Directing
Jess X. Snow
Jess X. Snow is a Chinese-Canadian filmmaker, multi-disciplinary artist and author envisioning futures where the most marginalized of land and life is sacred. They bring their background in murals, visual art and poetry into their sensorial films which bring the inner healing journeys of queer Asian migrants to the big screen. Recently named one of Filmmaker Magazine's 25 New Faces of Independent…
Known For
In Between Storms · 2025In Between Storms
2025
MovieCrimeDrama
After a hurricane ravages his hometown, a grieving man breaks into an off-limits cemetery to rescue the lost remains of his brother in order to give him a proper burial.
Third Act · 2025Third Act
★ 8.02025
MovieDocumentary
Filmmaker Tadashi explores his father Robert A. Nakamura's life as an influential Asian American artist and activist, while grappling with Robert's Parkinson's diagnosis, navigating themes of art, grief, and their father-son relationship.
Cherish · 2018Cherish
2018
Movie
In the rural south, a Black boy tries to fly.
Fervor · 2021Fervor
★ 1.02021
MovieDrama
Tomás, a gay teenager from a small beach town in Chile, lives daydreaming at the beat of pop-music. During a summer day he sees his crush again, Benjamín, and encouraged by his music he jumps forward to the adventure of burgeoning first love, facing his fears and risking leaving the safe refuge of his musical and colorful world.
RetrievalRetrieval
Movie
RETRIEVAL is a lyrical short film that explores the process of a soul retrieval in the aftermath of sexual assault - the spiritual undertaking of bringing back a part of your soul that has been traumatically separated. Holding the line between magic, fantasy, and grounded reality, the film asks the question: what sight of miraculous intervention do we need to conduct to seam together such a violent rupture?
Afterearth · 2017Afterearth
2017
Movie
As rising sealevels threaten locations touched by the Pacific Ocean in Hawaiʻi, the Philippines, China, and North America, four women give offerings of music, poetry and heartfelt testimonial to preserve the volcano, ocean, air and land for future generations.
The Beguiling · 2024The Beguiling
★ 6.02024
MovieDramaHorror
What seems to be a burgeoning romance between two Indigenous people takes an unexpected turn in this bold and thrilling blend of the satirical and the sinister by writer-director ishkwaazhe Shane McSauby.
Little Sky · 2021Little Sky
2021
MovieDrama
A non-binary Chinese-American drag queen returns to their home town to confront their estranged father about the childhood memories that continues to haunt them.
