https://asuka.cloud asuka lin Mon, 12 Jan 2026 20:02:04 +0000 https://asuka.cloud en https://asuka.cloud/fumikomi Mon, 12 Jan 2026 20:02:04 +0000 asuka lin https://asuka.cloud/fumikomi <img width="1728" height="2304" width_o="1728" height_o="2304" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/f3e8ee39c5f3f454f63b57d66a7b6e627cd6c414f798530cbe7a9dd7be07e048/Fumikomi-Poster_JPEG.jpg" data-mid="243154895" border="0" data-scale="76" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/f3e8ee39c5f3f454f63b57d66a7b6e627cd6c414f798530cbe7a9dd7be07e048/Fumikomi-Poster_JPEG.jpg" /> Fumikomi is a short film produced by&nbsp;Prima Materia Pictures, currently in its financing and pre-production stage. Logline: Two Asian American sisters Fumiko and Hana have to pack for theshelter before a flood hits their neighborhood - but Fumiko ishesitant to leave as she uncovers their late mother’s keepsakes, confronting what has been lost across generations.~~ With a Chicago climate crisis as the backdrop, an interpersonal drama unfolds: the generational loss of language as a casualty of displacement. Told in almost real time, Nikkei sisters Fumiko and Hana return to their home to pack for the shelter before a flood hits, but discover their late mother’s belongings that triggers the grief of lost cultural lineage https://asuka.cloud/home Tue, 22 Jun 2021 04:29:53 +0000 asuka lin https://asuka.cloud/home watch: エメラルドの海へ&nbsp;• Into the Emerald Sea <img width="6774" height="4492" width_o="6774" height_o="4492" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/7f948943bd033992d43c56780c7f9021d3e5e192dda0092c2062fff2cba5d19f/000043290022-copy.jpeg" data-mid="233623907" border="0" data-scale="88" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/7f948943bd033992d43c56780c7f9021d3e5e192dda0092c2062fff2cba5d19f/000043290022-copy.jpeg" /> aaasuka.lin@gmail.com ig: @asuka_bot chicago / osaka https://asuka.cloud/directing Tue, 22 Jun 2021 04:52:08 +0000 asuka lin https://asuka.cloud/directing Fumikomi - In Development <img width="3024" height="1692" width_o="3024" height_o="1692" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/6010d4bfeae35feb7d0fc1fe79b1b5f8fde506d297890ab1f7c624f74240535f/Screenshot-2026-01-12-at-2.01.06-PM.png" data-mid="243154882" border="0" data-scale="52" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/6010d4bfeae35feb7d0fc1fe79b1b5f8fde506d297890ab1f7c624f74240535f/Screenshot-2026-01-12-at-2.01.06-PM.png" /> Into the Emerald Sea - 2024 <img width="3764" height="2816" width_o="3764" height_o="2816" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/749ddd63b54fd35303cbd963b8206eaa3cc40f2bda436d27c25c039426c28b19/Into-the-Emerald-Sea_Still_2.jpeg" data-mid="222457361" border="0" data-scale="54" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/749ddd63b54fd35303cbd963b8206eaa3cc40f2bda436d27c25c039426c28b19/Into-the-Emerald-Sea_Still_2.jpeg" /> A.I. Mama -&nbsp;2020 <img width="1418" height="1078" width_o="1418" height_o="1078" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/82671c14b7bdf5380d5654a94da7e01188d2c630016f377d641add1e917dbd82/STILL-3.png" data-mid="222457372" border="0" data-scale="54" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/82671c14b7bdf5380d5654a94da7e01188d2c630016f377d641add1e917dbd82/STILL-3.png" /> Music Video ray freedman: Coolness, the sound of the bell - 2025 https://asuka.cloud/Into-the-Emerald-Sea Mon, 10 Oct 2022 02:33:48 +0000 asuka lin https://asuka.cloud/Into-the-Emerald-Sea 「エメラルドの海へ」 Into the Emerald Sea A magical realism short, screening in select film festivals. Suzu, returns home to a quiet seaside town in Japan, where their grandmother has reincarnated into a sea turtle. Screenings2025 GRRL HAUS at Kinse, Kyoto, JapanThe Other Lens, New York City, NY, USATHROUGH ANOTHER, Los Angeles, CA, USAFemtasia Film Festival, Los Angeles, CA, USA Pause:Re-post with Japan Foundation, Bandung, IndonesiaVISCERA: Water, Water and Power, Los Angeles, CA, USABig Muddy Film Festival, Carbondale, IL, USABest of GRRL HAUS at SIFF, Seattle, WA, USACUT III, The Good Night Ladies, Los Angeles, CA, USA 2024Jogja-NETPAC Asian Film Festival, Yogyakarta, IndonesiaBeijing International Short Film Festival, Beijing, ChinaKAFFNY Infinite Cinema, New York City, NY, USAPhiladelphia Asian American Film Festival, Philadelphia, PA, USALima Alterna International Film Festival, Lima, PeruDrunken Film Festival Oakland, Oakland, CA, USAKansas City Film Festival, Kansas City, MO, USALos Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival, Los Angeles, CA, USAAthens International Film Festival, Athens, OH, USASubtropical Independent Film Festival, Taipei, Taiwan AwardsBest Sound Design &amp; Score, The Other Lens (2025) New Directors / New Visions Award, Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival (2024)Special Mention, Lima Alterna Internacional De Cine (2024)Best in Filmmaking Achievement, Kansas City Underground Film Festival (2024)Best Screenplay, Subtropical Independent Film Festival (2024) PressGRRL HAUS Cinema, “Director Spotlight: Asuka Lin, Into the Emerald Sea”KC Studio, “Offbeat, Bittersweet and Eye-Opening: Kansas City Underground Film Festival’s 5th Year” https://asuka.cloud/Into-the-Emerald-Sea-Screening Sat, 10 May 2025 01:52:49 +0000 asuka lin https://asuka.cloud/Into-the-Emerald-Sea-Screening &nbsp;also on youtube&nbsp;･･ﾟ･𓆉︎･･ﾟ･ thank you for watching this film. i could not have done this without the generosity of both my family and chosen family. my father spent over two years designing and building the animatronic turtle, my mother called in favors from neighbors to secure locations, and my friends from los angeles and chicago flew all the way to my hometown in kobe to help me film this, cramming into my grandmother’s hallway i once believed was haunted. i’ve learned that to make a film, one must build community, as it requires the collaboration of a vast network of people. likewise, the act of watching can give us opportunities to ground us in the world, to strengthen our sense of solidarity on a local and international scale. i believe that we must actualize what we yearn for. to reflect this sentiment, i’ve added a paypal link where you can tip the film, which i will be donating towards Liyang org’s Climate Justice campaign. they provide direct relief and practical support to communities in mindanao, philippines, who are affected by climate disasters exacerbated by foreign corporate plundering. the funds will also support the campaign work of on-the-ground Lumad, peasant and agriworker activists that are organizing against this extreme land exploitation. <img width="214" height="73" width_o="214" height_o="73" 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data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/917410ccbb73fcdf5339e639390642c3a196d78de2d8047c8d984f36f829aed8/1711880927879.jpg" data-mid="234281977" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/917410ccbb73fcdf5339e639390642c3a196d78de2d8047c8d984f36f829aed8/1711880927879.jpg" /> thumbnail photo by donovan novotnyBTS photos from myself, naomi hayashi, iona hart and vei kligman ･･ﾟ･𓆉︎･･ﾟ･ https://asuka.cloud/A-I-Mama Wed, 21 Jul 2021 05:10:13 +0000 asuka lin https://asuka.cloud/A-I-Mama A.I. Mama Available on Blu-Ray: ‘Backyard Bloodbaths’ from Bleeding Skull, with commentary “Asuka Lin's A.I. Mama was a unique film with a punk vision of computational need carried out in an analog space, full of wires and gear and hallucinations.”- Juror Jason Livingston, Big Muddy Film FestivalA post-cyberpunk short featuring Kei, a young programmer who attempts to resurrect their lost mother by coding an A.I. that can input childhood memories. Shot handheld on raw black &amp; white Super 8, this frenetic 5 minute live action + animation crescendoes into a cathartic collapse of the binaries of mother and child, creator and creation. ︎︎︎ Virtual Screening Room︎︎︎ Screenings 2025 INTERCOMM, NYC, NY, USABienal de Artes Mediales, Santiago, ChileGlasgow Horror Society, Glasgow, ScotlandCathode Cinema, Los Angeles, CA, USA 2024 Hammer Museum, PST Art: Art &amp; Science Collide, LA, CA, USAFisura Experimental Film Festival, Mexico City, MexicoPoppy Jasper International Film Festival, San Jose, CA, USAStone Circle Theatre, Cinemovil NYC, NYC, NY, USATerror Tuesdays: Anatomia Extinction, Alamo Drafthouse, NYC, NY, USAShowroom Cinema, CYBERGRIME, Sheffield, UKBob Baker Marionette Theater, Art is Life is Art, LA, CA, USA 2023 Guild cinema, CYBERGRIME, Albuquerque, NM, USA Grand Illusion Cinema, CYBERGRIME, Seattle, WA, USA Extrapool, Drink Me Not Potion, Nijmegen, Netherlands Varsity Cinema, CYBERGRIME, Des Moines, IA, USA Irish Film Institute, Small Trans Film Club, Dublin, Ireland FilmScene, CYBERGRIME, Iowa City, IA, USA Experimental Film Guanajuato, GTO, Mexico Midtown Cinema, CYBERGRIME, Harrisburg, PA, USA Spacy, CYBERGRIME, Dallas, TX, USA Silent Green, Video Club, Berlin, Germany Facets, CYBERGRIME, Chicago, IL, USA Independent Film Festival Ypsilanti, Ypsilanti, USA London Short Film Festival, London, UK Film Maudit 2.0, Los Angeles, CA, USA 2022 HOME, Destination: Other Worlds, Manchester, UKCCA Glasgow, Destination: Other Worlds, Glasgow, UKEdinburgh International Film Festival, Edinburgh, UKNew Dogs Old Tricks Screening Program, Chicago, IL, USAChicago Underground Film Festival, Chicago, IL, USALes Femmes Underground Film Festival,&nbsp;Los Angeles, CA, USAFUSE Film Festival, Karlovac, CroatiaQueer East Film Festival, London, UKOTV Spring 2022 Showcase, Chicago, IL, USACalArts New Films New Animations, Los Angeles, CA, USA2021 A Night of Misfit Films, AZ, USA Bizzaroland Film Festival, FL, USA Japanese Avant-Garde and Experimental Film Festival, London, UK Thuh Film Festival, Long Beach, CA, USA Thomas Edison Black Maria Film Festival Malarkey Film Festival, New York City, NY, USA FLICKFAIR Film Festival Big Muddy Film Festival, Carbondale, IL, USA 2020Drunken Film Festival Oakland, Oakland, CA, USA DEITY Online Group ScreeningIso Film Festival Luna Film FestivalCoaxial Summer SeriesSuper F*cked Up Film Festival Frostbite Film FestivalLocked in Film Festival AwardsAudience Award, Live Action Short Film, Film Maudit 2.0 (2023) Best Production Design, Bizzaroland Film Festival (2021) Audience Favorite Award, A Night of Misfit Films (2021) Industry Vote Award, Malarkey Film Festival (2021) Best Experimental Film, Big Muddy Film Festival (2021) Jury’s Choice Award, Thomas Edison Black Maria Film Festival (2021) Best Concept, Frostbite Film Festival (2020) Best Sci-Fi Short, Frostbite Film Festival (2020)Presscine-file: “Crucial Viewing, July 14 - July 20” Block Club Chicago: “Cybergrime Festival Brings 8 Twisted Short Films To Facets This Weekend” Bleeding Skull: “SHORTS THAT TORE OUR HEADS OFF: VOLUME 7” Revista Caligari: “DVA (2023), DE ALEXANDRA KARELINA”CLOT Magazine: “Insight: Artists’ Moving Images — ‘Destination: Other Worlds’ and ‘East PlaceWest Place’”Girls In Film: Featured Films”The Glasglow Guardian: Review: Queer East Film Festival @ CCADread Central: “10 Underrated Transgender Horror Films to Watch After They/Them” the devil wears jadon docs: Queer Favorites #1 A Timeline of Transgender Horror 2: Electric Boogaloo “Finding Softness Within Cyberpunk”, SYMS Mag Issue 1 https://asuka.cloud/AI-Mama-Screening Mon, 07 Feb 2022 05:32:34 +0000 asuka lin https://asuka.cloud/AI-Mama-Screening ︎︎︎ ↓&nbsp; scroll down for extras&nbsp; ↓ <img width="1000" height="670" width_o="1000" height_o="670" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/21968c30d732ef566335581b4e19a920773d415ab34308cbabc536f9ade7fdde/-Copy-of-asuk008-029.jpg" data-mid="132801268" border="0" data-scale="90" data-rotation="5" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/21968c30d732ef566335581b4e19a920773d415ab34308cbabc536f9ade7fdde/-Copy-of-asuk008-029.jpg" /> &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; <img width="1000" height="667" width_o="1000" height_o="667" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/a6db7b33e900e9d9d1abad9549209d6b5ffac1f40e4d18585d1c2187caae2965/-Copy-of-DSCF4363.jpg" data-mid="132801261" border="0" data-scale="85" data-rotation="-5" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/a6db7b33e900e9d9d1abad9549209d6b5ffac1f40e4d18585d1c2187caae2965/-Copy-of-DSCF4363.jpg" /> “Asuka Lin deals in dichotomies with A.I. Mama: the dystopian world shot on nostalgia-inducing super 8, the gender fluid programmer working with binary absolutes, and the human figure desiring care from the incomprehensible machine. Yet the ultimate power of the film is to undermine and disassemble these oppositional forces. And by its climax, the boundaries between human and machine have collapsed into something indescribably hopeful.” — Japanese Avant-Garde Experimental Film Festival, London, Written by George Crosthwait <img width="750" height="1000" width_o="750" height_o="1000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/bb250b8d8e1c740cc4fd334a55056cc0fd169de36db2c9429e5cc78ccb6aa759/-Copy-of-IMG_6422.jpg" data-mid="132801266" border="0" data-scale="71" data-rotation="2.5" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/750/i/bb250b8d8e1c740cc4fd334a55056cc0fd169de36db2c9429e5cc78ccb6aa759/-Copy-of-IMG_6422.jpg" /> &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;<img width="1000" height="750" width_o="1000" height_o="750" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/abccda08265fcb953d8eb28acf1765dddb84bf0f2c8a503fa054e84328f08124/-Copy-of-IMG_0643.jpg" data-mid="132801271" border="0" data-scale="84" data-rotation="-7.5" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/abccda08265fcb953d8eb28acf1765dddb84bf0f2c8a503fa054e84328f08124/-Copy-of-IMG_0643.jpg" /> <img width="1000" height="750" width_o="1000" height_o="750" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/f78455b1796884de024dd3f9c2eaee9a0a413b60a4605faa940c98fa436c83ec/-Copy-of-IMG_0582.jpg" data-mid="132801270" border="0" data-scale="75" data-rotation="7.5" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/f78455b1796884de024dd3f9c2eaee9a0a413b60a4605faa940c98fa436c83ec/-Copy-of-IMG_0582.jpg" /> &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;<img width="1000" height="750" width_o="1000" height_o="750" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/55891ab61f7daec0aff9dad708dd0a5c000ba47223159e823e919d40c3f52359/-Copy-of-IMG_0543.jpg" data-mid="132801269" border="0" data-scale="87" data-rotation="-7.5" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/55891ab61f7daec0aff9dad708dd0a5c000ba47223159e823e919d40c3f52359/-Copy-of-IMG_0543.jpg" /> &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; “Asuka Lin's A.I. Mama was a unique film with a punk vision of computational need, carried out in an analog space, full of wires and gear and hallucinations.” — Big Muddy Film Festival, written by Juror Jason Livingston &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;<img width="480" height="353" width_o="480" height_o="353" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/185a44f479fad2c8df52e21fb9387c8ccf7fcf8f4538f69c4c8e9bbb5500e897/ezgif.com-gif-maker2.gif" data-mid="133031284" border="0" data-scale="55" data-rotation="7.5" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/480/i/185a44f479fad2c8df52e21fb9387c8ccf7fcf8f4538f69c4c8e9bbb5500e897/ezgif.com-gif-maker2.gif" /> <img width="1000" height="667" width_o="1000" height_o="667" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/4278aac62c4506fa474228f656a97933e90b809e564696b6f3340f217853a154/-Copy-of-DSCF4293.jpg" data-mid="132801255" border="0" data-scale="82" data-rotation="-5" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/4278aac62c4506fa474228f656a97933e90b809e564696b6f3340f217853a154/-Copy-of-DSCF4293.jpg" /> <img width="1000" height="667" width_o="1000" height_o="667" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/7c61883a956c4e88908f950a8c8258bb2173c162afca1befd62552ee128689ab/-Copy-of-DSCF4361.jpg" data-mid="132801260" border="0" data-scale="38" data-rotation="5" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/7c61883a956c4e88908f950a8c8258bb2173c162afca1befd62552ee128689ab/-Copy-of-DSCF4361.jpg" /> <img width="480" height="353" width_o="480" height_o="353" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/34602d65843f6f1f28fa58d4707902e56489a3c03203ef90321ede712dfcdbe7/ezgif.com-gif-maker1.gif" data-mid="133031283" border="0" data-scale="100" data-rotation="-5" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/480/i/34602d65843f6f1f28fa58d4707902e56489a3c03203ef90321ede712dfcdbe7/ezgif.com-gif-maker1.gif" /> &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;<img width="1000" height="667" width_o="1000" height_o="667" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/5f2bdac5dd6fd2535bb52a17590e7ad000bd29802701f81905a13fa770eb95da/-Copy-of-DSCF4295.jpg" data-mid="132801256" border="0" data-scale="44" data-rotation="7.5" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/5f2bdac5dd6fd2535bb52a17590e7ad000bd29802701f81905a13fa770eb95da/-Copy-of-DSCF4295.jpg" /> <img width="1000" height="670" width_o="1000" height_o="670" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/1573d54d7befb9769e1ed2509bdfdd2e709b3d0ccb6fb249f4706292863b9842/--Copy-of-asuk008-026.jpg" data-mid="132801267" border="0" data-scale="54" data-rotation="-2.5" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/1573d54d7befb9769e1ed2509bdfdd2e709b3d0ccb6fb249f4706292863b9842/--Copy-of-asuk008-026.jpg" /> <img width="1000" height="667" width_o="1000" height_o="667" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/86f2cf3fce69727dc1ade1a67fd7494097b36baa78da0db3d6077873c0a7875f/-Copy-of-DSCF4322.jpg" data-mid="132801259" border="0" data-scale="89" data-rotation="2.5" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/86f2cf3fce69727dc1ade1a67fd7494097b36baa78da0db3d6077873c0a7875f/-Copy-of-DSCF4322.jpg" /> In A.I. Mama’s ending, the machine merges with the human in a conflux rather than a devourment. Both characters, or forces, have a mutual desire to meet each other. Within the animation sequence, Abe’s metallic, chaotic sound design grows to a crescendo as we see Kei embody the madness of the machine they created: an endless oscillation of the mother birthing the child and the child birthing the mother, blurring the line between the creator and the creation. The modern cyborg expresses this sentiment of karmic influence. —&nbsp; from "Finding Softness Within Cyberpunk", for SYMS Mag <img width="1000" height="667" width_o="1000" height_o="667" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/5a230e2cb974751388e2ec8ebf75780c3d34a51bfb6b5c665ae3725fffe964ec/Copy-of-DSCF43253.jpg" data-mid="133142351" border="0" data-rotation="-5" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/5a230e2cb974751388e2ec8ebf75780c3d34a51bfb6b5c665ae3725fffe964ec/Copy-of-DSCF43253.jpg" /> &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; <img width="1000" height="667" width_o="1000" height_o="667" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/0b0d3e0151a86ba59456ddf6014b8de0e968ad9e790bec8787d1e1df6fc46888/Copy-of-DSCF4252.jpg" data-mid="133142352" border="0" data-scale="90" data-rotation="5" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/0b0d3e0151a86ba59456ddf6014b8de0e968ad9e790bec8787d1e1df6fc46888/Copy-of-DSCF4252.jpg" /> &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; <img width="1000" height="667" width_o="1000" height_o="667" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/530efb0e86270f7c1eed3b423b6c62890044820a11473d1e1b5f20e4a903f8e3/-Copy-of-DSCF4256.jpg" data-mid="132801253" border="0" data-scale="37" data-rotation="-10" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/530efb0e86270f7c1eed3b423b6c62890044820a11473d1e1b5f20e4a903f8e3/-Copy-of-DSCF4256.jpg" />&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; <img width="1000" height="667" width_o="1000" height_o="667" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/2661c0d04d617051491abf797f4bb1d3525d74978a41b298c8867c8a5b27a493/-Copy-of-DSCF4263.jpg" data-mid="132801254" border="0" data-scale="100" data-rotation="5" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/2661c0d04d617051491abf797f4bb1d3525d74978a41b298c8867c8a5b27a493/-Copy-of-DSCF4263.jpg" /> “Above all else, [A.I. Mama] is a visual marvel, perhaps one of the most gorgeous films I’ve seen, both in relation to this list specifically and just in general. I would argue that no other film takes the risks that this one does, no other film is as effects-reliant, making it all the more impressive that Lin and their crew were able to pull it off. I deeply enjoyed this short, to the point where I’m nervous that by discussing it, I’ll do it a disservice. Put very simply, it’s a fun and beautiful push against binary ideology, visualized through gorgeous stop-motion body horror. Again, we’re dealing with very minimal dialogue, so most of the story is told through visuals, and even if you don’t take away that intended anti-binary push, you’re still left with some beautiful animation and stunning filmmaking.” —&nbsp; A Timeline of Transgender Horror 2: Electric Boogaloo (Essay article, written by Logan Ashley Kisner) &nbsp; &nbsp; <img width="1000" height="760" width_o="1000" height_o="760" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/fa8ef711dca7ac126d0c34724fcc1f389ff483633ef5e40add514865f874f85c/AI-MAMA-3.jpg" data-mid="133031999" border="0" data-rotation="5" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/fa8ef711dca7ac126d0c34724fcc1f389ff483633ef5e40add514865f874f85c/AI-MAMA-3.jpg" /> <img width="750" height="1000" width_o="750" height_o="1000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/12ea49c3185d682d865eb44d28cd648a043ee019bcd05158f2529d1f26db29a1/-Copy-of-IMG_7708.jpg" data-mid="132801263" border="0" data-scale="64" data-rotation="-7.5" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/750/i/12ea49c3185d682d865eb44d28cd648a043ee019bcd05158f2529d1f26db29a1/-Copy-of-IMG_7708.jpg" /> <img width="600" height="450" width_o="600" height_o="450" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/8362cf23b4a40b1957b70df641355d194e68ca5d01eb397f3f4ed12007609694/ezgif.com-gif-maker-5.gif" data-mid="133523060" border="0" data-rotation="5" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/600/i/8362cf23b4a40b1957b70df641355d194e68ca5d01eb397f3f4ed12007609694/ezgif.com-gif-maker-5.gif" /> thank you for watching :} <img width="1000" height="667" width_o="1000" height_o="667" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/287b183b6400e57ed8b42e6320094c816fcb2c7178afb212fdae98f9aa9a265f/-Copy-of-DSCF4387.jpg" data-mid="132801262" border="0" data-scale="43" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/287b183b6400e57ed8b42e6320094c816fcb2c7178afb212fdae98f9aa9a265f/-Copy-of-DSCF4387.jpg" /> photos by kloxii, regi, bihe &amp; louisa background animation by iona website design by yaya&nbsp; Video Review by Robert Edwards Podcast Interview by Gauthier Raad https://asuka.cloud/cinematography Wed, 21 Jul 2021 06:56:37 +0000 asuka lin https://asuka.cloud/cinematography deadgirl film | Dir. Giuliana Foulkes | 2024 | narrative short <img width="2560" height="1440" width_o="2560" height_o="1440" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/c438778fc7344bfbf4bc03cecbd9ccf39ad30ec23594f38c1d5d36ed598f887a/Screen-Shot-2021-01-27-at-1.17.17.png" data-mid="117170854" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/c438778fc7344bfbf4bc03cecbd9ccf39ad30ec23594f38c1d5d36ed598f887a/Screen-Shot-2021-01-27-at-1.17.17.png" /> <img width="2206" height="1242" width_o="2206" height_o="1242" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/d280190253069f1abbfbc6f40b3e6ff38ad8b9ec3c5a242aae22b34d616f65d4/Screen-Shot-2021-01-31-at-3.37.38.png" data-mid="117170597" border="0" data-scale="84" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/d280190253069f1abbfbc6f40b3e6ff38ad8b9ec3c5a242aae22b34d616f65d4/Screen-Shot-2021-01-31-at-3.37.38.png" /> <img width="2208" height="1240" width_o="2208" height_o="1240" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/8625529b45027edec4e68f71a68a0491a6890ac8835af562740bff4582207649/Screen-Shot-2021-01-25-at-22.18.43.png" data-mid="117171243" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/8625529b45027edec4e68f71a68a0491a6890ac8835af562740bff4582207649/Screen-Shot-2021-01-25-at-22.18.43.png" /> <img width="2210" height="1238" width_o="2210" height_o="1238" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/f36fa762394360decc5abb41f847eac53e278911716beac2a17f187c41da6d38/AfterlightImage2.jpeg" data-mid="117171136" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/f36fa762394360decc5abb41f847eac53e278911716beac2a17f187c41da6d38/AfterlightImage2.jpeg" /> ︎BMPCC DAE Promo | Dir. Christian Soriano | 2024 | commercial <img width="1060" height="1888" width_o="1060" height_o="1888" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/1c2c34015c8509e0cdc5021a1c8417258c95503e17d8ff5f7b4f76ca8577fc92/Screenshot-2024-11-26-at-6.49.22-PM.png" data-mid="222476746" border="0" data-scale="97" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/1c2c34015c8509e0cdc5021a1c8417258c95503e17d8ff5f7b4f76ca8577fc92/Screenshot-2024-11-26-at-6.49.22-PM.png" /> Al Roker + Illumination Studios + IBA | Dir. Charlie Schmidlin | 2023 | commercial <img width="3840" height="1876" width_o="3840" height_o="1876" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/cb2f232ed4b890d531d8a85927cdf6dd22fe8c0f9c33236ea324a944623a3d41/Screenshot-2024-04-25-at-3.37.32-PM.png" data-mid="222458753" border="0" data-scale="91" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/cb2f232ed4b890d531d8a85927cdf6dd22fe8c0f9c33236ea324a944623a3d41/Screenshot-2024-04-25-at-3.37.32-PM.png" /> ︎BMPCC Vanitas | Dir. Louisa Arseneau | 2022 | experimental short<img width="2544" height="1428" width_o="2544" height_o="1428" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/ccd7f76ce418a4eed158c5f7b35bf9dc0d983da091f28884ba9c507eb588147d/Screen-Shot-2021-11-15-at-16.21.19.png" data-mid="142368017" border="0" data-scale="78" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/ccd7f76ce418a4eed158c5f7b35bf9dc0d983da091f28884ba9c507eb588147d/Screen-Shot-2021-11-15-at-16.21.19.png" />︎16mm + BMPCC A.I. Mama | 2020 | experimental short <img width="2104" height="1600" width_o="2104" height_o="1600" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/d2e018b904d0bc3bbf51c78d6dc62cc0a6cb95cc3413ad9b1e23e3541778ee9a/STILL-2.png" data-mid="222458710" border="0" data-scale="57" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/d2e018b904d0bc3bbf51c78d6dc62cc0a6cb95cc3413ad9b1e23e3541778ee9a/STILL-2.png" />︎Super 8 Himawarikai 50th Anniversary | 2023 | documentary short <img width="984" height="554" width_o="984" height_o="554" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/f56957fb9ab38b9aeeb14038dba963963127cc1e987791f6dedd98c2800097e4/Screen-Shot-2021-05-02-at-7.54.20-PM.png" data-mid="117171501" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/984/i/f56957fb9ab38b9aeeb14038dba963963127cc1e987791f6dedd98c2800097e4/Screen-Shot-2021-05-02-at-7.54.20-PM.png" />︎SONY A7S Injustice System | Dir. Frederick Thornton | 2021 | documentary short <img width="2560" height="1438" width_o="2560" height_o="1438" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/7b8d875433f78377532300a85c50454faa303107c75f4970679e2c734a513144/Screen-Shot-2021-02-24-at-16.58.39.png" data-mid="117171987" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/7b8d875433f78377532300a85c50454faa303107c75f4970679e2c734a513144/Screen-Shot-2021-02-24-at-16.58.39.png" /> <img width="2560" height="1434" width_o="2560" height_o="1434" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/44f1a4d6879646ccda5b62cb448397d19a353bbfc107ea5dbabb1470a8dd45b3/Screen-Shot-2021-02-24-at-16.58.06.png" data-mid="117172017" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/44f1a4d6879646ccda5b62cb448397d19a353bbfc107ea5dbabb1470a8dd45b3/Screen-Shot-2021-02-24-at-16.58.06.png" /> ︎SONY FS7 https://asuka.cloud/JANM Tue, 26 Nov 2024 05:19:34 +0000 asuka lin https://asuka.cloud/JANM Japanese American National Museum Media Arts Specialist | Selected Work Documentary Nobuko Miyamoto: A Song in Movement PBS SoCal <img width="800" height="450" width_o="800" height_o="450" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/7ddce0fb0fa77e78be717e4f608630ef47dfe8cd35721d99d82ab69d1f79a1f0/image-w1280.jpeg" data-mid="222464663" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/800/i/7ddce0fb0fa77e78be717e4f608630ef47dfe8cd35721d99d82ab69d1f79a1f0/image-w1280.jpeg" /> Cruising J-Town: Behind the Wheel of the Nikkei Community <img width="1920" height="1080" width_o="1920" height_o="1080" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/54d1a5bc37f62dec10e12298c33ae36008d1a68f7e0856fa85ea607ffbf66215/Screenshot-2024-11-26-at-1.46.21PM-2.png" data-mid="222467186" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/54d1a5bc37f62dec10e12298c33ae36008d1a68f7e0856fa85ea607ffbf66215/Screenshot-2024-11-26-at-1.46.21PM-2.png" /> Sincerely Miné Okubo <img width="3006" height="1684" width_o="3006" height_o="1684" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/a9f559f2bdeeb38f995b2be26f5fb3694ce881e0c25a4ff6b37e33d0530e1334/Screenshot-2024-11-26-at-5.14.11-PM.png" data-mid="222474192" border="0" data-scale="55" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/a9f559f2bdeeb38f995b2be26f5fb3694ce881e0c25a4ff6b37e33d0530e1334/Screenshot-2024-11-26-at-5.14.11-PM.png" /> Exhibits Contested Histories <img width="4080" height="3072" width_o="4080" height_o="3072" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/8bd0b500a33ad179a8df565fb3b542952c262442af5ee2bdfb87254685184fcb/PXL_20241127_001012361.jpg" data-mid="222476392" border="0" data-scale="91" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/8bd0b500a33ad179a8df565fb3b542952c262442af5ee2bdfb87254685184fcb/PXL_20241127_001012361.jpg" /> Don’t Fence Me In: Coming of Age in America’s Concentration Camps <img width="2666" height="1874" width_o="2666" height_o="1874" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/2242f7d5b6ec87e0334994d6d773707eb15bb1bd9f3b6824f6dddf3de387b827/2023.03.02-DFMI-Preview-JANM-kazz-morohashi-CURATED-1.jpg" data-mid="222461915" border="0" data-scale="93" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/2242f7d5b6ec87e0334994d6d773707eb15bb1bd9f3b6824f6dddf3de387b827/2023.03.02-DFMI-Preview-JANM-kazz-morohashi-CURATED-1.jpg" /> Sutra &amp; Bible: Faith and the Japanese American World War II Incarceration <img width="8192" height="5464" width_o="8192" height_o="5464" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/010aade4e0a4b2216e347d5ee4fefcb4b981f21ee01070f8deaf129c15669fa6/Conner-JANM-Sutra-Bible--7312.jpeg" data-mid="222476287" border="0" data-scale="47" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/010aade4e0a4b2216e347d5ee4fefcb4b981f21ee01070f8deaf129c15669fa6/Conner-JANM-Sutra-Bible--7312.jpeg" /> Other Works Discover Nikkei - Interviews Public Program Recordings https://asuka.cloud/Nobuko-Miyamoto Tue, 26 Nov 2024 22:07:15 +0000 asuka lin https://asuka.cloud/Nobuko-Miyamoto Nobuko Miyamoto: A Song in Movement Documentary Feature | Aired on PBS SoCal November 1, 2024 Role: Camera Operator, Sound Recordist, Assistant Editor ︎Watch excerpt here ︎Official JANM page <img width="3726" height="2078" width_o="3726" height_o="2078" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/79477aaf5d0c9b0d4412001349b59a2d10cc9dfe33d9d9d11996e97bbffa82c6/Screenshot-2024-11-22-at-6.22.29PM.png" data-mid="222469916" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/79477aaf5d0c9b0d4412001349b59a2d10cc9dfe33d9d9d11996e97bbffa82c6/Screenshot-2024-11-22-at-6.22.29PM.png" /> <img width="3728" height="2088" width_o="3728" height_o="2088" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/8c1c052c5788abf84847c8eb9acb633fea6844acc48446253a6a9cc35e03de7e/Screenshot-2024-11-22-at-6.22.41PM.png" data-mid="222469917" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/8c1c052c5788abf84847c8eb9acb633fea6844acc48446253a6a9cc35e03de7e/Screenshot-2024-11-22-at-6.22.41PM.png" /> “Experience this new sweeping documentary from JANM’s Frank H. Watase Media Arts Center and PBS SoCal that follows the life of visionary artist-activist Nobuko Miyamoto and her work that changed Asian America forever. Featuring rare archival footage, Nobuko Miyamoto: A Song in Movement tells the story of a changing community through one of its most beloved storytellers as she reflects on decades of groundbreaking cultural work and a life that has bridged coasts, industries, families, and history.” Directors: Quyen Nguyen-Le and Tad Nakamura <img width="800" height="450" width_o="800" height_o="450" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/aa150ff58a2ff0562d4c091e9d7663fa7f92e8bb4f82baeb1ee89da3ee383f53/nbko-obon.jpg" data-mid="222470124" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/800/i/aa150ff58a2ff0562d4c091e9d7663fa7f92e8bb4f82baeb1ee89da3ee383f53/nbko-obon.jpg" /> <img width="800" height="450" width_o="800" height_o="450" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/713219f8d6127156dd8742c57bd7a53d774b7f19b403421b4d3aee773dab5bde/nobuko-miyamoto-promo-2.jpg" data-mid="222470134" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/800/i/713219f8d6127156dd8742c57bd7a53d774b7f19b403421b4d3aee773dab5bde/nobuko-miyamoto-promo-2.jpg" />