As queer trans and gender non-conforming children of the Vietnamese diaspora, we are fragmented at the crossroads of being displaced from not only a sense of belonging to our ancestral land, but also our own bodies which are conditioned by society to stray away from our most authentic existence.
Yet these bodies of ours are the vessels we sail to embark on a lifetime voyage of return to our original selves. It is our bodies that navigate the treacherous tides of normative systems that impose themselves on our very being. And it is our bodies that act as community lighthouses for collective liberation.
Ultimately, the landscape of our bodies is our blueprint to remembering, to healing, to blooming.
Based on the creepypasta by Brinker X. You'd think that nightmares are nothing but your imagination, but for Alex they were very real. Now as an adult, Alex reminisces on his childhood trauma with a psychiatrist to get to the bottom of what terrorized his youth.
After her sister's suicide, Carey starts experiencing bizarre dreams, leading her to believe there is more to her sibling's death than she thought.
After many years, a young girl revisits her childhood home - with consequences.
Weighed down and despondent from crushing depression, Millie tries to escape the daily grind by deciding today will be different. However, she must first confront her trauma before it consumes her.
A filmmaker returns to a house from his past where a great tragedy happened, in order to find a closure within the space that already feels too foreign.
Haunted by flooding memories of their parents' verbal abuse, an insecure person decides to stop reflecting and start living the life they never knew they could have.
After returning from her husband's requiem mass, Clarice gets into an argument with her daughter Andrea about the family's dark past.
STILL HERE is a short film that depicts Omar's journey from trauma toward healing. It is inspired by the clients and work of the Center for Victims of Torture (CVT) – which aims to eradicate and heal the wounds of torture globally.
A girl sees her dead father in front of her after taking a bad fall. Her visions intensify and her true feelings about her father surface.
Two ordinary women who accidentally committed a crime wanted to cover up their tracks. However, the internal conflict they faced as women in the eyes of society ultimately prevented them from carrying out their intention.
A woman plagued with problems tries to solve them with pills but gets a bigger experience than she bargained for. Can one pill make it all go away?
An adolescent girl loses her mother and is left to live with her distant family members. She discovers her aunt is keeping her from the last letter her mother left for her, growing her resentment toward her family.
While on vacation, a group of young people on a road trip are lured by a child, who has nearly been run over by them, to an isolated house in the middle of nowhere.
Miguel comes back to his country home with his wife after running away from the war, however, the memories of the conflict and his remorse for deserting and abandoning his friends haunts him persistently, avoiding him from distinguishing what is real and what not. While Miguel tries to ignore his trauma, his wife fights for bringing him back to reality.
The story of Christina Lau and her relationship with her parents as she recounts the happy and traumatic memories of her childhood and adolescence. She shares the ways in which the tragic demise of her father and mother have affected her and shaped who she is today. Her story is powerful, tragic, and demonstrates the importance of strong family ties when overcoming hardship. The documentary is directed by her eldest daughter, Robyn Mae, and includes stunning animations created by her youngest daughter, Tammy-Ann.
Troubles from the past resurfaces as a disowned son receives a distress call from his sister forcing him to decide on the fate of their ill mother through a phone call.
An elderly woman finds out by the rumors of her friends that a teenager in her neighborhood has been kicked out of her home for being a lesbian. This triggers a traumatic memory that will reunite her with whom she really is, even if it means loosing her friends.