Searching For Color(2025)

Student Film Narrative Short

Megan, a young Asian adoptee, feels caught between her white mother's world and a sense of self she can't quite name.

In Searching For Color, Megan, a young Asian adoptee, feels caught between her white mother's world and a sense of self she can't quite name. When she begins visiting Gina, a warm and perceptive nail technician, she finds an unexpected maternal figure who sees her fully. Through the quiet ritual of the nail salon and the symbolic weight of the color red, Gina nurtures a confidence in Megan that her mother never could. When Gina prepares to return to China, Megan must face the grief of another goodbye — and discover that the belonging she's been searching for has already taken root inside her.

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