I WAS A SIMPLE MAN & AUGUST AT AKIKO’S now streaming on the Criterion Channel alongside a program of my short films.
I WAS A SIMPLE MAN (2021)
**One of the New Yorker’s Best Films of 2021** World Premiere, Sundance Film Festival; Grand Jury Award, Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival; Grand Jury Award, San Diego Asian Film Festival; Best Hawai‘i Film, Hawai‘i International Film Festival.
AUGUST AT AKIKO'S (2018)
**One of the New Yorker’s Best Films of 2019** World Premiere, International Film Festival of Rotterdam; Special Jury Award for Cinematography, Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival; Departures Feature, Honorable Mention, IndieMemphis Film Festival; George C. Lim Emerging Filmmaker Award, San Diego Asian Film Festival.
OCCASIONALLY, I SAW GLIMPSES OF HAWAI‘I (2016)
Hawai‘i International Film Festival; Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Fesival
MAKOTO: OR, HONESTY (2013)
Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival; Hawaii International Film Festival; San Diego Asian Film Festival; CAAMFest
OBAKE (2012)
Palm Springs International ShortsFest; Raindance Film Festival; Hawaii International Film Festival; Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival; DC ShortsFest, and more.
LAYOVER, ON THE SHORE (2009)
WINNER, Best Hawaiian Short, Big Island Film Festival; Hawaii International Film Festival
MAPS (2006)
Hawaii International Film Festival; Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival; Asian American International Film Festival