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When a gay fashion stylist works with a renowned foreign actor, they both embark on a journey of self-discovery.

Bold, innovative and deliciously diverse original entertainment programming.

When an average woman kidnaps a respected scientist engaging in nightmarish experiments, viewers are forced to confront their own moral compasses, blurring the lines between good and evil to the extreme.

A "diversity expert" is given a career opportunity when she is hired to clean up a major corporation rife with sexual harassment. However, she soon finds herself struggling to avoid being dragged down by the company and its salacious culture. In its timely story of ideals vs. ambition, Mirror Mirror presents an intriguing premise: Would "Erin Brockovich" be able to tame "The Wolf of Wall Street"?

Wine Tasting presents the damage that high-pressure careers cause in the lives of four men. John, Mateo, Franco, and Ed are good friends and professional wine tasters. They sacrifice considerable sums of money and time in order to pass the sommelier exam. Their relationship is tested when one out of the four guys doesn't pass - leading to a series of scandalous repercussions.

A woman's family slowly imprisons her against her will.

An interplanetary chef shares her secrets for conquering a deadly recipe and a mysterious guest wreaks havoc in a posh boutique hotel, where the new guest services manager must risk her life to protect the guest's secret and protect the hotel's reputation.

Three stories weave together, raising the question of whether race is innately a part of the way Americans perceive themselves and others on both he conscious and unconscious level. In the Piper family kitchen, an African American father and Caucasian American mother are confronted by their angry daughter, a girl obviously of Asian descent, demanding to know who her "real" parents are. In a casting office in Manhattan, a young actress, Ashley, is offered a dream movie if only she is willing to sacrifice her pride. In a park, Ashley, the Piper family and a series of other people cross paths and - just for a moment - are colorblind.

Lose the Labels is a dramedy interpretation of how the labels society places on people - based on their race - affect them and those around them. It creates an action-packed response to "Yellowface" in mainstream media.

Celebrating diversity and artistic empowerment, the Tenth Annual 72 Hour Film Shootout ("Shootout") returns to the AAIFF this summer. The Shootout is a worldwide competition in which filmmaking teams are given a common theme (The Color of My Hair!) at the start and then have 72 hours to write, shoot, edit, and complete short films up to five minutes in length. The Top Ten films are selected by judges including acclaimed playwright David Henry Hwang, film festival programmers Milton Liu and Scott Eriksson, writers Celena Cipriaso (All My Children) and Kenneth Lin (House of Cards), talent agent David Elliott, and ABC's Executive Director of Casting, Marci Phillips, and enjoy their World Premiere on July 27th at the AAIFF. The Asian American Film Lab, a 501(c)(3) non profit, runs the Shootout every year to challenge stereotypes in mainstream media and to ensure the diverse stories, faces and voices of Americans of color are seen and heard, not just as whispers, but as shouts to the world! Come join in on the most cutting edge, innovative, bold, and deliciously diverse entertainment imaginable! You can watch past Shootout winners on the NYCMedia television series, Film Lab Presents. The awards will be hosted by actor and Film Lab President Jennifer Betit Yen. The theme was selected by Justin C. Lee, as part of an investigation into race and race relations in today's world. More at: www.asianamericanfilmlab.com

A story answering the question of what beauty is as defined by media. Stylist constructions of ideals or actual people? jenniferbetityen.weebly.com/blog/beauty.

A young single woman bored with her social life caters a party for a beautiful couple and meets the charismatic husband who is also looking for something new.

A group of artists join forces to incentivize one another to step up and create in spite of overwhelming obstacles.

Lose the Labels explores the labels society places on us and what we choose to do about them.

It is the last shot of the day for a group of filmmakers competing in the Asian American Film Lab's 72 Hour Shootout filmmaking competition. They have only a few short hours left to complete their project and win - they hope! - fame and glory but they're on private property sans a permit and security has taken note. . .and called for back up.

Documentary about pioneering Asian Aviatrix Katherine Sui Fun Cheung, a Chinese immigrant who defied racial and gender bias to become a daredevil stunt pilot during the Golden Age of Aviation in the 1930s.

When Samantha and Erin hold interviews with potential sperm donors for their baby, they find it difficult to find someone who aligns with their values.