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 / Kung Fu / 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

In 1970, Zhou Ran, a 15-year-old girl who born and raised in the United States, felt frustrated that she couldn’t fit in with her classmates. She tried to gain their acceptance through her clothing, speech, and behavior. Finally

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.