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        • #AsianAmResilience Microdocs
        • good enough
        • In Wake of the Crashing Dawn
        • Projections
        • Charlie
        • Desert Lotus
        • Ara, Untamed
        • My Name is not Amy
      • 2022 Emerging Artists Showcase >
        • Sino Ako
        • All Mine
        • Winter Glass Glare
        • Core
        • Maa
        • Heart Sutra
    • 2021 Program >
      • 2021 Short Film Showcase >
        • #AsianAMCovidStories
        • Duo Pandemia
        • Mastery I & II
        • Ib Tsug 13 Hnub
        • Ntuj Tsim Txom
        • Mechamorphosis
        • The 3 Day Nun
        • The Loyal Betrayal
        • Voices
      • 2021 Emerging Artists Showcase >
        • Check Box: Other
        • I Put the Bi in Bitter >
          • I Put the Bi in Bitter S2
          • I Put the Bi in Bitter S1
        • Safe
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    • 2020 Program >
      • Digital Program Book
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        • 2/21 - Best Tasting Wild Foods of Colorado​
        • 2/22 - Health & Mental Health
        • 2/22 - Mushroom Foraging 101
      • 2020 Asian American Documentaries >
        • Palliative
        • Love Boat: Taiwan
      • 2020 Colorado Showcase >
        • The Rock Within
        • Ma
        • For Tashi
        • people (of water)
        • Not Pictured
        • I Put the Bi in Bitter
      • Ang Larawan (The Portrait)
      • Asian American Artist Showcase
    • 2019 Program >
      • 2019 Film Shorts >
        • Runner
        • Tears of the Sky
        • I Put the Bi in Bitter
        • My Escape
      • 2019 CU Denver Showcase >
        • Three Worlds One Stage
        • Virtual Mandala
      • 2019 Festival Talkbacks >
        • Creative Leadership Talkback
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      • Taipei Story
      • The Last Princess
      • Mid-Length Films Block
      • Ten Years
      • What's in the Darkness
      • Millennium Actress
      • The Future Perfect
      • Youth of the Beast
      • Being Good
      • Heart Attack
      • Bloody Dairy
      • Bruce Takes Dragon Town
      • Cowboy and Indian
      • Dancing Through Life: The Dorothy Toy Story
      • Ho Chi Minh Kim Chi
      • Mango Sticky Rice
      • Night-Fly
      • Sumo Road - The Musical
      • Threads - The Art and Life of Surayia Rahman
      • Twenty Years
    • 2016 Program >
      • Wolf Children
      • Uzumasa Limelight
      • Changing Season
      • Plastic Paradise: The Great Pacific Garbage Patch
      • Awesome Asian Bad Guys
      • Off the Menu: Asian America
      • Winning Girl
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2019 Local Artist & Debut Film Shorts
​Sunday, March 3
​1:30-3:45pm

Join us in celebrating the debut film shorts of four Asian American filmmakers, including two from the University of Colorado! Our filmmakers will give a quick Filmmaker's Statement before their first on-screen films. After the showcase, we'll have a 45 minute talkback to hear about our filmmaker's experience working in the film industry! Our facilitator will critique the shorts made by our filmmakers and answer questions for our audience. This is a great showcase for aspiring filmmakers, film enthusiasts, writers, and artists!

Program

Film Shorts and
​Introductions by Filmmakers
​1:30pm

My Escape | Boulder, CO (3 min)
Steven Thai
University of Colorado, Boulder

Everybody has an escape from their worries in life; whether that be singing, photography, or even dancing. This film expresses dancing as a passion to carry you through the burdens in life.

I Put the Bi In Bitter | Denver, CO (28 min)
Marin Lepore
University of Colorado, Denver

After coming to terms with her bisexuality, Sam attempts to come out and start fresh Junior year, but still struggles to deal with constant heteronormativity. “I Put the Bi in Bitter” is a fun and lighthearted comedy that deals with the universal themes of expression, friendship and crushes, and those awkward moments of trying to survive high school. Season 2 premiering April/May 2019.

Tears of the Sky | Denver, CO (3 min)
Eriko Tsogo

Animated short in promotion of feature length documentary animation film debuting later this year. The film project follows the journey of the marginal woman on a spiritual, metaphysical, and dream voyage from her home in the West/America; and return back to her womb in the East/Mongolia in the pursuit of a life altering quest and pilgrimage.

Runner | USA, 2017 (24 min)
Yung-Jae Chen

Steeped in elements home to San Francisco - fog, wind, and rock - RUNNER disentangles the psyche of one woman training for the most important run of her life, one she cannot win, but one that will ultimately atone for her past.
 

Film Industry Talkback
​2:20pm

Facilitator
​Kathryn Gould
​
Women in Film and Media Colorado
Vice President / Founding President

Panelists

I Put the Bi in Bitter
Writer & Director - Marin Lepore
Production Crew - Kelley Zincone & Dannah Elizabeth
Actresses - Rhema Srihartiti (Sam), Rhianna DeVries (Alex), Evangelina Kisa (Naomi)
My Escape
Writer & Director - Steven Thai
Actress - Jordan Jenkins
Tears of the Sky
Director & Producer - Eriko Tsogo

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  • Home
  • About / Contact
  • 2023 Raffle
  • 2023 Program
    • 2023 Community Conversations >
      • 3/11 - Celebrating the Stories of our LGBTQ+ Asian American Pacific Islander Community
      • 3/12 - Celebrating the Stories of our Multiracial AAPI Community
    • 2023 Short Films Showcase >
      • Amache Rose
      • Amanda Phingbodhipakkiya Findings
      • Dirty Rotten Tofu and the Gohan Girls
      • One Fine Day
      • Paddles on the Water
      • Soon
      • Thread
    • 2023 Emerging Artists Showcase >
      • 1992
      • Daruma
      • Esperanza
      • it's in the cards, fatherhood
      • My Grandpa Says He's an Alien
      • The Pomegranate Tree
      • The Waterspout
      • Yesterday I Was the Moon
  • Sponsors / Donors
  • Previous Programs
    • 2022 Program >
      • 2022 Community Conversations >
        • 3/5 - CAPU
        • 3/6 - AGI
      • 2022 Short Films Showcase >
        • #AsianAmResilience Microdocs
        • good enough
        • In Wake of the Crashing Dawn
        • Projections
        • Charlie
        • Desert Lotus
        • Ara, Untamed
        • My Name is not Amy
      • 2022 Emerging Artists Showcase >
        • Sino Ako
        • All Mine
        • Winter Glass Glare
        • Core
        • Maa
        • Heart Sutra
    • 2021 Program >
      • 2021 Short Film Showcase >
        • #AsianAMCovidStories
        • Duo Pandemia
        • Mastery I & II
        • Ib Tsug 13 Hnub
        • Ntuj Tsim Txom
        • Mechamorphosis
        • The 3 Day Nun
        • The Loyal Betrayal
        • Voices
      • 2021 Emerging Artists Showcase >
        • Check Box: Other
        • I Put the Bi in Bitter >
          • I Put the Bi in Bitter S2
          • I Put the Bi in Bitter S1
        • Safe
        • In the Spotlight
    • 2020 Program >
      • Digital Program Book
      • 2020 Creative Conversations >
        • 2/21 - Best Tasting Wild Foods of Colorado​
        • 2/22 - Health & Mental Health
        • 2/22 - Mushroom Foraging 101
      • 2020 Asian American Documentaries >
        • Palliative
        • Love Boat: Taiwan
      • 2020 Colorado Showcase >
        • The Rock Within
        • Ma
        • For Tashi
        • people (of water)
        • Not Pictured
        • I Put the Bi in Bitter
      • Ang Larawan (The Portrait)
      • Asian American Artist Showcase
    • 2019 Program >
      • 2019 Film Shorts >
        • Runner
        • Tears of the Sky
        • I Put the Bi in Bitter
        • My Escape
      • 2019 CU Denver Showcase >
        • Three Worlds One Stage
        • Virtual Mandala
      • 2019 Festival Talkbacks >
        • Creative Leadership Talkback
        • CU Filmmaker Q&A
        • Film Industry Talkback
    • 2018 Program
    • 2017 Program >
      • Taipei Story
      • The Last Princess
      • Mid-Length Films Block
      • Ten Years
      • What's in the Darkness
      • Millennium Actress
      • The Future Perfect
      • Youth of the Beast
      • Being Good
      • Heart Attack
      • Bloody Dairy
      • Bruce Takes Dragon Town
      • Cowboy and Indian
      • Dancing Through Life: The Dorothy Toy Story
      • Ho Chi Minh Kim Chi
      • Mango Sticky Rice
      • Night-Fly
      • Sumo Road - The Musical
      • Threads - The Art and Life of Surayia Rahman
      • Twenty Years
    • 2016 Program >
      • Wolf Children
      • Uzumasa Limelight
      • Changing Season
      • Plastic Paradise: The Great Pacific Garbage Patch
      • Awesome Asian Bad Guys
      • Off the Menu: Asian America
      • Winning Girl
  • New Page