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SHORTS PROGRAM: LET IT OUT

How do we process the messy feelings of grief, loss, loneliness, or regret? In shades of animation, documentary, and narrative, these films explore the raucous ways difficult emotions spill out along the path to healing.

In this program


GRANDMA

Directed by Yang Hu

Through charcoal-drawn animation, a grandmother’s life unfolds through a rapidly evolving family portrait.

MANGO CHILE PIE

Directed by Karan Sunil

On the anniversary of their mother’s death, three estranged sisters get stuck in their family fire station, where…

SPLASH BACK

Directed by Yufei Xiao

A young masseuse recognizes her client as a childhood friend and enters a flashback of a withheld memory.

AFTER WHAT HAPPENED AT THE LIBRARY

Directed by Syra McCarthy

In the wake of a terrifying encounter, an overwhelmed drag queen struggles under the weight of public attention.

TO DANCE AGAIN

Directed by M.G. Evangelista

After an unprecedented tragedy for the Asian American community of Monterey Park, ballroom dancing offers an unexpected path…

AWIT NATIN (OUR SONG)

Directed by Pacqui Pascual

When their father dies during their mother’s hospitalization, a Filipino family bands together and goes ridiculously far to…

Dates & Times

AMC Kabuki 4

May 9, 2025
9:00 pm