BAY AREA SHORTS:
8 film shorts

We are excited to present to you these short films from our local Bay Area filmmakers. These stories will make you laugh, cry, and even give you hope. 

THE FILMS

  • The Balcony

    A lonely mid 20’s man goes out to his balcony at night and has a brief connection with someone across the way. Film by Anya Martin.

  • Do Unto Others

    Do as you would have done to you. Do as has been done to you. What would you do? Film by Angela Wu.

  • Sitting the Month

    A new mother struggles with Chinese postpartum traditions. Film by Felicity LuHill, Rebecca Chu.

  • Mr. Chinatown Music Video

    Can one good samaritan prevent anti-AAPI violence? No– but the COLLECTIVE STRENGTH of the Chinatown community can. Film by Kenny Dzib, Leonard Caoili, Kyle Shin.

  • Family Tais

    First-time student filmmaker Olivia Tai interviews her family, revealing a yearning for intergenerational connection and exploration of their shared Taiwanese diasporic roots. Film by Olivia Tai.

  • Love, Air Inn

    The wholesome story of Aaron who celebrates his anniversary when it turns out to be not what it seemed. Film by Andy Bae.

  • Americanized

    Description goes hereGrowing up in Oakland’s hip-hop culture, Eng struggles with her Chinese American identity. To her high school basketball team, she’s just that girl who sits on the bench; but to the Asian kids she’s “Americanized.” Film by Erica Eng.

  • If Only

    If Only is a short film following the afterlife of a whale. The purpose of the film is to talk about whaling and how whales are mindlessly murdered year after year for food. Film by Shreyans Zaveri.