In Full Spectrum: AAPI Queer Shorts

This program features short films celebrating the rich and complex experiences within the Asian American and Pacific Islander LGBTQ+ community, exploring themes of love, self-discovery, resilience, and identity across generations and emotional landscapes.

Tuesday, May 21st, 2024
6:00 PM

Gene Siskel Film Center
164 N State St, Chicago, IL 60601

TICKETS

Know You Twice

Directed & Written by Andrew Chan Gladstone
https://www.acgladstone.com/

Paloma (Yadira Guevara-Prip of Supernatural & See) takes radical action to hold on to her love and life after she learns she could be deported.

Produced by Andrew Chan Gladstone, Catherine Loerke, Faye Tsakas

It Was Love to Me

Directed & Written by Raza Rizvi
[In-Person for Q&A]

A complex, intimate relationship brews between a young tennis player and the prodigy he looks up to.

Produced by Lily Yang, Jordan Shanks, Raza Rizvi

Mia’s Mission

Directed, Produced & Written by Jireh Deng
https://jirehdeng.com/

Mia Yamamoto has seen it all. She was born in an incarceration camp during World War II. At age 60 she came out as transgender after a 20-year career as a criminal defense attorney in Los Angeles. At age 78, Mia shows no signs of slowing down. We follow her mission throughout the years to rally communities of color around issues of racism and to bring visibility to the LGBTQ community. Her passion is rooted in her deep ties to the geography of L.A. and the neighborhoods she calls home.

Director of Photography: Jeanette Lam

Aikāne

Directed by Dean Hamer, Joe Wilson & Daniel Sousa

A valiant island warrior, wounded in battle against foreign invaders, falls into a mysterious underwater world. When the octopus who rescued him transforms into a handsome young man, they become aikāne, intimate friends bound by love and trust, and an epic adventure begins.

Written by Dean Hamer

2023 | Narrative | USA | 14 mins | Digital

Let

Directed, Written by Alyssa Loh
https://www.alyssaloh.com/

An isolated law student wrestles with a compulsion toward self-harm and pain. A surprising night carries her, and a stranger, into new territory.

默 (To Write From Memory)

Directed, Edited & Produced by Emory Chao Johnson
https://www.chaojohnson.com/

Opaque memories seep into a quotidian flow despite efforts to move onward.

Director of Photography: Farrah Su
Associate Producer: Qianru Li
Audio Post Production: One Thousand Birds

Here, Hopefully

Directed by Hao Zhou
https://www.haozhoustudio.com/hao-zhou

Zee, a nonbinary aspiring nurse from China, strives to build a gender-affirming life in Iowa. After graduating from nursing school, they work tirelessly to pass their licensure exam in hopes of obtaining a work visa.