Lunchbox

Role: Director, Writer, Editor, Actress

Category: Short Film

When a Taiwanese American woman prepares lunches from her childhood, she struggles to forgive herself for pushing away her immigrant mother.

Festival Acceptances
Hawaii International Film Festival 
Queens World Film Festival
San Diego Asian Film Festival 
Sedona International Film Festival
DisOrient Asian American Film Festival of Oregon
Cleveland International Film Festival
Cinema Columbus
FilmFestDC
Julien Dubuque International Film Festival
NewFilmmakers LA
The Asian American Showcase
American Pavilion Emerging Filmmakers Showcase at the Cannes Film Festival
Houston Asian American & Pacific Islander Film Festival
Lighthouse International Film Festival
Austin Asian American Film Festival
Over-the-Rhone International Film Festival
Hot Springs Women International Film Festival
Indy Shorts International Film Festival
Cordillera International Film Festival
Greenpoint Film Festival
Hollyshorts Film Festival
Chesapeake Film Festival
Hell’s Half Mile Film & Music Festival
Port Townsend Film Festival

Awards
Greenpoint Film Festival (August 2023)
WINNER Best Narrative Short

Lighthouse International Film Festival (June 2023)
WINNER Best Narrative Short

Cinema Columbus (April 2023)
WINNER Best Short Film

Cleveland International Film Festival (April 2023)
WINNER Best Ohio Short Audience Choice Award

DisOrient Asian American Film Festival of Oregon (March 2023)
WINNER BEST SHORT NARRATIVE

Nominations
Cordillera International Film Festival (July 2023)
Nominated for BEST DRAMA SHORT

Queens World Film Festival (November 2022)
Nominated for BEST SCREENPLAY and BEST DIRECTOR NARRATIVE SHORT

Press
MovieMaker Magazine: ‘Good Filipino Kids,’ Lunchtime Guilt and a Goldfish Story Highlight NFMLA’s In Focus: Asian Cinema Program

AsAm News: AsAm filmmakers featured at HollyShorts Film Festival

Asian Movie Pulse: Short Film Review: Lunchbox (2023) by Ann Hu

Filmmaker Magazine: The American Pavilion Announces Its Emerging Filmmaker Showcase at the 2023 Cannes Film Festival

OCAC News: CAOC alumni reunion screening movie “Lunchbox”

News 5: Mayfield Hts native premieres film highlighting Taiwanese culture at Cleveland International Film Festival

WKYC 3: Mayfield Heights native’s short movie ‘Lunchbox’ to be shown at Cleveland International Film Festival

ACV: Anne Hu’s love letter to her mother is a quintessential Asian American story

TaiwaneseAmerican.org: Anne Hu’s Short Film “Lunchbox” Unpacks a Complicated Mother-Daughter Relationship

Cleveland.com: Northeast Ohio native Anne Hu explores Taiwanese-American identity in upcoming short film

Cleveland Scene: Director Anne Hu Returns to Native Cleveland to Film New Short on Growing Up Asian-American and Family

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