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Understanding the way your relationship with your parents develops as you enter adulthood requires a level of introspection that these films provide. These stories look at parents and family in general with sympathy and patience.
This screening features 4 films. Toggle between film descriptions by scrolling and clicking on the buttons on the top right.
Raised under the same roof but worlds apart, two estranged sisters must burn one—grudges, memories, or a joint—to finally move forward.
Director Biography - Tina Huang
TINA HUANG is an award-winning storyteller raised in Chinatown, NYC. She earned her BFA from NYU's Tisch focusing in acting, directing and design. Acting TV credits include Arrow (CW), Rizzoli & Isles (TNT), The Night Shift (NBC), Scandal (ABC), and Shameless (Showtime). Currently, she is recurring on Days of Our Lives. Her voice can be heard in Star Wars: The Bad Batch, We Baby Bears, and Gremlins: Secrets of Mogwai. She's a member of IAMA Theatre and Ammunition Theatre. Recently, she was in Ammunition Theatre's Revenge Porn or The Story of a Body for which she won the STAGE SCENE LA Outstanding Lead in a Drama award. She co-founded 1:1 Productions, which champions women of color in front of and behind the camera. 1:1’s short films have screened at film festivals including LAAPFF, PAFF and CIFF. Their latest project, (UN)CLAIMED, premiered at Outfest 2022. Tina wrote and starred in XIN which was nominated for Best Narrative Short (BlackStar), won a Best Performance award (TIDE) and screened at BAM. She has acted at the Ojai and O'Neill Playwrights conferences and the Sundance Directors Lab.
Her directing credits include various stage productions, the multi-episode online series, WedLocked and the music video, BENDER by Verbal + Icarus. Tina is a 2018 Hedgebrook Screenwriting Fellow.
Director Statement
I’ve always been drawn to exploring what shapes our identity — the influence of family, the homes we grow up in, the memories we carry, and the traumas we endure. I’m particularly interested in the complex, often unspoken dynamics between siblings who shared the same space growing up, yet emerged with vastly different versions of that experience.
This story centers on that tension — the quiet resentments, the miscommunications, and the longing for connection despite the emotional distance. How do siblings reconcile their individual truths? Can they find a way forward, and is redemption possible when the past still lingers?
At its heart, this film asks whether we can truly accept each other — flaws and all — and whether love can survive the weight of memory.
- Year2025
- Runtime14 minutes
- LanguageEnglish
- CountryUnited States
- PremiereWorld Premiere
- DirectorTina Huang
- ScreenwriterTina Huang
- ProducerTina Huang, Karla Mosley
- CastTina Huang, Karla Mosley
- EditorRomina Rey
- Production DesignKeseh Morgan
- ComposerKen Urbina
- Sound DesignSanai Montgomery
Understanding the way your relationship with your parents develops as you enter adulthood requires a level of introspection that these films provide. These stories look at parents and family in general with sympathy and patience.
This screening features 4 films. Toggle between film descriptions by scrolling and clicking on the buttons on the top right.
Raised under the same roof but worlds apart, two estranged sisters must burn one—grudges, memories, or a joint—to finally move forward.
Director Biography - Tina Huang
TINA HUANG is an award-winning storyteller raised in Chinatown, NYC. She earned her BFA from NYU's Tisch focusing in acting, directing and design. Acting TV credits include Arrow (CW), Rizzoli & Isles (TNT), The Night Shift (NBC), Scandal (ABC), and Shameless (Showtime). Currently, she is recurring on Days of Our Lives. Her voice can be heard in Star Wars: The Bad Batch, We Baby Bears, and Gremlins: Secrets of Mogwai. She's a member of IAMA Theatre and Ammunition Theatre. Recently, she was in Ammunition Theatre's Revenge Porn or The Story of a Body for which she won the STAGE SCENE LA Outstanding Lead in a Drama award. She co-founded 1:1 Productions, which champions women of color in front of and behind the camera. 1:1’s short films have screened at film festivals including LAAPFF, PAFF and CIFF. Their latest project, (UN)CLAIMED, premiered at Outfest 2022. Tina wrote and starred in XIN which was nominated for Best Narrative Short (BlackStar), won a Best Performance award (TIDE) and screened at BAM. She has acted at the Ojai and O'Neill Playwrights conferences and the Sundance Directors Lab.
Her directing credits include various stage productions, the multi-episode online series, WedLocked and the music video, BENDER by Verbal + Icarus. Tina is a 2018 Hedgebrook Screenwriting Fellow.
Director Statement
I’ve always been drawn to exploring what shapes our identity — the influence of family, the homes we grow up in, the memories we carry, and the traumas we endure. I’m particularly interested in the complex, often unspoken dynamics between siblings who shared the same space growing up, yet emerged with vastly different versions of that experience.
This story centers on that tension — the quiet resentments, the miscommunications, and the longing for connection despite the emotional distance. How do siblings reconcile their individual truths? Can they find a way forward, and is redemption possible when the past still lingers?
At its heart, this film asks whether we can truly accept each other — flaws and all — and whether love can survive the weight of memory.
- Year2025
- Runtime14 minutes
- LanguageEnglish
- CountryUnited States
- PremiereWorld Premiere
- DirectorTina Huang
- ScreenwriterTina Huang
- ProducerTina Huang, Karla Mosley
- CastTina Huang, Karla Mosley
- EditorRomina Rey
- Production DesignKeseh Morgan
- ComposerKen Urbina
- Sound DesignSanai Montgomery