ABOUT
Christine An is an independent documentary filmmaker and a Chinese American living in the diaspora. Armed with a camera, she sets out to dismantle the colonial narrative through her filmmaking and restore power to the oppressed, indigenous, and working communities across the world.
Her work has been shortlisted by the 2025 Student BAFTA Awards, won the 2024 Directors Guild of America Student Award, the 2025 Boston/New England Regional Student Emmy Award, and was officially selected by the National Film Festival for Talented Youth (NFFTY) and the Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival(LAAPFF).
FILMS
Short Doc, 11min
Director / DoP / Editor
Despite the numerous hardships she faces as an indigenous woman living in the remote mountains of China, Aunty Yang transforms her hardship into resilience through singing.
Timeless Voices (2024)
Short Doc, 20min
Director / Co-DoP / Co-Editor
Charcoal, a multimedia collective that consists of people of color attending Boston University. While we witness the growth and glory of this POC organization in a PWI, are we asking any questions of they even get here in the first place?
The Story of Charcoal (2023)
Short Doc, 12min
Director / DoP / Editor
Through the eyes of Cui Yan (the co-director of the Guangxi Acrobatic Troupe), the film explores the sacrifices, physical training, and passion that are required to be a professional acrobat.
After The Curtains (2025)
Narrative Short, 17min
Director / Writer / Executive Producer
Amelia is forced to confront her trauma in the wake of her immigrant mother's death and in doing so, mends her strained relationship with her younger brother while regains her passion for dance .
