If I Make it to the Morning

2024・United States・10 minutes

On the last leg of a college tour across America, accompanied by her mother, a Chinese teenager Ziyi considers studying and living in New York, with her aunt, who seems to have a perfect life. But over a crab dinner, tensions build, and Ziyi finds herself alone, in the middle of a New York night.

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Awards & Festivals

2025
BFI Flare: London LGBTIQ+ Film Festival

Five Films for Freedom 2025 selection

2024
The MiX Festival of LGBTQ+ Cinema and Queer Culture

Short Film Competition

Cast & Crew

Actor

胡宜汝

Cynthia Yiru Hu

Actor

赵艺青

Yiqing Zhao