Official Selections: 9th LA Asian Film Festival
Congratulations to our accepted filmmakers!
Films are listed in alphabetical order, index to the left.
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Decoupling 脱钩
Documentary
West Coast Premiere
Decoupling was once a term primarily used in cosmology, but it has now taken on a geopolitical significance, referring to the deteriorating relationship between China and the U.S. The film ‘Decoupling’ is the story of a “Chinese” father as he navigates the breakdown of relations between China and the US and what that means for his own family. Born in China and living in the American Midwest, filmmaker Yinan Wang attempts to unpack his own experience of how a transnational migrant family deals with the distress caused by cultural identity, nationalism, and geopolitics.
Director: Yinan Wang 王一男
Producer: Yinan Wang 王一男
Writer: Yinan Wang 王一男
Cast: Yinan Wang, Yujing Wang, Zijin Wang
Cinematographer: Yinan Wang 王一男
Editor: Yinan Wang, Shakuru Tajiri
- Cream City Cinema Jury Award__Milwaukee Film Festival
- Sikay Tang Critical Lens Award__47th Asian American International Film Festival
- Audience Choice Award/Mother's Choice Award__母亲影展 Film for Mother Showcase
- Nomination for Best International Documentary - Long Form__Regina International Film Festival
Website: yinan-wang.com/de-in-progress
Instagram: @yinannnnn
Facebook: fb.com/profile.php?id=100006764884390
Draw Me
Fiction Short
North American Premiere
Koyori Edogawa, whose been marked with her abundant talent as a manga artist. Kiriko Asai, the most popular student who must always be perfect. Two high school students who are always under scrutiny sympathize with each other and search for freedom.
No one knows the real you, so can you be happy now? Kiriko tells Koyori who’s alone and isolated after she drew a manga depicting her classmates and teachers, “That manga is the best." It's a manga where so many people are hurt and die. But why?
Kiriko is good at sports, has excellent grades, and her beauty wins her great popularity. But Koyori gradually becomes captivated by Kiriko's “hidden” face that she never shows.
What is Kiriko’s true meaning behind the words “Draw me”?
This is a short film that focuses on the mind of a teenager who is confused between the real self and the self she shows in public.
Director: Kohei Kiyasu
Producer: Yoshinobu Noma (Executive Producer), Ryoichi Suzuki, Hinami Kamakura, Takuya Nagamori, Keiichi Yuta, Kyohei Sudate, Tomonori Koyanagi
Writer: Kohei Kiyasu
Cast: Momoko Kobayashi (Koyori Edogawa), Erika Takizawa (Kiriko Asai)
Cinematographer: Masaya Suzuki