Organizer: Asian CineVision (ACV)
Type/Location: Hybrid / New York, NY
Description:
Join Asian CineVision for the screenings of Rooftop Lempicka; Sex, Baseball, and All Pussibilities; Clementine; They Call Me the Tattoo Witch; OK/NOTOK; and Zari as part of the Asian American International Film Festival. These are films by and for the girl with an emphasis on platonic love, self-affirmation, and healing through art and expression. They celebrate femininity in all its forms, from the tenderness of youth to the antics of young womanhood and beyond. The screenings will be followed by a filmmaker Q&A.
Included Short Films:
Rooftop Lempicka (Lempicka Trên Mái Nhà)
Hang Luong Nguyen | Vietnam, USA | 20 mins
While her mother is expecting their second child, young Thi befriends club waitress Ngoc who has just moved in to tenant in their family′s house. As their friendship grows, she finds out that Ngoc is an undisclosed sex worker. Meanwhile, the story is silently observed by an art book featuring female nudes by painter Tamara de Lempicka, stolen from a bookstore.
Sex, Baseball, and All Pussibilities
Aimee Pham, Kai Sampadian | USA | 10 mins
After a year of celibacy, Cathy trusts Jazelle to sexually prepare her for her Friday night D(ate) back in the game. As Jazelle trains Cathy through the steps of first, second, and third base, Cathy must navigate her past fears with love and inexperience with sex while embracing a side of herself she didn’t know existed.
Clementine
Sally Tran | USA | 15 mins
A late-blooming trans woman grapples with a life-altering, assigned-male-at-birth trans-specific dilemma, and with the help of her besties, navigates the complexities of this debacle as she defines her womanhood on her own terms.
They Call Me The Tattoo Witch
Lindsay Nyman | Vietnam | 14 mins
In Hanoi, Vietnam, tattoo artist Tran Ngoc specializes in the rare and challenging art of tattooing over scars. In a society where tattoos are taboo, especially for women, Ngoc challenges stigma by using tattoos as a source of healing, helping clients from around the world reclaim their bodies and rewrite their stories.
OK/NOTOK
Pardeep Sahota | UK | 13 mins
OK/NOTOK is a genre-bending love story set in the very near future with a darkly comic edge. Loretta, a working-class British Asian woman, attempts to navigate a turbulent world, a new stranger in her life, and unskippable adverts.
Zari
Shruti Parekh | India | 20 mins
American teen Neelu feels like a fish out of water amidst preparations for her sister’s wedding in Delhi until she forges a brief and unexpected connection with Zeyb, a quiet sari store clerk with a secret.
Registration:
To watch the film shorts in-person, please purchase tickets here.
To watch the film shorts on-demand, please purchase tickets here.