What Came Before

What Came Before 2020

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"What Came Before" is a short experimental documentary filmed within Mount Pleasant and Chinatown on unceded Coast Salish Territories, also known as Vancouver, BC. Jae Lew and Caroline So Jung Lee created double exposures on a single 16mm roll, exploring the diversity of Asian experiences and transformations made visible through the natural world.

2020

At the Bottom of the Sea

At the Bottom of the Sea 2019

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A filmmaker travels to South Korea to document the rising feminist movement responding to brutal patriarchal norms and a spy cam epidemic. Leading up to the protest of December 22, 2018 in Gwanghwamun Square in Seoul, the filmmaker journeys throughout rural and urban areas of the country, interviewing women of different generations and backgrounds: their private and public lives.

2019

Stand By

Stand By 2020

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Under the care of manned mechanical beings, we sit and wait in suspension. Held in abeyance, one cannot help but be captivated by these beautiful, hopeful, watchful creatures.

2020

Last Laugh

Last Laugh 2019

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A documentary looking at the impact of humor and the stage on Jimmy and Gregory, two disabled friends.

2019

Smoke

Smoke 2020

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Digital memories of seasonal tragedies, "Smoke" is a personal snapshot of witnessing and documenting environmental destruction.

2020

Prayers

Prayers 2020

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A short film dedicated to Frank Burning.

2020

Hex Crime

Hex Crime 2020

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"Hex Crime" is an experimental short film entering the dream logic realm of the occult, personae, sexual autonomy and a hint of death that dances behind the thinning veil.

2020