2022 Short Film Showcase
Join us in celebrating the Short Films made by Asian & Asian American filmmakers! This showcase features films and filmmakers you won't want to miss!
There will be Q&As after the showcase so you can get to know our local talent!
There will be Q&As after the showcase so you can get to know our local talent!
Q&A Following the Showcase with moderator Ludi Sandoval!
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Ludilyn grew up in a military family having lived in Okinawa, Germany, and various places in the United States. Ludi has a passion for learning about cultures through food and performing arts. She is excited to be a part of the Colorado Dragon Boat board to help others develop their passion for the wealth of diversity AAPI cultures have to offer.
A chemist turned quality leader, Ludilyn has been a part of the Denver community since 2016 when she moved to Colorado to be the Quality Manager for Golden Malting at the historic Coors Brewery. Outside of her professional life, Ludi is an avid gardener and runner (her proudest moment being completing the 48.6 Mile Dopey Challenge at Walt Disneyworld two years in a row). Ludi has a B.S. in Chemistry from St. Mary’s College of CA, professional certifications in brewing and malting from Institute of Brewing and Distilling in the UK, and is currently an MBA candidate at the University of Denver’s Daniels School of Business. |
SHORT FILMS
Run Time: 2 hours
#AsianAmResilience
Culture Highlighted: Asian American
Asian American Stories of Resilience and Beyond
This past year, Asian Americans have faced a double pandemic of COVID-19 and anti-Asian racism. This is a critical time to raise our voices. The tragic killings in Atlanta come after a year of increased violence against the Asian American community, fueled by racist and xenophobic political rhetoric. While we’ve seen the rise of anti-Asian racism, we’ve also seen the rise of solidarity efforts within Asian American communities, with Asian-Black solidarity movements, and with other BIPOC communities. On top of this, we are still emerging from the pandemic, finding ways to support our families, rebuild our lives, get vaccinated, and deal with the grief, pain and anger this has brought, as well as moments of joy, resilience, and hope.
As Asian American non-fiction storytellers, we have a unique perspective on these issues, and now is the time to amplify our voices. By leaning into our strengths as documentarians of the Asian diaspora, we want to record perspectives that can disrupt mainstream narratives about our communities. We believe that these short-form stories can contribute to much-needed representations of our communities at this critical moment as well as serve as a time capsule for future generations.
#AsianAmResilience #ADocGoesViral
Culture Highlighted: Asian American
Asian American Stories of Resilience and Beyond
This past year, Asian Americans have faced a double pandemic of COVID-19 and anti-Asian racism. This is a critical time to raise our voices. The tragic killings in Atlanta come after a year of increased violence against the Asian American community, fueled by racist and xenophobic political rhetoric. While we’ve seen the rise of anti-Asian racism, we’ve also seen the rise of solidarity efforts within Asian American communities, with Asian-Black solidarity movements, and with other BIPOC communities. On top of this, we are still emerging from the pandemic, finding ways to support our families, rebuild our lives, get vaccinated, and deal with the grief, pain and anger this has brought, as well as moments of joy, resilience, and hope.
As Asian American non-fiction storytellers, we have a unique perspective on these issues, and now is the time to amplify our voices. By leaning into our strengths as documentarians of the Asian diaspora, we want to record perspectives that can disrupt mainstream narratives about our communities. We believe that these short-form stories can contribute to much-needed representations of our communities at this critical moment as well as serve as a time capsule for future generations.
#AsianAmResilience #ADocGoesViral
good enough
Culture Highlighted: Asian American
Synopsis of Film:
A loving single mother takes her kids out for a fun trip, they experience the affects of micro racism and micro aggression, and realize that they too are not immune to it.
Culture Highlighted: Asian American
Synopsis of Film:
A loving single mother takes her kids out for a fun trip, they experience the affects of micro racism and micro aggression, and realize that they too are not immune to it.
In Wake of the Crashing Dawn
Culture Highlighted: Japanese American
The human spirit is a rising sun.
In a dystopian present, a young Japanese- American man battles the cascading effects of his family's wrongful incarceration in the 1940s.
In this short form narrative dance piece, a young Japanese-American man seeks guidance from the past in order to overcome his modern identity crisis. Meanwhile in 1942, his great grandfather escapes an incarceration camp. The cascading effects and cyclical nature of oppression in America are shown through the marriage of camera and dance. We must heal through remembrance, instead of burying the past.
Culture Highlighted: Japanese American
The human spirit is a rising sun.
In a dystopian present, a young Japanese- American man battles the cascading effects of his family's wrongful incarceration in the 1940s.
In this short form narrative dance piece, a young Japanese-American man seeks guidance from the past in order to overcome his modern identity crisis. Meanwhile in 1942, his great grandfather escapes an incarceration camp. The cascading effects and cyclical nature of oppression in America are shown through the marriage of camera and dance. We must heal through remembrance, instead of burying the past.
Projections
Culture Highlighted: Dance
Synopsis
A dancer enters the caverns of her own mind, to find and bury someone from her past.
Culture Highlighted: Dance
Synopsis
A dancer enters the caverns of her own mind, to find and bury someone from her past.
CHARLIE
Culture Highlighted: Chinese/ Chinese American
In 1882, when two travelers meet on a railroad the revelation that appearances are more than they seem, leads to a life or death scenario. This story was inspired by a true story from the 1800's.
Culture Highlighted: Chinese/ Chinese American
In 1882, when two travelers meet on a railroad the revelation that appearances are more than they seem, leads to a life or death scenario. This story was inspired by a true story from the 1800's.
Desert Lotus
Culture Highlighted: Thai and Thai American
This film is a personal look into my Thai Immigrant Mother's life raising two daughters after living in a domestic violence shelter. I made this short doc when I was learning to walk again and teaching myself how to make films. Little did I realize when making this film that it would inspire me to be more like my mom.
Culture Highlighted: Thai and Thai American
This film is a personal look into my Thai Immigrant Mother's life raising two daughters after living in a domestic violence shelter. I made this short doc when I was learning to walk again and teaching myself how to make films. Little did I realize when making this film that it would inspire me to be more like my mom.
Ara, Untamed
Culture Highlighted: Indonesian & Mixed Race
In Summer 2020, in the midst of the pandemic and Black Lives Matter uprising, a mixed-race filmmaker struggles to engage her 7-year-old daughter as they transition from blending to dissenting in their white suburban community.
Culture Highlighted: Indonesian & Mixed Race
In Summer 2020, in the midst of the pandemic and Black Lives Matter uprising, a mixed-race filmmaker struggles to engage her 7-year-old daughter as they transition from blending to dissenting in their white suburban community.
My Name is Not Amy (A Work in Progress)
Culture Highlighted: Indonesian / Transracial
MY NAME IS NOT AMY is a feature documentary work-in-progress that explores present-day colonialism through the lens of the filmmaker's awakening as a transracial adoptee.
Culture Highlighted: Indonesian / Transracial
MY NAME IS NOT AMY is a feature documentary work-in-progress that explores present-day colonialism through the lens of the filmmaker's awakening as a transracial adoptee.