Anemoia
Hong Kong | Drama | 16 minutes

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Director/Writer: Christopher Li

Cast: Kristie Lam, Steven O'Ty

When a despondent girl tells her estranged father about her intentions to move abroad, conflicting feelings and internalised emotions from her upbringing in Hong Kong boil to the surface.

Yoo
USA | Drama | 5 minutes

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Director/Writer: Chenning Yang

Producer: Zhixin Cheng

Cast: Yuxiang He, Lantao Li

On the drive to a music festival, two Asian boys are accidentally stranded in the hot wilderness of the American West.

Hard Boiled Eggs
USA | Drama | 13 minutes

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Director: Yi Meng

Writer: Yuky Shen

Producer: Yuky Shen

Cast: Blair Duan, Christine Liao, Ke Shi

Yu, a 10-year-old Chinese American girl, hates hard boiled eggs, partly because her mother enforces them as the mandatory breakfast. When she starts suspecting her mother’s infidelity, she rushes to investigate; yet a harsher reality awaits.

Heirs
USA | Drama | 11 minutes

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Director/Writer: Lisa Shiomi

Producer: Lisa Shiomi, Lidong Wang, Nana Okamoto

Cast: Yuki Kedoin, Alyssa Ishibashi Fan, Shigeto Terasaka

Sixteen-year-old Shun Kimura, suffocated by his violent father and fragile mother, struggles with peer pressure and his relationship with his girlfriend, Hana. As domestic abuse worsens, a tragic event underscores the profound impact on his identity and relationships, leaving his fragile adolescence in turmoil.

The Crushed Tea
USA | Action Drama | 6 minutes

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Director: Yecheng Qu

Producer: Aurelia Eulenburg
Cast: Forest Lin

Lin Wusheng contemplates bringing his kung fu legacy to Japan. Synopsis: 1944. A Chinese martial artist is ordered to a tea ceremony talk by a Japanese Samurai Officer, who wants to persuade him to bring his kung fu legacy to Japan. Their poetic duel fuels reflections on love and war.

Inheritors
USA | Drama | 14 minutes

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Director: Justine Ellen Chen

Writer: Justine Ellen Chen, Morgan Chen

Producer: Connor Williams, Morgan Chen, Benjamin Del Vecchio

Cast: Cici Lau, Marina Savoy, Angela Lin

When the youngest sister is hospitalized after a suicide attempt, three generations of a Chinese American immigrant family grapple with her absence.

Spring
USA | Drama | 11 minutes

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Director/Writer: Xiaoxi Qin

Producer: Xiaoxi Qin, Jinchen Zhu

Cast: Ariel Thio, Cici Lau, Yosilu Chen

A Chinese American teen in 1960s California struggles to fit in at an American party, but when she defies her immigrant grandmother’s wishes, a ruined dress and a shared memory open the path to understanding and self-acceptance. 

Can You Hear Me?
USA | Drama | 11 minutes

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Director/Writer: Xinhui Wang

Producer: Mike Werner, Cici Dai, Tim Fei

Cast: Tina Zhang, Andrew Wood, Ping Liu

A middle-aged Chinese couple, illegal immigrants in the U.S. who do not speak English, must find a way to communicate with Americans and handle their daughter's body after discovering her dead at home.

The Painter
China | Drama | 4 minutes

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Director/Writer: Yufei Fu

Producer: Anran Zhao

Cast: Yufei Liu

In the art studio, a male painter and a female model are having a conversation about art and life. As their conversation proceeds, they discover each other's secrets.