Alan Wu

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Filmography

Sweet Thing

For Billie and Nico, life with their father is a roller-coaster ride of playfulness and unease. When he is in the grip of alcohol, tears flow and their apparently idyllic family life collapses. Their mostly absent and irresponsible mother is not much help either. But their friendship with Malik, a boy of Billie’s age, frees them from their shackles. Together they embark on a journey full of intense moments of freedom. The colourful, emotional world of the three young people is depicted in kaleidoscopic black and white imagery, which opens space for their own notions of childhood. Alexandre Rockwell's tale portrays a profound sense of solidarity and deep love: for cinema and Billie Holiday, and also for risk and adventure.

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Motherland

Leah, a Korean adoptee raised in America, returns to Korea to search for her birth mother. Leah is met with secrecy from the adoption agency as well as her own family but remains relentless on her solo journey, driven by her longing to discover the truth of her origins.

7.9

Lucky Fish

Two Asian-American teenagers meet in the bathroom of a Chinese restaurant while having dinner with their families.

7.0

Mānoa Valley

Two friends living in Mānoa Valley spend a summer day together before one of them moves to New York City.

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Under the Ruins

Upon returning to his hometown to investigate the murder of a young girl, Lieutenant Zhang falls into the memories of his youth in the city.

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They Call Me Suki

Suki Terada Ports is an unstoppable Japanese American NYC elder who has been a tireless activist for the AAPI Community for decades. She has fought for Civil Rights in the 1960s, school integration, prison reform, female healthcare equality, LGBTQ+ rights, HIV/AIDS prevention and support, before the AAPI community would even recognize it. In this film, we follow Suki as she goes from her neighborhood in Harlem where she’s lived for over 87 years to a lunch at her friend’s apartment in downtown. A conversation of action, identity, and belonging emerges between three generations of AAPI activists and storytellers.

2.7

Homebody

Nine-year-old Johnny sends his spirit into his babysitter Melanie and gets to be a woman for a day.

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Fran This Summer

Teenage lovebirds Fran and Angie spend the summer at home while Fran begins their transition. They must face who and what they mean to each other when they visit the beach, their love on display for all to see

6.6

Nafi's Father

Tokara wants to marry his cousin, the beautiful Nafi, bringing their fathers into conflict with one another. The youngest brother is a clergyman, while the other is a candidate for Mayor of the small town in Senegal. The struggle seems to be all about the children, but gradually it transpires that the children are pawns in a bitter dispute. Can their family ties help them overcome these ideological differences?

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Morning Song

A teenager is unsettled by the relationships closest to her as she heads into the biggest piano competition of her life.

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Ruído da Pele

During the Easter holidays, the intimate relationship between a 12-year-old boy and his mother comes to an end when the boy experiences his first sexual awakening.

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Clean Slate

Two Asian nonbinary best friends and actors must make some sacrifices when they go up for the same breakout role.

6.6

Bambirak

When 8 year old Kati from Afghanistan stows away in her fathers truck, Faruk must juggle his responsibilities as a single dad while holding down his first job in a new country.

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The Trucker

An immigrant trucker makes his way across the American Midwest.

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