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A teenager hangs with her crush. SUNFLOWER GIRL is used with permission from Holly M. Kaplan. Learn more at https://sunflowergirlfilm.com. Rosie is a Chinese-American teenage novice skateboarder living in New York City with her immigrant parents and younger sister. One summer afternoon, she's tasked with delivering her younger sister's forgotten lunchbox to school. But she is soon distracted when she runs into her crush, Skylar, and his friend Cooper. The older boys pull her towards fun, freedom and flirtation, and Rosie feels the joy of being young and free in the city. But she's still pulled by a sense of duty, an inner tug of war that soon makes itself felt in a moment of need. Directed and written by Holly M. Kaplan, this delicately crafted short drama captures a fleeting but formative moment in the life of its young protagonist, Rosie, who is not only navigating a new world of teenage crushes, independence and identity, but wrestling with the constant pull of home and duty emphasized by her Chinese culture. It's a classic coming-of-age story, infused with a fresh, free-spirited 90s-like nostalgia, but the beautifully woven layers of heritage, immigrant experience and family responsibility add thoughtful dimensions to a relatable narrative. Visually, the film evokes the warmth of summer and the softness of memory, with a gauziness in the textures and a slightly faded, muted coloration. It evokes the feeling of a memory unfurling, capturing the pleasurable sensory details that make remembrances so rich: the sound of wheels on concrete, the pastels of a t-shirt, the curls of a crush's hair. The pacing, too, captures the loose-limbed aimlessness of free-range city kids. But the discerning direction always roots us in Rosie's emotions and perspective, as she dutifully but resentfully takes on the task of delivering her sister's lunchbox -- and then runs into her crush and his friend. She can barely contain her fizz of excitement, though she plays it cool with the older boys. Many can relate to that double act of feeling one way but trying to seem another, which forms the core of Rosie's dilemma as the narrative ambles on. There's no one dramatic incident, but instead a string of small choices being made. Those small choices are understandable in the moment, and actor Malea Emma Tjandrawidjaja's subtle but precise performance captures her character’s internal contradictions -- her eagerness, hesitation and youthful bravado -- with a compelling ease. She pulled between the freedom of all-American young adulthood and the grounding of her Chinese heritage, full of love and expectation, and she's constantly mediating these poles. But as her need for acceptance and her excitement about romance win out, she begins to sideline her sister and her familial duties, which has consequences in a moment of crisis. Like a cool, breezy pop song, SUNFLOWER GIRL is both a lovely slice-of-life unfolding of one girl's coming of age and a down-to-earth but lyrical portrait of a time and place. It revels in the small, telling moments that define early adolescence. It’s a film about choices big and small, the ache of budding desire, and the balancing act between independence vs. duty, home vs. adventure and heritage vs. identity. It has a fresh take on the second-generation immigrant experience, as well as a quiet command on how the smallest moments can pierce through with realization -- and how, in these moments, we grow up and enlarge our understanding of who we are, the world itself and our place in it.