Biography

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.