These are ten short films you shouldn’t miss from the virtual program of the DisOrient Asian American Film Festival of Oregon, taking place March 16–22, 2026.

Note: Some films may have regional restrictions. You can check all the information about the virtual program here: https://watch.eventive.org/disorient2026

By Walking by Mindy Cook and Sarah Haas – USA | 2025 – 15 minutes

What does it means to be a person from a place? BY WALKING provides an intimate portrait of a Korean American adoptee’s journey as she builds her own context in the land where she was raised while seeking connection with her ancestral homeland. (Disorient 2026)

Screening Link: https://watch.eventive.org/disorient2026/play/698c5ef26e89fb25574a8ecf
Authorized regions: Oregon, Washington, California, Hawaii

Defiant to the Last, Resistance at the Tule Lake Jail by Emiko Omori – USA | 2025 – 37 minutes

During WW II Japanese Americans were incarcerated at the Tule Lake Segregation Center in Modoc County, California from 1942 to 1946. For over 80 years, the Tule Lake jail, while iconic, was a mystery. Why was there a jail inside a concentration camp? Piecing together government reports and photos and a survivor interview, we learn of chilling, long-suppressed stories of human and civil rights violations at the Tule Lake Segregation Center. Inmates were beaten and coerced into giving up birthright US citizenship, separated from their families, removed to Department of Justice camps at Bismarck, ND and Santa Fe, NM. Thousands were deported for daring to protest and resist the unjust WWII incarceration. (Disorient 2026)

Screening Link: https://watch.eventive.org/disorient2026/play/698c579a605ee00c418270a8
Authorized regions: Oregon, Washington, California, Hawaii

Deliverance by Quinn Delaney Connell – USA | 2025 – 16 minutes

After receiving her last care shipment, a storm-battered hermit must brave an infinite blizzard representing her own mind trapped in a coma in order to reach her family on the other side… (Disorient 2026)

Screening Link: https://watch.eventive.org/disorient2026/play/698c5e44c9b7900495c8dd54
Authorized regions: Oregon, Washington, California, Hawaii

LITTLE BIRD by Oanh-Nhi Nguyen – USA | 2024 – 16 minutes

Amidst 1980s Los Angeles, Linh Tran, a disheartened Vietnamese woman tasked with evictions, uncovers the harsh reality of displacing fellow Vietnamese refugees. Struggling with the choice to keep her job or stand in solidarity with those she’s meant to uproot, her moral dilemma deepens as she befriends a little Vietnamese girl caught in the midst of it all. (Disorient 2026)

Screening Link: https://watch.eventive.org/disorient2026/play/698c5eade0478919e35ccee3
Authorized regions: Oregon, Washington, California, Hawaii

Sole by Haneol Lee – USA | 2025 – 13 minutes

A Korean American cobbler in Nashville, Tennessee finds peace in his simple life. (Disorient 2026)

Screening Link: https://watch.eventive.org/disorient2026/play/698c579a605ee00c418270a8
Authorized regions: Oregon, Washington, California, Hawaii

Sound of Fire by Mingjie Li – USA | 2025 – 16 minutes

Dustin was abandoned by his family at a young age. Ever since then, he’s been surviving by stealing. He despises himself but never thinks of changing. Life is hopeless and meaningless for him until he meets Jane – a little girl who lives with her alcoholic single father. Both are outcasts of society, they connect right away and become close friends. (Disorient 2026)

Screening Link: https://watch.eventive.org/disorient2026/play/698c5c56a73c709588d9209f
Authorized regions: Oregon, Washington, California, Hawaii

Taga by Jill Sachs – USA, Philippines | 2025 – 18 minutes

Vivi, a third-culture Filipina-American, travels to the Philippines to reconnect with her roots, but falls in with a group of Western eco-volunteers. When they scorn the customs of a remote mountain village, an ancient evil comes knocking. (Disorient 2026)

Screening Link: https://watch.eventive.org/disorient2026/play/698c5f2a2af24197fffe0873
Authorized regions: Oregon

Threading the Needle by AJ Johnson – USA | 2025 – 11 minutes

Twenty years after their adoption, two Chinese Americans attempt to reconcile their ethnicity with their experiences. (Disorient 2026)

Screening Link: https://watch.eventive.org/disorient2026/play/698c5e746edc42ebe3dff449
Authorized regions: Oregon, Washington, California, Hawaii

Why My Dad Loves by Nkaujoua Xiong – USA | 2024 – 21 minuites

At the age of 13, my father left his homeland, Laos, seeking a brighter future in the United States. Throughout the years, he devoted himself to supporting his family, seldom sharing the details of his past. This film intimately explores the experiences that shaped his understanding of love. (Disorient 2026)

Screening Link: https://watch.eventive.org/disorient2026/play/698c5f0f66a35a80f50b3394
Authorized regions: Oregon, Washington, California, Hawaii

Yellow Balloon by Summer Luu – USA | 2025 – 14 minutes

In 1996, a Vietnamese-American kid named Ái Vân from San Jose, California is adopted by their paternal immigrant grandparents in Vancouver, Washington. On their journey, Ái Vân processes their identity, the unspoken rules of complex social dynamics and discovers the reality of letting go. (Disorient 2026)

Screening Link: https://watch.eventive.org/disorient2026/play/698c5e746edc42ebe3dff449
Authorized regions: Oregon, Washington, California, Hawaii

For more information, please visit: https://watch.eventive.org/disorient2026