Gho Zhu
Ambientada en Los Angeles durante los años 20, cuenta una historia de ambición y excesos desmesurados que recorre la ascensión y caída de múltiples personajes durante una época de desenfrenada decadencia y depravación en los albores de Hollywood.
Barbara (segment "Xin")
A powerful anthology of short films, made by and about women, shining a compassionate light on mental health.
Woman in Elevator
El veterano Will Sharp, en un acto desesperado por conseguir dinero para cubrir las deudas médicas de su esposa, recurre a la única persona que sabe que no debería, su hermano adoptivo Danny. Danny le ofrece participar en un robo a un banco, el más grande en la historia de la ciudad. Will no puede decir que no. Cuando su intento de escape sale mal, los hermanos secuestran una ambulancia con un policía herido y una paramédica. Ahora deberán huir de un inmenso dispositivo de fuerzas de seguridad desplegado por toda la ciudad, mantener a sus rehenes con vida y de alguna forma tratar de no matarse entre ellos.
Sergeant Tsu
Jenny, a popular "Mommy and Me" blogger, is haunted by the feeling that her young daughter's twin, who died in childbirth, is still alive.
Baker
Homage to the cult classic “Mondo Hollywood”, a groovy mushrooms dealer and a man from the 5th dimension journey through Hollywood to find the meaning of “Mondo.”
Nainai
En un mundo donde la cultura casi ha desaparecido, una mujer mexicoamericana solitaria que lucha por perpetuar sus tradiciones invoca sin querer una oscura y antigua criatura para protegerla.
Mrs. Chang
An immigrant mother fears her schizophrenic teenaged son is turning into a school shooter.
Mrs. Chan
Max y Leo de 8 y 5 años, son llevados de México a Albuquerque (EU) por Lucía, su madre, en busca de una mejor vida. Mientras esperan que su mamá regrese del trabajo, los niños exploran a través de la ventana de su departamento el inseguro barrio habitado por latinos y asiáticos; escuchan los cuentos, reglas y lecciones de inglés que ella les deja en una vieja grabadora de cassette, construyen un universo imaginario con sus dibujos y anhelan que su mamá cumpla la promesa de ir a Disneylandia.
Hui Lan Zhang
Spring, Orchid is a romantic drama about 1st generation Chinese immigrants. Hui Lan, who refuses to accept her husband's dementia and battles to get his love back, comes to navigate their new relationship.
May Wong
A woman in 1990s Hong Kong accidentally kills her alcoholic husband in self-defense and finds a unique way to dispose of the evidence.
Old Thai Lady
Spencer (Nick Roux) es un estudiante de la universidad con el corazón roto, que parece que no puede romper un ciclo interminable de llorar y la masturbación, por lo que su mejor amigo Coke (Travis Van Winkle) decide ponerlo a través de un “mantervention” con el fin de ayudarle a conseguir sobre su ex.
Meifeng
An elderly Chinese immigrant's cultural ignorance gets him in irreversible trouble in a public restroom. Despite his harmless intentions, he struggles with his son and the legal system to make the context of his behavior understood.
Soon Li
A subversive tale that interlaces five stories set in Los Angeles, where no taboo is left unexplored as each character careens toward a dark and often comic fate
Mama Ling
Johnny Dow struggles to make a living at his small town gas station by charging motorists to see the electric guitar used by his late father a one-hit, rock and roll wonder. Legend has it the guitar was carved in the shape of a dragon's head and made in part from an ancient spear his father found in the crater of a shooting star. When Johnny's friend Eddie stumbles upon the other half of the spear he releases an ancient demon hungry for power and destruction. Mika a beautiful Chinese warrior who holds the secret to fighting Eddie and his army of kung fu, sugar-craving warriors reveals to Johnny that the only way to stop the evil spirit is to use the first half of the spear - the dragon on Johnny's guitar! Together Johnny and Mika set out to fight Eddie and his army, reunite the two halves of the spear, restore peace to the town and - of course - save the world!
Mei Fa
1870's America. A Chinese immigrant falsely accused of murdering a white woman is viciously hunted down; he'll have to prove his innocence in a time when people of color had "no legal rights" and could be bought and sold for a profit. Railroad to Hell: A Chinaman's Chance explores the exploitation of Chinese workers during the building of American railroads. The workers not only spent long hours, but the work was often dangerous and fatal. The Chinaman is a fugitive on the run, and all odds are against him. While stealing a horse was a hanging offense in the Old West, our fugitive knows that killing a Chinaman is not a crime.
Mrs. Chen
Streetwise swaggering Christopher "C-Dub" Wang is a suburban guy who waxes political on all things Asian American and clings to pro basketball pipe dreams. But when misfortune strikes his family, C-dub must overcome living at home, working a dead-end job and his worldly older brother, to run his Mom's ping pong classes and defend the family's athletic dynasty.
Rose
Yvonne is a divorced middle-aged Chinese immigrant who thinks her life is over, and she is doomed to spend the rest of her days as a slave to her large and eccentric family. Suddenly, romance enters her life and Yvonne gets a long deferred chance for true love. However, she falls for the last person a Chinese family would ever accept, Jose, a Mexican-American dentist. It doesnt matter what race or culture youre from, deep down inside we are the same. And from this lesson Yvonne and her family begin to love each other for who they are and to accept Jose into the family.
LA Nail Technician
Elle Woods es una rubia auténtica, además de muy popular, buena estudiante, presidenta de su hermandad y Miss Junio en el calendario de la Universidad. Ha disfrutado de una vida maravillosa y está enamorada de Warner Huntington III. Pero todo se derrumba cuando su novio decide romper con ella debido a que es demasiado rubia y no lo suficientemente formal para su futura carrera en el mundo de la política. Decidida a salir adelante, Elle se matricula en la Facultad de Derecho de la Universidad de Harvard, asumiendo un reto aún mayor de lo que esperaba.
Chinese Waitress
Terry es un comediante prometedor, pero cree que la política le dará los grandes descansos y más tiempo en el popular Dukie's Comedy Club. Da la casualidad de que Terry está 'durmiendo' con Ruby Lynn Sinclair, la esposa del dueño del club, Dukie Sinclair. Lo que sigue es una noche de comedia, romance, comedia, acción, comedia, y Terry logrando su objetivo inicial: obtener $ 67 dólares para pagar su factura de teléfono.
Jia
Celebrando sola su cumpleaños, Jia, la cuidadora de su marido enfermo, intenta tomarse un merecido descanso de la realidad.
