Short Films Screening
EXTRA CREDIT
Friday, May 30
6PM Reception | 7PM Screening + Q&A
Parkway Theater
5 W North Ave, Baltimore, MD
TICKETS:
https://parkway.eventive.org/schedule/681441e0fc460b50d682392b/tickets
Curated by Zara Kahan, EXTRA CREDIT is a one-night-only assembly of short films by Asian and Asian American filmmakers from the Baltimore–DC area, presented as part of the Asia North 2025 Exhibition and Festival. Spanning experimental narratives, lyrical documentaries, and deeply personal visual essays, this program invites audiences to witness the complexity, contradiction, and beauty of diasporic life through a hyperlocal lens.Includes work from filmmakers Kei Ito, Christina YR Lim, Sihan Xu, Zara Kahan, Wei Chen Lou, Chung-wei Huang, Yefu Liu, Nova Pan, Stephanie Williams, Nadia Hironaka, Matthew Suib and Zeiyingtai Steven Lyu.TRT: 106.5 minutes
Zara Kahan is a Baltimore-based and Borneo-born filmmaker and mixed media artist. She has written and directed a feature film and digital series. Her work was nominated for an Asian TV Award, and Malaysian cable company Astro Malaysia optioned her feature film. She is a Leslie King Hammond Fellow and an
Eisenstein-Zimmerman award winner.
Image: Still from like, don't know which word will blurt out next by Nova Pan.
Asia North 2025 partners and sponsors include TU Asian Arts & Culture Center, Central Baltimore Partnership, Station North Arts District, Motor House, Currency Studio, Club Car, Mobtown Ballroom & Café, Maryland State Arts Council, William G. Baker, Jr. Memorial Fund, Robert W. Deutsch Foundation, Citizens of Baltimore County, Orange Barrel Media/IKE Smart City, Johns Hopkins University, Korean Cultural Center Washington DC, Majer Studios, TU-BTU Presidential Priority, Community Housing Partners, Barkada Breads, Baltimore Changwon-Sister City Committee, Korean American Foundation – Greater Washington, Baltimore-Xiamen Sister City Committee, Mike Shecter, Neighborhood Housing Services, Neighborhood Design Center, NAAAP Baltimore, OTS Productions, Johns Hopkins Medicine Asian & Pacific Islander Employee Resource Group & Allies, Baltimore Improv Group, Rosa Chang, Twenty-Two Lanes, Baltimore Jewelry Center, Hayelin Choi, Blueprint Café, and Parkway Theater.
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