Asian American International Film Festival — Aug 1st - Aug 11th, 2024

Love Is... [VOD]

Open your heart to these films which celebrate the many different ways we love and the people who love us.

[Please note that this collection of shorts is geoblocked to North America.]

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Short Films

  • Eternal Sunday (周日永恒)
    Rhyme Lu
    18 mins

    When quarantine and social distancing become the norm in post-pandemic times, people interact in a virtual reality called SUNDAY. When the government terminates SUNDAY, a SUNDAY couple's relationship is at the verge of breaking down.

  • Breakdown
    Hon Hoang
    7.1 mins

    With a broken car, a couple finds themselves lost.

  • All I Ever Wanted
    Erin Lau
    15 mins

    Rom-com obsessed teen Christine has always longed for the picture-perfect romance...but she’s soon confronted with the fact that her ideal Prince Charming might actually be a Princess Charming instead.

  • Know You Twice
    Andrew Chan Gladstone
    12 mins

    When a policy shift puts NYC-raised Paloma at risk of deportation, she pushes her girlfriend Claire for help, revealing expectations that threaten to unravel their future together.

  • Mysore Magic
    Abijeet Achar
    14 mins

    A true story of an unlikely romance at a 1982 disco competition in Mysore, India.

  • The Albatross Cafe
    Amrita Vijayaraghavan, Andrew Stephens
    10 mins

    When a perpetually-single woman’s best 'Judy' asks for his spare apartment keys back, she is sent on a whirlwind emotional journey to the liminal land of the non-partnered, aging woman.

  • Bad Asian
    Kim Marcelino
    5.5 mins

    An Asian American woman’s internalized racism stands between her and a steamy one-night stand.

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