Another Version of Me:
AAPI Chicago Shorts

When you're back here, you feel it. These shorts by AAPI filmmakers with a connection to Chicago explore how Asian Americans reconcile where they are with who they are. [Select Filmmakers In-Person for post film Q&A!]

2024-2026 | Documentary & Narrative | USA | 114 min | English, Arabic, Central Khmer, Indonesian, Mandarin w/ English Subtitles | Digital

Saturday, May 9th, 2026
8:00 PM

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

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Written and Directed by Arti Ishak
artiishak.com
IG: @artiishak

Two Muslims (one Lebanese-Indonesian, one Black) discuss the intersections of their identities.

First Love / Late Spring

Written and Directed by Brian Lu
IG: @sweet_birthday_baby

A new graduate finds herself wishing she could go back.

One Last Time

Written and Directed by Saloni Nahar
IG: @suhhhloni @nayadinfilms

A South Asian woman chooses her final memory.

WHAT THE HEAVEN!
搞什么鬼！

Written and Directed by Richard Yan
IG: @wthshortfilm

A Chinese American student must help his dad to help himself.

What’s Left of Me

Written and Directed by Jovann Dzaky
jodzaky.com
IG: @jovanndzaky @lalumifilms

An Indonesian immigrant revisits his past to embrace his future.

COEXIST

Directed by Angie Panganiban
Website
IG: @angipangani, @coexist_ashortfilm

A queer couple recount the trials and tribulations of their relationship.

Also screening May 12th in SKETCHES IN MOTION

The Healing Circle

Directed by Thavary Krouch
thavarykrouch.com
IG: @tigerbearwhat

First Winter

Directed and Written by Schantelle Alonzo
mishipiku-art.carrd.co
IG: @mishipiku

A young migrant boy experiences Chicago at its coldest.

Sleep Call

Written and Directed by Richer Huynh
IG: @huynhwaker

A chronically online young man finds true love...or is it?

Another Version of Me: AAPI Chicago Shorts