Shorts: Night Visions
HOME » 2025 BAAFF SCHEDULE Shorts: NIGHT VISIONS Night Visions is a showcase of the weird and the wacky, films that don’t easily fit into any one box. These shorts subvert the expectations and surprise audiences at every twist and turn. Total Runtime: 72 minutes Don’t F*ck with Ba | Better Life | Kumar Kumar […]
Love Chinatown
HOME » 2025 BAAFF SCHEDULE Love Chinatown [SOLD OUT] (Preceded by Shorts: Building our Histories) Building Our Histories spotlights stories of creating and maintaining API spaces from Boston’s Chinatown to communities around the globe. Total Runtime: 74 minutes Love, Chinatown | Teb Chaw (Land) | Beauty of Sorrow | Dear Watsonville | Little Bird […]
Shorts Program: Bridging Two Worlds
Buy IN-PERSON Tickets Buy VIRTUAL Tickets Shorts Program: Bridging Two Worlds Bridging Two Worlds delves into relationships that transcend geographical, generational, and communal boundaries, uniting us in shared universal truths. Total Runtime: 81 minutes Seoul Switch | BALIK/BAYAN | What Is the Criteria? | Kneading Love | Confused Blood | Kowloon! This year, the Bridging Two […]
Shorts Program: Oh, Queer
Buy In-person Tickets Buy VIRTUAL Tickets A staple of every BAAFF season, Oh, Queer is a self-expression and complexities of identity beyond orientation. Total Runtime: 72 minutes Really Good Driver | hi ading | Fish Boy | sub- | It Was Love To Me | Wouldn’t Make It Any Other Way This year, the Oh […]
Shorts Program: Not Your Model Minority
Buy VIRTUAL Tickets Not Your Model Minority showcases compelling tales of Asian Americans courageously standing up to challenge injustice. Total Runtime: 77 minutes Asian Bitches Speak | VS | Ān-dé-lǔ | The Well | Fighting Back | Buzz Cut All Shorts Program available on-demand in the U.S. from Friday, October 18, 7:30PM until Monday, October […]
Shorts Program: Bittersweet 16
Buy VIRTUAL Tickets Coinciding with BAAFF’s 16th anniversary, discover “Bittersweet 16,” an inspiring collection of films that reflect the trials, tribulations, transformative experiences and yes…growing pains of young adults. Total Runtime: 87 minutes Coconut | MIKE | When I Die | 29 Hour Famine | Marahoro | Dive Into the Blue All Shorts Program available […]
Shorts Program: Childhood Wonders
Buy VIRTUAL Tickets Childhood Wonders is a heartwarming block of family-friendly stories where young explorers set out to learn and marvel at the world around them. Total Runtime: 84 minutes Blue Hour | The Qingming Kid | Freddie | For Roy | re: connection | The Unreachable Star All Shorts Program available on-demand in the […]
Shorts Program: Don’t Tell Your Parents
Buy VIRTUAL Tickets A potent mix of horror and comedy, “Don’t Tell Your Parents” will have you screaming with laughter! Total Runtime: 84 minutes Stitched | SHE (Snake) | Lullaby | Learning English | A Family Guide to Hunting (form) | Mosquito Lady All Shorts Program available on-demand in the U.S. from Friday, October 18, […]
Shorts Program: Lights Out
Get Tickets Depiction isn’t always endorsement. Violence, obsession, revenge… Light’s Out explores the darker side of the Asian-American experience. Total Runtime: 85 minutes Astonishing Little Feet | Sandals of Gold | Dirty Rotten Tofu and the Gohan Girls | Happy Ending | Hearsay | Teen Troubles in Dirty Jersey All Shorts Program available on-demand in […]
Shorts Program: Serving Family Style
Get Tickets Guaranteed to make your mouths water, Serving Family Style highlights stories about the preparation and enjoyment of the meals we share with our loved ones, and how they play into the shaping of our own identities. Total Runtime: 88 minutes UpsideDown | Mother’s Tongue | When You Left Me On That Boulevard | […]