ETA

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ETA is a nonbinary, first-gen Vietnamese-American filmmaker raised in Tustin, CA by refugees of the American War in Vietnam. Their genrefluid work sees emotion as alternate reality and centers on amplifying marginalized voices on both sides of the camera, addressing colorism in onscreen representation, and racial and social equity issues. Currently, they're in postproduction for Menstrual, a meditative sci-fi drama about a wormhole being studied in the Pacific Ocean. White Gaze, their gentrification horror short, has screened across the US and abroad and won numerous awards. Confluence: A Meditation in Documentary Form, their documentary short focusing on the Asian American diaspora, has screened at several Oscar-qualifying film festivals, being hailed by Film Threat as "a powerful and entrancing music documentary". Their debut, Stockton 2 Malone, premiered via AFROPUNK and was lauded for infusing "intersectional, diverse identities into the mumblecore subgenre."

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Total Films

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Fountain Valley, California, USA

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Fountain Valley, California, USA

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White Gaze

Latine twentysomething, Gema, is forced to confront the looming threat of gentrification head-on — after having no choice but to let an overeager stranger move in or risk being evicted. The uneasy peace soon turns sinister, exposing her to something far more invasive.

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2023

Menstrual

Alone in grieving the disappearance of her daughter 4 years prior, Venus makes an impromptu trip to see her estranged father after hearing him on public radio discussing a wormhole being studied in the Pacific Ocean.

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Confluence: A Meditation in Documentary Form

CONFLUENCE is a meditation on ancestry and identity through the diasporic lens of Asian American and queer experiences filmed during moonroom's 2019 PHASE, a showcase series celebrating Asian Pacific Islander and Desi American Heritage Month with underground events throughout Los Angeles and surrounding areas. This hypnotic mix of ethereal images and heartfelt, first-person testimonies explores the inner turmoil of being othered while persevering with creative expression, shattering both community and perceptual barriers.

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2021

Stockton 2 Malone

A filmmaker's project begins to parallel the budding romance between two strangers as the three lives converge, interweaving with strange occurrences that blur the lines of reality's boundaries.

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2016