ASIAN Festival DOC Shorts Showcase. - May 7/ 8 event
40s
See the Full Lineup of Films:
MY MOTHER'S DAUGHTER, 15min., UK,
Directed by Ahmen Khawaja, Mariam Khan
Mehak was 13 when she was abducted by a man known to her family. He repeatedly raped her and forced her to convert to Islam. She managed to escape but not before making a shocking discovery that changed her life forever.
EARTH IS HOME, 8min., Tunisia
Directed by Nüman Noomén
Coronavirus has spread around the world until the period of global quarantine that allowed people around the world to stay at home and then go back in time 1920 about the forgotten Spanish flu whose victims were most affected by COVID-19 in the end we learned that the coronavirus has no limits in Our world, Earth is becoming less polluted and we need to protect it because Earth is our home.
DEAR PAW-PAW, 1min., USA
Directed by Megan Chen
Senior Thesis Film dedicated to my late grandmother (Paw-Paw in Chinese) who passed away in 2021 with Alzheimer's. This film was made to commemorate the memories I shared with her growing up and hopefully provide a sense of comfort to others who have also lost a loved one to this disease; and raise awareness to Alzheimer's - a topic that isn't spoken about much and affects more people than we know.
https://www.instagram.com/dearpawpaw_film/
VOICES OF HAKKA WOMEN, 22min., Australia
Directed by Suzon Fuks, Ya-Ling Peng
VOICES OF HAKKA WOMEN is an evocative video poem by Ya-Ling Peng (Taiwan) and Suzon Fuks (Australia), featuring the original poetry of 6 Taiwanese-Hakka women.
PACING THE POOL, 8min., Australia
Directed by Radheya Jegatheva
A tiny glimpse into the extraordinary life of Richard Pace. A different approach to life might have seen him crushed under the weight of the physical and mental stresses he has been through since he was a child, however, healing waters have helped him rise above it all!
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https://twitter.com/heyaitsradheya?lang=en
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SANTA FE RESIDENT, 3min., USA
Directed by Terry Ngo
An older Vietnamese woman tells how she came to be in Santa Fe.
WALKING IN THESE SHOES, 12min., Canada
Directed by Christian Hui, Samuel Ernesto Lopez
An award-winning Viral Interventions commissioned short documentary on Poz (people living with HIV) BIPOC people, and a Call to Action to the world’s only HIV specialty hospital Casey House to provide Poz BIPOC coordinated 365/24/7 care.
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