★ Forever is a Delicate Thing | Cally Nguyen | 2025 | English | 17 minutes | Texas Premiere | Film Content Warning: Substance abuse (drugs, alcohol, etc.) When a visit from the Los Angeles County Department of Child and Family Services interrupts the humble, kindred lifestyle of a Vietnam War immigrant and the grandson in his custody, the two spend their last days together braving what will soon become the broken pieces on which they built their lives. ★ Oceans Pull | Chelsea Mây Tran | 2026 | English | 22 minutes | Houston Premiere Isla struggles to maintain her life-long friendship with Brodie as he becomes increasingly close with their neighbor down the street. Together they form an unusual trio, but it doesn’t last long before they begin to drift apart. ★ Queer Catalyst Series | Tofu Riot | 2025 | English | 21 minutes | ________ Premiere A 2D animated oral history series following five LGBTQ+ AANHPIs in Texas, illustrating their journey contributing to and lifting up communities through organizing, and creative and advocacy work. ★ Walk with Death | Melissa Nguyen | 2026 | English | 11 minutes | World Premiere Briana Popoca Salpeter is a death doula in Austin’s Indigenous community. In this documentary short, she shares about her calling for grief and death work and what it has taught her. ★ Filipina Sisters | Annielyn Felux | 2026 | English | 9 minutes | Houston Premiere In Texas, three Filipina immigrants reflect on how chosen family transformed homesickness and isolation into belonging.