Five narrative and documentary films spotlight the work of Texas filmmakers and artists. WINTER CEREMONY brings together a divorced couple as they celebrate their daughter's college graduation. A young woman buys a baby conception dream, a TAEMONG of peaches, from her photographer. In HOW WE GRIEVE, siblings Meghan and Justin Ross process the death of their aunt with the one of the few tools they have: comedy. An Iranian-American girl dreams of contacting her dad who is lost behind the digital blockade of Iran's FIREWALL. Festival alum Xinyan Yu bring us the poetry of Austin-based poet CINDY TRAN: FROM HERE TO HERE, finding literary imagery in all things, small and large and everything in-between, from Yelp reviews to family trauma. - Yuxi Lai, Short Film Programmer

Learn more about each film: https://www.aaafilmfest.org/short-film-schedule