Dumpling - 饺子
(2018)

Dumpling is based on the director’s lived experience of moving from China to a predominantly white and rural American town when she was 14. The story takes place on Xiao Xing’s first day of high school after the move, where she begins to feel othered and isolated in her public school cafeteria. The film blends traditional narrative with magical realism to reflect on the struggle to belong.
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Screenings
Official Selection of Chippewa Valley Film Festival (USA, April 2019)
Audience Choice Award Winner of Altered Aesthetics Film Festival (USA, August 2019)
Official Selection of Oaxaca Film Festival (Mexico, October 2019)
Honorable Mention at Tacoma Film Festival (USA, October 2019)
Official Selection of Chinese American Film Festival (USA, November 2019)
Official Selection of Philadelphia Asian American Film Festival (USA, November 2019)
Short Long World Festival (Argentina, November 2019)
TCFF Minnesota Shorts Showcase at Twin Cities Film Festival (USA, January 2020)
Tyre International Short Film Festival 2020 (Lebanon, February 2020)
Children's Film Festival Seattle (USA, February 2020)
AAL Film Festival NYC (USA, November 2020)
We Take Everything With Us by Walker Art Center (September 2020)
Virtual Care Package by Minneapolis Institute of Art (May 2020)
Featured on Booooooom TV (January, 2021)

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