Narrative Shorts

A father reaches toward a sunlit curtain in Crystal Mountain.

Crystal Mountain

2025 · Writer / Director

A Chinese immigrant father places his hopes for his daughter’s future in a stone said to change one’s luck.

Hands fold gold paper in blue and amber light in Nights and Days in America.

Nights and Days in America

2021 · Writer / Director

After her grandfather’s death, a Chinese teenager at a New York boarding school navigates grief far from home.

A woman in a softly lit interior in Kamudakara.

Kamudakara

2020 · Writer / Director

A Japanese-American woman caring for her aging father struggles between family obligation and her desire for a life of her own.

A black-and-white 16mm frame from Welcome to the Jungle.

Welcome to the Jungle

2019 · Writer / Director

A woman tries to bypass a border queue, confronting the surreal rules that stand between her and the other side.