.51 min. USA. Portland Premiere

De Closing night – Siyi, a Chinese student in an American theater school, has been putting in more effort than her American peers to practice for the first role she gets in college. Yet her professor is rescinding the offer because of her accent. To win back the opportunity for the closing night, Siyi determines to rid her accent by speaking English only from now on, even when she video chats with her mom. As she grows obsessed with the accent practices, Siyi’s attempt to better her craft has shifted into the faltering of her identity. Narrative Short. Directed by Shicong Zhu. 19.35 min. USA

Lahi – For the first time since she was young, 18-year-old Mimi DeLa Cruz returns to O’ahu for her grandmother’s memorial service. Once there, she can’t seem to find her footing, acting like an ignorant tourist and unmoved by the Filipino culture and community that surrounds her. When preparing her grandmother’s house to be sold, she finds a cardboard box full of ornate plates addressed to her grandmother’s friend, Gabriela. Reluctantly, Mimi embarks on a journey across the island to deliver the box, racing against the clock to make her return flight to California. Throughout her journey, she is haunted by the eerie apparition of her grandmother. She meets Filipino elders who bring the memory of her grandmother to life and whose stories about Filipino identity turn her worldview upside down, opening her eyes to the cultural history she had previously rejected. Narrative Short. Directed by Reina Gabriela Bonta. 20 min. USA. World Premiere

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