Asian American / Asian Research Institute
The City University of New York
Films in this year’s CUNY Shorts Showcase, part of the 47th Asian American International Film Festival deal with topics/genres including: the Bengali dessert chomchom; a husband’s selfishness and regret; the work of textile artist and art historian Dr. Nazanin Hedeyat Munroe; isolation during Covid-19; and the Bangladesh Liberation War.
Films in this year’s CUNY Shorts Showcase, part of the 46th Asian American International Film Festival deal with topics/genres including: the Filipino American diaspora in New York City, social roles of women during 1920s Japan, an interview with musician Takuya Nakamura, gambling addiction, and the fetishization of Japanese women.
Films in this year’s CUNY Shorts Showcase, part of the 45th Asian American International Film Festival, deal with topics/genres including anti-Asian hate and its mental toll, coping with death, working immigrant parents and their children, creating a space for Muslim students, and the fight for Asian American Studies.
Films in this year’s CUNY Shorts Showcase, part of the 44th Asian American International Film Festival, deal with topics/genres including mental health, childhood memories, coping with loss, ethnic food origins, and Lunar New Year traditions.
Films in this year’s CUNY Shorts Showcase, part of the 43rd Asian American International Film Festival, deal with topics/genres including Chinese adoptees, mental health, gentrification, caregiving, sci-fi/horror, World War II, and father-son relationships.