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SUMMARY:KAFFNY 2025: Closing Shorts
DESCRIPTION:Join us for an unforgettable cinematic journey at KAFFNY 2025: Closing Shorts\, where stories come to life on the big screen.\n\n\n\nElijah by Razid Season19:00 \nHaider\, a Bengali Muslim taxi driver faces the reality that the American Dream may never be his. Grueling hours\, rude customers\, a collapse in medallion values in New York City and suicides among fellow drivers continually chip away at his hope for the future. Under this backdrop\, crisis spills into his family life as his child\, Shoshi\, is consumed by a struggle: a desire to live life fully as man in a transphobic immigrant culture. His relationship with his transgender son challenges his past views on LGBTQ issues\, forcing him to confront prejudice in his community to protect the child he loves. \n \n \n\n\n\nThe Stranger by Minseo Kwon 6:07 \nEunhee struggles to care for her ill mother\, Young-ja\, who loves only her son and refuses to go to the hospital with her. This pattern has persisted throughout Eunhee’s life. After Young-ja’s death\, Eunhee grapples with mixed emotions towards her mother. She gradually encounters her feelings as she talks with David\, a cleaner from the ‘Grief Cleaning’ service. In the end\, she finds herself mourning after discovering a note from her mother hidden behind a photo. \n \n \n\n\n\nLife Support by Jamon Tolbert10:32 \nInspired by true stories\, an emergency doctor struggling under the weight of life and death decisions must confront his own hidden traumas as he teaches a young medical student what it truly means to save a life. \nTold with raw intensity and emotional depth\, Life Support has won multiple jury awards for Best Short Film\, Best First Time Filmmaker\, & Best Performance. It offers a rare glimpse into the world of emergency medicine\, where every choice can mean the difference between life and loss. \nMore than a film\, Life Support has sparked a national campaign to heal a system in crisis. It has inspired an educational platform that uses film and storytelling to confront burnout and moral injury among doctors\, nurses\, and frontline responders\, with the goal of reaching medical schools\, residencies\, and hospitals across the country. \n \n \n\n\n\nSonata by Eljin Yoo19:49 \nKorean-American sisters and classical musicians\, Viv and Gia\, struggle to practice a piano and violin duet\, as their mother May\, reminds them about the importance of harmony. \nTheir bond is tested as adulthood brings conflicting priorities—Gia pursues her musical dreams while Viv chooses to care for their ailing mother. \nAs their mother’s condition suddenly deteriorates\, they must overcome their growing resentment in order to find reconciliation through music. \n \n \n\n\n\nLast Breath on Earthby Kevin V. Doan 3:30 \nLAST BREATH ON EARTH follows Clara as she embraces thoughts of spirituality\, afterlife\, and loneliness in the aftermath of her mother’s death. \n \n \n\n\n\nGrace by Jana Park12:49 \nHonolulu\, 1959: Over a family dinner\, two women hide their forbidden love—one resisting the pressure to marry\, the other her nation’s admission to the United States. WINNER: Best Indigenous Nations Film (South Pacific Film Festival\, NZ) \n \n \n\n\n\nTuesday Lunch Club by Keeho Kang 7:19 \nIn 1990s New York\, three young Asian American artists built their own creative refuge — a weekly lunch gathering called The Tuesday Lunch Club. Thirty years later\, they reunite to relaunch it\, revisiting the art\, friendship\, and identity that shaped their lives. Blending memory\, humor\, and reflection\, ‘Tuesday Lunch Club’ explores how community can sustain artists across generations. \n \n \n\n\n\n6 O’Clock by Keeyong Hong15:09 \nMoonsook\, who was adopted as a child into an American family\, returns home to care for her mother with dementia\, only to find out her brother Mike has placed her in a nursing home. Despite Moonsook’s attempts to reach him\, Mike insists their mother is fine and shouldn’t be contacted. Moonsook later discovers her mother’s wish to stay in the nursing home\, leaving her feeling upset and longing for her mother’s presence.
URL:https://potluckasianamerica.org/event/kaffny-2025-closing-shorts/
LOCATION:Village East Cinema\, 189 2nd Ave\, New York\, NY\, 10003\, United States
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SUMMARY:KAFFNY 2025: Water Lillies
DESCRIPTION:Water Lillies -by Chanho Lee\n\n\n\nWater Lillies Chanho Lee 1:58:38 \nThe water lilies blooms\, even in the filthiest waters. Amid the mire of selfish desires and the indifference to others’ suffering\, hope begins to bloom anew in the fleeting moment when we recognize the humanity within one another. \n \nSynopsis :Hyowon\, who dreams of becoming an actress\, runs away to Seoul with Eunseo\, a high school dropout. The two girls step into the sprawling city with their fragile hopes\, clutching at its promises like lifelines. Their first home is a basement room\, dim and shabby\, the air thick and heavy\, but to them\, it is a sanctuary\, a nest of possibilities. \nEunseo begins working odd jobs to keep them afloat\, while Hyowon\, drawn by her dream\, takes on menial tasks at a theater company. They are buoyed by their own visions of tomorrow\, their dreams threading through the cracks in the worn walls. Soon\, Hyowon starts taking acting lessons from Suyeon\, a lead actress at the theater. Suyeon’s voice is steady\, her words sharp: “Acting is the art of embodying another’s suffering.” Hyowon listens\, but the weight of those words eludes her. She cannot yet grasp the depths of Eunseo’s pain\, nor can Eunseo fully see hers. \nThe two drift\, parallel yet apart\, their lives entangled by need and longing but marred by unspoken distance. The city presses in\, relentless. Their lives fracture under the strain of survival\, yet questions linger in the spaces between them. What does it mean to carry someone else’s sorrow? What does it mean to live with your own? \nFor them\, life is an unanswered question\, fragile as the surface of water\, trembling under the weight of its own reflections.
URL:https://potluckasianamerica.org/event/kaffny-2025-water-lillies/
LOCATION:Village East Cinema\, 189 2nd Ave\, New York\, NY\, 10003\, United States
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SUMMARY:KAFFNY 2025: Attachment Project
DESCRIPTION:KAFFNY 2025 Feature documentary film screening for ‘Attachment Project’ follow by Q&A with director Joy Dietrich\n\n\n\nAttachment Project Joy Dietrich 1:27:12 \nThree foreign-born adoptees of various ages attempt to forge stronger ties with their American families with the help of novel\, sometimes controversial therapies. Shot over a decade by one of the subjects\, an adoptee filmmaker\, the documentary explores the building blocks of human connection\, the primacy of early care\, and the role of parents in their journey to create a sense of a family in their adoptive homes. \n*The director\, Joy Dietrich\, will be present for the Q and A \n \n \n\n\n\nNot Alone Cameron Koike 3:14 \nA not so brave boy finds himself a little too immersed in the horror movie he’s watching when his family leaves him home alone.
URL:https://potluckasianamerica.org/event/kaffny-2025-the-attachment-project/
LOCATION:Village East Cinema\, 189 2nd Ave\, New York\, NY\, 10003\, United States
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SUMMARY:KAFFNY 2025: Opening Shorts
DESCRIPTION:Get ready to be blown away by the incredible short films at KAFFNY 2025 – it’s going to be a cinematic experience like no other!\n\n\n\nKodak Blues by Caleb Jiyong Chong 24:47 \nAfter being left in an empty house by her parents\, a Korean-American college girl must find what to do for the rest of her summer break and perhaps\, the rest of her life. \n \n \n\n\n\nEid Mubarak by Isabel Ahmed 11:50 \nEid Mubarak explores the tension that arises between belonging and autonomy when some Muslim women decide to remove their hijab. The film follows Aya on the holy holiday of Eid as she grapples with her desire to make her own decisions about expressing her identities\, while also longing to stay connected to her Arab community and family\, which sometimes demands conformity. \n \n \n\n\n\nBeside Myself by H. Paul Moon 3:00 \n“BESIDE MYSELF” is a poem/film that engages the reader/viewer to trade places with the poet for a generative new thing that can\, with your help\, change the world. \nStep outside yourself\, look back at yourself\, whom do you see? That’s the question Bob Holman asks in “BESIDE MYSELF.” Fighting the metaphorical with the literal\, H. Paul Moon’s film captures a small band of Bob’s friends voicing the poem in alternating identities\, scored by composer David T. Little\, for this meditative reflection on A.I. and the life cycle of the creative process. \n \n \n\n\n\nHyeree Ro’s Precesise Ambiguity by Andrea Yu-Chieh Chung 11:13 \nThis documentary short follows artist Hyeree Ro as she mines memories of road trips with her father and processes his recent passing through a new body of work\, Niro (2024)\, a sculptural installation and series of performances that universalizes her own personal experiences of estrangement\, loss\, and memory. \n \n \n\n\n\nSometimes I Wish I was a Fish by Yeajoon Cho14:47 \nA depressed\, male sex worker learns how to open up — the hard way. \n \n \n\n\n\nSmall Hair Halmeoni by Audrey Song13:18 \nA filmmaker attempts to piece together who her grandmother is through family memory and archives. \n \n \n \n\n\n\nYellow Balloon by Summer Luu 13:42 \nIn 1996\, a Vietnamese-American kid named Ái Vân from San Jose\, California is adopted by their paternal immigrant grandparents in Vancouver\, Washington. On their journey\, Ái Vân processes their identity\, the unspoken rules of complex social dynamics and discovers the reality of letting go.
URL:https://potluckasianamerica.org/event/kaffny-2025-opening-shorts/
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SUMMARY:KAFFNY 2024: Short film Premieres
DESCRIPTION:Get ready for a cinematic feast at KAFFNY 2024: Short film Premiere- a showcase of diverse\, captivating short films!\n\n\n \nKAFFNY 2024: Short film Premieres \n \nCome join us at 921 Lexington Ave at the Hemmerdinger Screening Room (Rm 706 East building) for a cinematic experience like no other! Our Shorts Premieres event will showcase a diverse selection of short films that will leave you inspired and entertained. Get ready to immerse yourself in a world of creativity and storytelling with filmmakers from around the globe. Don’t miss out on this opportunity to connect with fellow film enthusiasts and celebrate the art of short filmmaking. \n \nAfter the screening we will have a Q&A with some of the filmmakers. See you there! \n\n\n \n \nKOREAN AMERICAN WITCHES SOCIETY \nWrittend by Jennifer Kim and Directed by Michael K.Y. Yip (12:59) \nNew York / East Coast Premiere \nA lonely\, anxious girl wishes to save her cancer-stricken father and befriends the granddaughter of a Korean shaman. Together\, they create a secret witchcraft ritual which leads to unexpected consequences. \n \n\n\n\nKOI \nDirected by Taige Shi (17:49) \nNew York / East Coast Premiere \nA newly-divorced Chinese immigrant and his son move to the Great Lakes area. The father\, Lee Huan\, starts a fishing business that catches only Asian Carp in the local river. However\, the son\, Lee Long\, can’t fit into the new environment and doesn’t understand his dad’s motives. With help from Uncle Kuan\, a family friend and biologist\, the father and son must confront their differences once and for all. \n \n\n\n\nWatches \nDirected by Byungseon Kong (16:33) \nWorld Premiere \nAn Asian American boy asks his older\, troublesome friends to rob his home where he lives with his abusive father. \n \n\n\n\nInto the Emerald Sea \nDirected by Asuka Lin (20:14) \nNew York / East Coast Premiere \nFrom the ocean\, Suzu returns to their quiet seaside town in Japan\, where their grandmother has reincarnated into a sea turtle. Both must undergo their own process of reconnection to each other and with themselves. \nA loose retelling of the Japanese fisherman folktale Urashima Taro — but really\, it’s about missing your grandma after you left for America. \n \n\n\n\nA Family Guide To Hunting \nDirected by Zao Wang (15:00) \nWhen Eva\, a doomsday prepper\, takes her uptight Korean-American parents and all-American boyfriend on a bonding hunting trip\, things go from bad to grisly. Starring and xecutive produced by Magaret Cho. \n\n\n\nPlease note that entry into Hunger College will require registration\, your name provided in the ticketing will be sent to security to expedite entry. But please arrive 15 minutes early to ensure ample time to get into the Hemmerdinger screening room at room 706 on the 7th floor of the East Building.
URL:https://potluckasianamerica.org/event/kaffny-2024-short-film-premieres/
LOCATION:921 Lexington Ave\, 921 Lexington Avenue\, New York\, NY\, 10065\, United States
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SUMMARY:KAFFNY 2024: Shorts Panorama
DESCRIPTION:Get ready for a cinematic feast at KAFFNY 2024: Shorts Panorama – a showcase of diverse\, captivating short films!\n\n\n \nKAFFNY 2024: Shorts Panorama \n \nCome join us at 921 Lexington Ave at the Hemmerdinger Screening Room (Rm 706 East building) for a cinematic experience like no other! Our Shorts Panorama event will showcase a diverse selection of short films that will leave you inspired and entertained. Get ready to immerse yourself in a world of creativity and storytelling with filmmakers from around the globe. Don’t miss out on this opportunity to connect with fellow film enthusiasts and celebrate the art of short filmmaking. \n \nAfter the screening we will have a Q&A with many of the filmmakers. See you there! \n\n\n \n \nChristmas Lights \nDirected by Cameryn Koike (6:04) \n \nA family of cats struggling with their finances is disappointed when their Christmas lights burn out\, but then get some unexpected help. WINNER: Best Film (Hawai’i International Film Festival ‘Ōpio Fest) \, WINNER: Spirit of Eleanor $200 Award (OK2BX Film Festival of Texas)\, SEMI-FINALIST (New York Shorts Awards)\, FINALIST (Directed by Women / Turkey) \n \n\n\n\nZavet \nDirected by Slav Velkov (5:50) \nWorld Premiere \nA young man lost in the wilderness struggles to escape the memories of his Bulgarian past. \n \n\n\n\nRevolving Door \nDirected by Jiyeo Park Kim (10:00) \nWorld Premiere \nThrough the eyes of a young nurse\, we navigate the thin line between life and death\, finding solace and connection in the delicate moments of birth and passing. \n \n\n\n\nBlue Hour \nDirected by Esther Um (6:20) \n \nA young Korean American boy encounters difficulty as he attempts to draw a portrait of his busy blue-collar immigrant father for a school assignment\, leading the boy to confront his father in a dream-scape like world of his own imagination. \n \n\n\n\nFair \nDirected by Taylor Gruver (10:00) \n \nBased on the TRUE STORY of one woman’s fateful day as a hired party princess at the mansion of her high school nemesis: \nSarah has returned home to Hawai’i and finds herself confronted with an imperative question: What if life hasn’t turned out so “happily ever after” after all? FAIR is a 10-minute film that questions societal expectations internalized by women and asserts that a real-life “Fairy Tale Ending” might not be what you expect. \nStarring Elizabeth Rian\, Noelle Yoza\, and Kaipo Dudoit (David\, Disney’s Lilo & Stitch 2025) \n \n\n\n\nRoots and Wings Ep 2: Irene Yoo \nDirected by Yadao\, Michelle Sampior\, Irene Yadao (7:16) \nEast Coast Premiere \nRoots & Wings is a three-part food doc series that profiles WOC chefs who use food as a conduit for cultural awareness and as a means of perpetuating their cultural traditions. \nRoots + Wings Ep 2 features chef\, recipe developer\, writer\, culinary historian and founder of Yooeating Irene Yoo\, whose pop-ups in New York offered a decidedly new take on Korean home cooking and street food. \n \n\n\n\nTHESE KIDS DON’T GET IT\, MA. \nDirected by June Jung (6:28) \n \nA trans woman attempts to translate a poem to her mother over the phone. Subtitles escape containment. Diegesis explodes. \n \n\n\n\nPlease note that entry into Hunger College will require registration\, your name provided in the ticketing will be sent to security to expedite entry.  But please arrive 15 minutes early to ensure ample time to get into the Hemmerdinger screening room at room 706 on the 7th floor of the East Building.
URL:https://potluckasianamerica.org/event/kaffny-2024-shorts-panorama/
LOCATION:921 Lexington Ave\, 921 Lexington Avenue\, New York\, NY\, 10065\, United States
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