MAIFF 2026  -

AMERASIA

An Uninterrupted View of the Sea

May 8

18:30

Place Ville Marie

Documentary

15

minutes

English

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About the Film

Director

Mika Yatsuhashi

Country

Canada/USA

Year

2021

Program

Curated by

Description

Using old photographs, Super 8mm film and FBI documents, a Japanese American filmmaker tells the story of her family's struggle to prove their American identities during World War II. Standing in flux between the identity of "Alien" and "Citizen," Mika Yatsuhashi explores the effect of her family's Japanese immigrant history on her American identity today.

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About the Director
Mika Yatsuhashi
Director
Mika Yatsuhashi grew up in Takoma Park, Maryland. She moved to Montréal in 2017 to attend the Mel Hoppenheim School of Cinema at Concordia University and graduated in 2021 with a BFA in film production. In 2020, she won the Mel Hoppenheim Award for Outstanding Achievement. She has a passion for exploring documentary film, identity, and American history, as well as working with archival material. Her film, An Uninterrupted View of the Sea is her first to be released nationally and internationally, with screenings at HotDocs (Toronto), Rendez-Vous Quebec Cinema (Montreal), the Smithsonian’s Freer and Sackler Museum (Washington, DC), and more.
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Awards & Festival Recognition

Videoex Experimental Film & Video Festival, 2022 Winner Special Mention, International Competition

Press & Articles

https://www.concordia.ca/finearts/about/galleries-venues/fofa-gallery/exhibitions/2022/undergraduate-student-exhibition/mika-yatsuhashi.html