THE 25TH FILIAL EXEMPLAR

第二十五孝

genres:

Forced by his mother to dress and perform as his deceased sister, a young Chinese man grapples with how to express his true self, help his mother deal with grief, and prove that he’s the most filial son.

Credits

Director(s):

Leon Cheo

Producer(s):

Xing Yuchuan

Writer(s):

Leon Cheo

Cast:

Charles Pang, Huang Lei, Alyssa Leanne So

Presented as Part Of AFTER HOURS SHORTS

CONFESSIONS

After the death of a friend, two nuns in their golden years contemplate what their future holds. One confessio...
11 min | Stephanie Kaznocha | | HAWAI''I PREMIERE | English | Closed Captions
Learn More

ASTONISHING LITTLE FEET

Afong Moy, the first documented Chinese woman to come to the United States, realizes the men who separated her...
9 min | Maegan Houang | | HAWAI‘I PREMIERE | English, Cantonese | English
Learn More

JEONG-DONG

Graduate student Yoobin has a nervous breakdown after experiencing strange phenomena in his new home. His chil...
23 min | Choi Woo Gene | | US PREMIERE | Korean | English
Learn More

THE OLD YOUNG CROW

Mehrdad, now an old man, recalls his encounter with an elderly Japanese woman named Chiyo at a graveyard in To...
12 min | Liam LoPinto | | HAWAI''I PREMIERE | Farsi, Japanese | English, Closed Captions
Learn More

NIAN

A Chinese American girl stands up to her racist bully armed with a Chinese Demon Mask and the Nian, a mytholog...
7 min | Michelle Krusiec | | HAWAI''I PREMIERE | English
Learn More

HITO

A 14-year-old girl discovers that the fish she had been given for dinner is a rehabilitated bioweapon named Ki...
22 min | Stephen Lopez | | HAWAI''I PREMIERE | Filipino, Cebuano, English | English
Learn More