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Chimera | Eileen Yoon

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Chimera | Eileen Yoon

Present day moments in New York lead Ayeon to reflect on her childhood in Seoul as she redefines her idea of home. Click video to watch CHIMERA.

Eileen Yoon's work spans commercial, music video, and narrative projects, exploring the pursuit of harmony within the dualities of her life: her identity as a Korean-American woman, her passion for crafting surrealist worlds that remain intimate and deeply personal, and her experience as both a director and a cinematographer.
Sleep Well, My Baby | tao/s

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Sleep Well, My Baby | tao/s

Based on the harrowing reality of human trafficking along the Chinese/North Korean border, Sleep Well, My Baby follows the incredible journey of a refugee who's had everything taken from her and will go to desperate measures to get it back. Click video to watch SLEEP WELL, MY BABY.

tao/s (Aaron & Winston Tao) are a Chinese-American writing and directing duo. Born to immigrant parents who divorced when they were less than a year old, they were primarily raised by their schizoaffective bipolar mother. Their work often highlights social issues featuring marginalized lower middle class families and explores themes of mental health, fractured families, and parentification from a humanistic lens. Their films have been recognized by almost every major ad festival in the world. “The Rabbit Hole,” picked up 4 Cannes Lions nominations and won silver in best direction at Cannes as well as Best Direction at AICP. It was named Ad of the Year in Charity at SHOTS and clinched gold at 1.4 for “On The Cusp of Greatness.” Their branded film, “Sleep Well, My Baby,” won silver at the Cannes Young Director Awards. Their other branded films, “Watching,” and “SuperMaarko,” won them an additional Cannes Young Director Award, the Webby Award for People’s Voice, as well as nominations for “Best Emerging Directors,” and “Best Narrative,” at One Screen. They are currently in development for their feature, GOODBYE, HURRICANE, an Academy Nicholls semifinalist and Black List x CAPE finalist. The brothers are repped by CAA and M88.
Plum Town | Kelly Yu

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Plum Town | Kelly Yu

A young land developer returns to his childhood home in the Chinese countryside for the first time in a decade to convince his stubborn father to finally sell the failing plum orchard. However, when the two find themselves unable to understand each other, they turn to the dusty old karaoke machine in the house to find a common language. Click video to watch PLUM TOWN on Vimeo.

Kelly Yu is a Swedish-born, New Orleans raised, Chinese-American writer and director. Her work is driven by a deep fascination with finding humanity in the absurd, often through an "east-meets-west" lens. Her short films have screened at film festivals around the world, with her first short PLUM TOWN winning the Grand Jury Award at Boston Independent Film Festival, the NFFTY New Talent Award for 'Best Director Under 25," and premiering online on the renowned platform Short of the Week. Her second short film, ENDLING, was executive produced by Emmy award winning actress Lena Waithe and premiered at Tribeca June 2024. Kelly holds a B.F.A from the USC School of Cinematic Arts and is based in LA currently developing her debut feature film, ENDLING. She is represented by Underground and Weinstein Senior LLP.
Busan, 1999 | Thomas Percy Kim

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Busan, 1999 | Thomas Percy Kim

A pregnant Korean-American woman returns to Korea and her mother. They bathe and scrub each other, hoping to heal past wounds.

Before attending USC, Thomas Percy Kim's short, SI, starring Ki Hong Lee (MAZE RUNNER) premiered at the 2020 LAAPFF before being acquired by HBO/Max. Since then, he has directed other shorts such as BUSAN, 1999, which won Best Narrative at the SFFilm Festival and BFI Future Film Festival, qualifying it for the 2023 Oscars. He is a TIFF x CJ Ent Fellow, Sundance Ignite Fellow, Blacklist Michael Collyer Finalist, Shorts to Feature Lab Fellow, and a Diverso Minority Report Fellow. He is currently in post-production for his debut feature, ISLE CHILD, based on SI.
Andrew Thomas Huang
Writer-director Andrew Thomas Huang crafts hybrid fantasy worlds and mythical dreamscapes. A Grammy-nominated music video director, Huang's collaborators include Bjork, FKA Twigs and Thom Yorke among others. His films have been commissioned by and exhibited at the Museum of Modern Art, NY, The Sydney Opera House and the Museum of Contemporary Art, LA. Huang also directs for film and TV, including an episode of Terence Nance’s Random Acts of Flyness Season 2 on HBO. Inspired by his Chinese heritage, queer Asian mythology and folklore, Huang is in late development on his feature film TIGER GIRL which has received support from Film Independent, SFFILM, Cinereach and the Sundance Institute. Huang graduated with a degree in Fine Art and Animation from the University of Southern California. Check out more of his work in andrewthomashuang.com
Rebel Riders

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Rebel Riders

Indonesia Are they rule-breakers or are they free? Freedom for these riders comes in an unlikely form, the Vespa. Equipped with only their imagination, everything from plastic bottles to tree stumps is fair game to customize their vehicles, transforming them into the gnarliest rides with enough character to put motorbikes to shame. In Indonesia, these vehicles mean more than just freedom of expression – for these riders, this is about liberation of the soul. Their families and communities don't get it, so they become outcasts and rebels. But that doesn't matter anymore; they've created inner circles with a bond and passion so deep, they feel like family. And they welcome the side-eyes: to these riders, strange looks and attention feel like being famous.