Short Films by Jess X. Snow

Short Films by Jess X. Snow

4 Episodes

The exquisitely textured, sensorially immersive films of Chinese Canadian artist and filmmaker Jess X. Snow are works of immense heart and healing, opening up a compassionate, imaginative dreamspace in which queer Asian American characters seek liberation from social and familial trauma through everything from the transformative power of drag to the supernatural experiences of teleportation and spiritual release. Suffused with gorgeous light, color, and stirring magical-realist images, Snow’s films honor the struggle and courage it takes to live authentically.

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Short Films by Jess X. Snow

4 Episodes

  • Safe Among Stars
    09:16
    Safe Among Stars
    Episode 1

    Safe Among Stars

    Episode 1

    Directed by Jess X. Snow • 2019 • United States
    Starring Poppy Liu, Vera Lam

    A queer Chinese American student struggles to tell her immigrant mother why she left school. As her disassociation leads to teleportation abilities, she must learn how to master her powers.

  • Little Sky
    13:41
    Little Sky
    Episode 2

    Little Sky

    Episode 2

    Directed by Jess X. Snow • 2021 • Canada, United States
    Starring Wo Chan, Kyoko Takenaka, Fenton Li

    Drag sensation Sky returns to their hometown to confront their estranged father about the childhood memories that continue to haunt them.

  • I Wanna Become the Sky
    12:42
    I Wanna Become the Sky
    Episode 3

    I Wanna Become the Sky

    Episode 3

    Directed by Jess X. Snow and traci kato-kiriyama • 2023 • United States
    Starring Jess X. Snow, Joecar Hanna

    In a dystopian future, a young student’s visit to a tattoo artist forces her to confront a shared cultural secret and awakens a burgeoning force inside her.

  • Roots That Reach Toward the Sky
    15:11
    Roots That Reach Toward the Sky
    Episode 4

    Roots That Reach Toward the Sky

    Episode 4

    Directed by Jess X. Snow • 2024 • United States
    Starring Shirley Chen, Pearl Wu, Che’Li

    After her mother’s traditional Chinese medicine shop is vandalized, a young botanist draws on the resilience of her local community and the healing remedies of her ancestors to contend with her deepest anxiet...

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