IT SMELLS LIKE SPRINGTIME

dir/prod/edit

16mm, Color

Chinese, English, Japanese

“Through family conversations, home movies, still-lifes, and portraiture, Mackie Mallison’s 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 family’s homelands, the paradoxes of representation, and their sense of belonging.”

— Film at Lincoln Center

2022 NEW YORK FILM FESTIVAL

2023 SEATTLE INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL

2023 NEW ORLEANS FILM FESTIVAL

2023 NASHVILLE FILM FESTIVAL (BEST EDGE SHORT)

2023 BROOKLYN FILM FESTIVAL

2023 DOC NYC