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        If I Make It To The Morning

        A Chinese teenager dreams of living with her cool aunt in New York, until tensions boil over during a crab dinner.

        Drama 2024 9 mins Not rated

        Overview

        Accompanied by her overbearing mother, Chinese teenager Ziyi spends the final night of her cross-State college tour at her cool aunt’s apartment in New York. But as Ziyi starts to think this could be the perfect place to live and study, an unexpected revelation suddenly brings tension to the group.

        Part of the #FiveFilmsForFreedom 2025 programme, presented in partnership with British Council.

        Director
        Andre Shen
        Featuring
        Yimeng Duan , Cynthia Yiru Hu and Yiqing Zhao
        Genres
        Drama
        Certificate
        Not rated
        Country
        USA
        Language
        Chinese with English subtitles

        Subjects

        LGBTQIA+ Short films

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