Directing
Asuka Lin
Asuka Lin (they/them) is a Japanese-Taiwanese filmmaker based in Chicago, where they are a post-production coordinator at BluBird Post. They earned their BFA at the California Institute of the Arts in film/video. Apart from their background in camera, their own directorial work travels from anarchic cyberpunk to meditative folktales, united by themes of yearning and conflicting realities. Their films have enjoyed a number of screenings internationally, including London Short Film Festival, Jogja-NETPAC Asian Film Festival, Edinburgh International Film Festival, and Athens International Film + Video Film Festival.
Acting credits
NRThis short film explores the landscape of the historical Asakusa district through the eyes of three outsiders who eat, drink, and play from another dimension.
winter terrace
2020
NRIn the village of Dodoba, the frog Garo is murdered. A red toad, who is found next to the corpse, is responsible for the terrible crime. At the trial, he tries to defend himself, but the villagers do not believe in the innocence of the strange outsider.
Dodoba
2015
Behind the camera
NRThis short film explores the landscape of the historical Asakusa district through the eyes of three outsiders who eat, drink, and play from another dimension.
winter terrace
2020
A crochet of formalities and stories, told through the eyes of a fish and the eyes of the filmmaker, sakanatama is an exploration of the artist, subject, and viewer. Blurring the boundaries between audience and authorship, oscillating between folklore and the tactile, this short film meditates on the questions we ask about our dying parents and grandparents, whose lives can so easily be drifted away upon parting waves.
sakanatama
2017
NRFrom the ocean, Suzu returns to their quiet seaside town in Japan, where their grandmother has reincarnated into a sea turtle. Both must undergo their own process of reconnection to each other and within themselves.
Into the Emerald Sea
2024
6.0A post-cyberpunk short film featuring Kei, a young programmer who attempts to resurrect their lost mother by coding an A.I. that can input childhood memories with the help of her diary.
A.I. Mama
2022
6.0A post-cyberpunk short film featuring Kei, a young programmer who attempts to resurrect their lost mother by coding an A.I. that can input childhood memories with the help of her diary.
A.I. Mama
2022
