1. Tundra
Carol Nguyen/ Canada/ 2018/ 11 min
Trying to cope with her loss, a mother dreams and hallucinates about her daughter, while also contending with her emotionally distant son.
2. In Full Bloom
Maegan Houang/ USA/ 2019/ 11 min
In Full Bloom is a surrealist short film about Cecile, played by Kieu Chinh (The Joy Luck Club), who is overcoming the loss of a partner while living within the parameters of a female, Vietnamese immigrant. Cecile is an agoraphobic hoarder, paradoxically practicing what she loves — gardening — indoors without the help of direct sunlight. Her gardening and hoarding habits force her to make an unnerving, life-changing decision.
3. Jasmine Lane (Allée des Jasmins)
Stéphane Ly-Cuong/ France/ 2018/ 21 min
In the early 1960s, Loan, a young Vietnamese woman, and Pierre, her Eurasian husband, are relocated to a village in Auvergne, under a resettlement program for French nationals from Indochina. Loan believes that the situation is only temporary and that she will return soon to Vietnam.
4. Little Father (Petit Père)
Thomas Appolaire/ France/ 2017/ 6 min
A 30-year-old divorced father returns home to live with his father. Their unstable relationship is revealed through their perspectives on each other's personal lives. What would happen if we told our loved ones everything on our minds?
5. An American Family
Kieu-Anh Truong/ USA, Vietnam/ 2018/ 19 min
An African American mother, her teenage son, and their expecting Filipina tenant form an unorthodox family over quiet moments in a shared kitchen.
6. No more Than This
Hai Di Nguyen/ UK/ 2019/ 20 min
No More Than This is a surrealist film about Nam Nguyen, a 57-year-old Vietnamese man who lives alone and works as a museum guard. Nam has a daughter from a failed marriage that he seldom sees and is socially isolated. Though he has called Britain his home for years, he feels invisible and does not feel he belongs in society. One day his worst nightmare appears to have become reality — that he no longer exists.
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