Yutiii Lin

My mother left our home when I was nine years old. For about ten years, it was just my father and me. When I turned twenty-one, she came back—moving into the master bedroom that had been locked for a decade and digging out countless old photographs from the past.

After a grueling night shift, Johney, a Filipino migrant worker, returns to find strangers clearing out her dorm—installing heavy machinery and claiming to “inspect the factory.” As tensions erupt, Johney fights to protect her home—and a secret she’s kept hidden inside.

After losing contact with each other for years, the son finds out that his father is homeless. During the night of their reunion, the two try to figure out their relationship and their opposing identities.

Two high school students, different from others in personality and experience, try to figure out how they want to show up in the world.