Shorts Collection:
Learn Who we arE
Sunday october 25, 2026
4:30PM - 7:00PM
Discover who we are and where we are headed often begins with understanding where we came from. These films explore journeys of self-discovery through the connections and experiences of parents and family.
Q&A line up coming soon
Yonsei
Feeling stuck in her acting career, Rachel decides to write and star in a film about her mother, who was a struggling Japanese American actress in 1980s Hollywood. But as she tries to adapt her mother’s story, and digs deeper into her grandmother’s history being sent to and falling in love in a Japanese American incarceration camp during WWII, she is torn between exploiting her family and friends to create a compelling narrative and honoring their privacy.
*Yonsei means fourth generation Japanese American
Oakland Ilokana (2025) is a short documentary following a 90-year-old Filipina American grandmother — one of the first Filipino children born in 1930s Oakland — as she reflects on a life shaped by migration, displacement, and the women in her community. Seen through the lens of her granddaughter, the film brings four generations of Bay Area Filipinas into focus, exploring the enduring power of memory to connect people across place and time.
Oakland Ilokana
"Tiu Talented": The Ginny Tiu story
Five year old Ginny Tiu burst on the national scene when she appeared on the Ed Sullivan show in 1959. She would go on to become a regular on network variety shows, play for President Kennedy and perform with Elvis Presley in one of his movies. For many Asian Americans, Ginny broke stereotypes and became a symbol of what they could become in this country. She now lives in Honolulu and has become one of the state's biggest benefactors for the Hawaii Humane Society and the Hawaii Symphony Orchestra. This documentary was shown in Honolulu on ABC affiliate KITV and at the Houston Asian American Pacific Islander film festival.
A Filipino kid discovers a pair of jordans & embarks on a journey through his gentrified neighborhood to return home but stumbles across a young black man that wants the shoes. He begins to ask the question “whose shoes are these?”
Shoebox
Through a blend of archival footage and spoken interview, I investigate the intersection of football, ambition, and responsibility as it relates to my relationship with my Father.
Audience Award for Short Documentary at the 49th Asian American International Film Festival. Screened at LAAPFF, HAAPIFEST, Nöt Film Festival