A film by Mackie Mallison.

Available on The Criterion Channel:
https://www.criterionchannel.com/three-short-films-by-mackie-mallison/videos/it-smells-like-springtime

Through family conversations, home movies, and portraiture, IT SMELLS LIKE SPRINGTIME explores the complexity of Asian American identity and experience in dialogue with the artist and jeweler Ada Chen and a riotous cadre of kids. Together, they grapple with their ties to their families’ homelands, the paradoxes of representation, and their sense of belonging.

Directed and Written by Mackie Mallison
Starring: Ada Chen, Zoë Tam, Gene Chen, Sarah Zhu
Director of Photography: Daniel Chang, Matthew Barniea
Editor: Mackie Mallison
1st AD: Anahita Amirshahi
1st AC: Kelley Grade, Celena Urabe
Additional Photography: Davyana San Miguel
PA: Nekhebet Juch
Producer: Mackie Mallison

New York Film Festival (2022)
SIFF (2023)
DOC NYC (2023)
New Orleans Film Festival (2023)
Nashville Film Festival (2023) (Winner)
Brooklyn Film Festival (2023)
Urbanworld Film Festival (2023)
TIDE Film Festival (2023)