In a close up, a young woman with straight dark hair and a wound on their forehead, in a deep blue colored scene, looks up.

Somewhere To Be

Libby Chun 2026 0:10:27 Min English, Korean English Open Captions United States

A young woman's efforts to bring her runaway sister back home turn into a strange night in an unfamiliar city.

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Synopsis

A young woman makes her way to the States in search of her runaway younger sister. Over the course of night, the two search–for each other, for themselves, for some steady ground–in an unfamiliar city a. Sketches of aliens, moving paintings, and fish with strange names are the unexpected conduits for the answers they are looking for.

Screenings

Queer Asian World Cinema at Oakland Asian Cultural Center

Eight films moving between memory, diaspora, and dream where identity flickers, stretches, and insists on being seen.

Friday, May 22, 6:30 PM - 9:30 PM
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Satellite Screening Queer Asian World Cinema at Oakland Asian Cultural Center

Content Warnings

Emotional distress Family separation

Specific Themes

Asian Families Healing Mental health

Credits

Director
Libby Chun
Screenwriter
Libby Chun
Producer
Libby Chun, Michael Zhang
Executive Producer
Visual Communications
Cast
Taehee Lee, Claire Bae, Pacqui Pascual
Cinematographer
Alex Atallah
Editor
Brandon Dinh
Production Design
Jacqueline Cheng
Composer
Caden Bartlett
Sound Design
Ryan Lew
Music
Caden Bartlett

About Filmmaker(s)

Libby Haein (해인) Chun is a Korean American artist born and raised in Texas and South Korea. Her work consists of narrative and multimedia art, exploring gray areas and the marriage of challenge and catharsis. Currently, she is an Artist in Residence and Armed With A Camera Fellow with Visual Communications Media. Her first film, CROSSROADS, has screened at several festivals across the country. She likes words a lot but isn't always good at them.

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