"The jury awards the Bay Area Shorts Award to Birdy Wei-Ting Hung for her film A Brighter Summer Day for the Lady Avengers. With a fiercely exquisite hand, Hung interlaces the rich tapestry of Taiwanese history with haunting meditations on gender and state violence. Created during Hung's time at San Francisco State University, this poignant work of art pulses with the spirit of resistance and dreams that define the Bay Area ethos."
