SATURDAY, October 21

AMC Dine-In Sunnyvale 12
10:00 am - 10:00 pm

Join us for a full day of films and Q&A sessions with filmmakers!

-All films and guests are subject to change without notice-

Can’t make it to the FilmFest in person?

Watch the 2023 selections online!

Part 1: 10:00 am - 12:00 pm

  • Film Feature: Starring Jerry as Himself

    This is a story about our producer’s father Jerry. Jerry is a retired, divorced Taiwanese immigrant living in Orlando. One day, he gets an urgent call from the Chinese police. They inform him that he’s the prime suspect in an international money laundering investigation where $1.28mm was illegally moved through his Florida bank account.

  • Year of the Rat

    Film Short: Year of the Rat

    For the first time in her life, Chinese immigrant Joy Xu has found herself with nothing to do. Resolving to find someone whom she can depend on, Joy dives headfirst into the world of online dating, using it as an opportunity to redefine herself as a person and as a woman.

Part 2: 12:30 pm - 2:30 pm

  • The Great Divide

    Film Feature: The Great Divide

    Seen through the eyes of a Korean American family that leaves the California Bay Area for small-town Wyoming after experiencing devastating loss, it's also a story about a family repairing itself after tragedy, about a young man breaking out of his shell and finding love, reconciliation, and redemption.

Part 3: Bay Area Shorts

3:00 pm - 5:00 pm

  • Convenience

    Convenience

    Two convenience store employees work a graveyard shift. An idle conversation ignites into an impassioned reflection on their current lifestyle, aspirations, and future together.

  • From a Rooftop in Chinatown

    From a Rooftop in Chinatown

    “Rooftop in Chinatown” is a love letter to San Francisco’s historic Chinatown, where rapper and singer Son of Paper grew up and has taken much artistic inspiration for his music.

  • Dawn of Skates

    Dawn of Skates

    A Vietnamese-American teenager finds her confidence through a great mentor and the art of rollerskating.

  • Bon Odori

    Bon Odori is a 3D/2D animated short film that delves into the heart of Obon, a Japanese Buddhist festival that celebrates the memories of ancestors and loved ones who have passed away.

  • Pulp

    Pulp

    A first-generation college senior confronts the realities of generational trauma, while preparing an original piece for an upcoming violin audition.

  • Stain Resistant

    Stain Resistant

    This is a story of two women, former classmates from Delhi, who reconnect in Silicon Valley in their forties, after taking completely different paths through life.

  • Legacy

    Legacy

    A look at generational trauma and triumph through poetry and pictures.

  • Nanitic

    Nanitic

    na·nit·ic / adjective: "The first brood of worker ants produced by a queen ant using only the reserved nutrition in her body.

  • Party Favor

    Party Favor

    A Filipino-American woman grapples with going behind her strict Catholic sister's back to buy condoms for her 14-year-old niece.

Part 4: 5:30 pm - 7:30 pm

  • Chindia

    Film Feature: Chindia

    When an American couple tie the knot for all the wrong reasons, their ‘Chindian’ parents come untie things, the Asian way!

Part 5: 8:00 pm - 10:00 pm

  • Shortcomings

    Film Feature: Shortcomings

    Ben, a struggling filmmaker, lives in Berkeley, California, with his girlfriend, Miko, who works for a local Asian American film festival. When Miko moves to New York for an internship, Ben is left to his own devices, and begins to explore what he thinks he might want.