2021 Edition

The past year has brought us many consequential global, regional, and local events. What interruptions of “normality” are we currently facing? What continuities have we managed to maintain? This year, a diverse array of films from Southeast Asia and its diasporas attempt to answer these questions. All films have English Subtitles.

Download the SEAxSEA 2021 Film Guide (PDF) here.
View List of Award Winners here.

CLOSING NIGHT EVENT

Saturday, June 5, 2021, at 5:30 pm Seattle Time (UTC-7)
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FILMMAKER PANEL DISCUSSION

Friday, May 28, 2021, at 6:30 pm Seattle Time (UTC-7)
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Please join us this weekend for a discussion with four of the filmmakers in this year’s SEAxSEA Film Festival. Christine Vicera and Michael B. C. Rivera (Sisig and Puchero, 2021, Hongkong), Justice Khor (Lonesome, 2021, Malaysia), Rendro Aryo (Alone Together, 2021, Indonesia) and Ratchapoom Boonbunchachoke (Red Aninsri, 2020, Thailand) will talk about their experiences shooting during these tumultuous times in Southeast Asia and its diasporas, as well as discuss their filmmaking practices and the state of filmmaking in Southeast Asia today.

 

FILM LINEUP:

• Apa Khabar, Adiguru? (How Are You, Grandmaster? 23 min, Malaysia) by Badrul Ismail
• Baby Boy (25 min, Singapore) by Jessica Heng
• Bangkok Department (23 min, Thailand) by Nuttawat Attasawat
• Betrayal (ເນລະຄຸນ, 11 min, Laos) by Sansany Keosavanh
• (dis)appearance (3 min, USA) by Julie Thi Underhill
• Eja (20 min, Indonesia) by Muhammad Andriandino Nugraha
• Forest-Coast-City (ป่า-ฝั่ง-เมือง, 10 min, Thailand) by Weeraya Wichayaprasertkul & Narudol Sittirat
• The Giving (ການໃຫ້, 7 min, Laos) by Montry Phommachanh
• Hãy tỉnh thức và sẵn sàng (Stay Awake, be Ready, 14 min, Viet Nam) by Pham Thien An
• Ikapitong Awit (The Seventh Song, 17 min, Taiwan) by Mark Sherwin Maestro
• I’m Adopted (15 min, Singapore) by Chong Jiawei
• In Search of Hope (18 min, Singapore) by Fié Neo
• Jalan-Jalan Sore (Evening Stroll, 16 min, Indonesia) by Candra Aditya
• Joy Is My Mother’s Name (10 min, Philippines) by Carlo Enciso Catu
• Kalinga (Care, 29 min, Canada) by Kent Donguines
• Kami sa Lahat ng Masama (Gulf, 41 min, Philippines) by Cristian Tablazon
• Left Unsaid (3 min, United Kingdom) by Mei Lian Hoe
• Lonesome (17 min, Malaysia) by Justice Khor
• Mẹ (Mom, 6 min, United States) by Hien Dinh
• Những Con Voi Trong Thành Phố (Elephants in the City, 18 min, Viet Nam) by Dam Quang Trung
• Ode to a Seafaring People (3 min, Canada) by Joella Cabalu
• Our Own Wind (22 min, Cambodia) by Chheangly Yeng
• Petani Bukan Pemalas (Farmers Are Not Lazy, 17 min, Malaysia) by NurFitri Amir
• Pinatay Nila si Hesus (They Murdered Jesus, 6 min, Philippines) by Karl Castro
• Red Aninsri; or, Tiptoeing on the Still Trembling Berlin Wall (อนินทรีย์แดง, 29 min, Thailand) by Ratchapoom Boonbunchachoke
• Ritmo ng Palahaw (Rhythym of an Outcry, 7 min, Philippines) by Ronaldo Vivo, Jr.
• Rumah Ndak Bertanah (The House Without A Ground, 18 min, Malaysia) by Putri Purnama Sugua
• Same Same and Different (25 min, USA) by Seok Wun Au Yong
• Selai Kayu Yek (Roots of My Land, 12 min, Malaysia) by Apa Kata Orang Asli
• Sending Grandfather’s Spirit Home (7 min, Laos) by Yaxengly Chuechonglee
• Shin Hua (15 min, Indonesia) by Andreas Erick Sutanto
• Simfoni Reformasi (Symphony of Reform, 15 min, Indonesia) by Daffa Amrullah
• Sisig and Puchero (23 min, Hong Kong) by Christine Vicera and Michael B. C. Rivera
• Sunyi Bersama (Lonely Together, 11 min, Indonesia) by Rendro Aryo
• Super-Able (20 min, Philippines) by Arjanmar Rebeta
• Tadau om Vuhan Kopisoomo (Were the Sun and the Moon to Meet, 15 min, Malaysia) by Nadira Ilana
• Tamu (The Guests min, 15, United States) by Azalia Muchransyah
• The 3 Day Nun (7 min, United States) by Lava Buckley
• Thuyền Nhân (Boat People, 7 min, United States) by Long Tran
• Upekkha – Equanimity (ອຸເປຂາ, 14 min, Laos) by Somkiet Siyangvongsar
• The Waves Now Calm (14 min, Malaysia) by Dominique Teoh & Khoa Truong
• Wido (17 min, Indonesia) by Dewi Prastiningrum
• With Whom Shall We Live? (3 min, United States) by Long Tran
• Yai Nin (13 min, Thailand & United States) by Champ Ensminger
• Young Filipino-Hongkongers (14 min, Hong Kong) by Joni Gutierrez