This collection of AAPI short films tenderly explores the bonds, tensions, and unspoken love that shape family life. From generational clashes and cultural expectations to moments of joy, care, and quiet understanding, these stories reveal the complexity and resilience at the heart of family relationships. Together, they remind us that within every household lies a tapestry of memory, sacrifice, and connection that continues to define who we are and who we become.

A broke photographer on a quest for her next shot realizes the most elusive subject is her estranged father.Synopsis: Asuka and Aris are starving artists; traveling photographers who live life on the road. Asuka makes the tough decision to seek help from her estranged father when their car breaks down. She stares down guilt and regret in an attempt to fight through her own self-inflicted anxiety, all with the hopes of achieving a successful career in photography.

Little Asuka

Judy, a swimmer under immense pressure from her mother, is pushed to breaking point. When she finally challenges her mother’s power over her, both of them must confront truths about each other that threaten to break them apart forever – or bind them tighter than before. Director Winona Lu<a href="https://filmfreeway-production-storage-01-connector.filmfreeway.com/press_kits/headshots/002/834/168/original/c8165c95ce-headshot.jpg?1721278735" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><img src="https://filmfreeway-production-storage-01-connector.filmfreeway.com/press_kits/headshots/002/834/168/thumb/c8165c95ce-headshot.jpg?1721278735" width="269"></a> A cinematographer, producer, and director.Born and raised in Australia by Chinese immigrant parents, Winona’s work and passions often lie in understanding the nuances of families and their history, and uplifting voices from communities of colour, third cultures, and queer spaces.

This Is All You Are

Haider, a Bengali Muslim taxi driver faces the reality that the American Dream may never be his. Grueling hours, rude customers, a collapse in medallion values and suicides among fellow drivers continually chip away at his hope for the future. Under this backdrop, crisis spills into his family life as his daughter, Shoshi, is consumed by her own struggle, a desire to live life fully as man in a trans-phobic immigrant culture. While Haider had never been knowledgeable or supportive of LGBTQ rights and issues, starts to change as he does not want to lose his only child, whom he loves more than life itself. Director Biography - Razid Season<a href="https://filmfreeway-production-storage-01-connector.filmfreeway.com/press_kits/headshots/002/665/190/original/08719fb942-headshot.jpg?1747167863" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><img src="https://filmfreeway-production-storage-01-connector.filmfreeway.com/press_kits/headshots/002/665/190/thumb/08719fb942-headshot.jpg?1747167863" width="272"></a> Born in Abu Dhabi &amp; raised in Dhaka, Razid Season is a Bengali filmmaker based in New York. He is the founder of a non-profit, Image Maker Films Inc. Besides, he has worked as a freelance project evaluator for POV. He was an invited jury at the Plural+ Youth Film Festival 2022, run by UNAOC and IOM. He has received several awards for his films, including the Lawrence and Danielle Nyman award (2018 &amp; 2019), the Best Director award from SAIFF 2020, Honourable Mention from Columbus Jewish Film Festival 2020, and ISA Los Angeles. His films have premiered at the 43rd Asian American Film Festival in New York, the Buffalo International Film Festival, the Williamsburg International Film Festival, and the Los Angeles Polish Film Festival. His film premiered on CUNY TV, Yiddishkayt Initiative, and The Archeological Channel's web streaming. His film Kaddish ranked as one of the top 10 independent short fiction works by Cinema Daily US. Razid is interested in making films that deal with humanitarian issues, and he wants his films to be a tool to advocate for those underprivileged communities whose voices are not heard in the mainstream media.

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