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