HEAR, EAT, HOME
Online & In-Person Exhibition
Summer 2024
HEAR, EAT, HOME is a (work-in-progress) documentary film project that creates common space and harmony with our neighbors
Director: Hsuan Yu Pan
Trailer
Story
Hear, Eat, Home features several creative musicians and visual artists from diverse backgrounds who have made a living in the USA. With composer and clarinetist Kinan Azmeh as the film's spiritual center, they explore themes of conflict, displacement, and identity through their poignant art and expressive collaborations. They also bond over homemade food from their homelands, creating a bittersweet collage that reflects the human experience in an increasingly challenging world.
“Individual stories change people’s views.”
-Deema & Farrah, Co-Founders of Immigrants Act Now-
Key Message
Communicate and collaborate with your neighbors. Let us share immigrants’ hopes, dreams, and challenges in the US and remember their cultural identities through family stories. We want to help immigrants build self-esteem so they can care for themselves and look out for their neighbors regardless of the differences in cultures, religions, and everything that divides people.
Key Participants
Left to right: Kinan Azmeh (Composer & Clarinetist, Syria), Kevork Mourad (Visual Artist, Syria), Kaoru Watanabe (Composer & Musician, USA) Irian Sheynfeld (Visual Artist, Ukraine), and Alex Pryrodny (Composer & Pianist, Ukraine)
Key Film Team Members
Left to right: Hsuan Yu Pan (Director & Producer), George Hirose (Executive Producer), Nancy Wolfe (Producer), and Greg Mocker (Producer)
Director Bio
New York City-based Taiwanese American documentary filmmaker Hsuan Yu Pan loves to explore human stories through her lens. She is a segment producer at BRIC TV, a community TV station in Brooklyn, from 2011 to 2020. While making her first feature documentary film HEAR, EAT, HOME since 2017, she has directed more than 4 documentary short films that tell immigrant stories. They were selected at numerous film festivals nationwide and internationally. Pan continues to make films and tell immigrant stories to raise awareness of immigrants’ rights.
Director Statement
Regardless of where we come from, living in NYC makes us neighbors, and we can engage in conversations and discussions to find solutions and harmony. I hope that HEAR, EAT, HOME can bring immigrants from diverse cultures together and amplify our voices to improve our society.
Scene by Scene
Screeners
Hear, Eat, Home is a project that includes several short documentary films and one feature-length documentary film.
The short films were free to watch in person on June 14 & 16 and online before August.
They are currently available for rental online. Kinan's Vision is free to watch online for a limited time.
The work-in-progress screening of the feature film was in person only on June 15.
Please contact us if you are interested in hosting screenings.
HEAR, EAT, HOME: KINAN'S VISION
My Mother's Table
The Other Side of the Sea
Shinobu
Short Film Filmography
The Other Side of the Sea (2023)
Immigrant artists and musicians in New York City collaborate in actions to respond to Russia's Invasion of Ukraine in 2022.
Izmir International Refugee Film Festival Turkey 2023
Taiwanese American Arts Council FROM ISLAND TO ISLAND NYC 2023
Crafts that Unite, Heal, and Last Exhibition at Livrustkammaren, Stockholm Design Week Sweden 2023
Hear, Eat, Home: Kinan’s Vision (2020)
Syrian clarinetist and composer Kinan Azmeh shares his idea about home and identities.
Lower East Side Festival of the Arts NYC 2024
The Très Court International Film Festival France 2024
Taiwanese American Arts Council FROM ISLAND TO ISLAND NYC 2023
Jamaica Center for Arts and Learning (JCAL) 10 Minutes Film Festival NYC 2022
Filmfest Bremen Germany 2021
MINIKINO FILM WEEK Indonesia 2021
My Mother’s Table (2019)
Kurdish refugees, a mother, and her daughter, introduce their hometown, Aleppo, Syria, with their passion for cooking.
American Documentary Film Festival CA 2020
Sunnyside International Film Festival NYC 2020
Seoul International Food Film Festival Korea 2020
SorsiCorti Short Film Festival Italy 2020
Izmir International Refugee Film Festival Turkey 2020
Shinobu (2018)
Shinobue (Japanese flute)-making master Ranjo and musician Kaoru Watanabe share their stories about the joy of music and life while making the flutes.
Ocean City Film Festival MD 2020
MINIKINO FILM WEEK Indonesia 2018
SPLICE Film Fest NYC 2018
Barcelona Planet Film Festival Spain 2018
Portobello Film Festival UK 2018
Behind the Scenes (2016-present)