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Shrimply Houston

Laura Gao
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Fortunes

GB Tran
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Sushi King

Rumi Hara
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Yokai's First Summer Job

Kano Nakajima
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Too Young to Decide

Inna "Playful Haru" Nee
Vietnam

Son Doong

TiVen (Tường Vân), Hung Nguyen, Vernon Cao, Phuong Ha
China

Love Blooming

Vikki Zhang, Phuong Ha, Mei Qi
India

The Paws of Paharganj

Megha Vishwanath

Shrimply Houston

Laura GaoUSA

Twelve-year-old Thủy spends her mornings shrimping with her father in Galveston Bay, where they encounter Ángel, a boy from El Salvador new to the Houston area. Despite a language barrier and their fathers’ rivalry over fishing territory, Thủy and Ángel form an unlikely friendship, bonding over their shared immigrant experiences. However, their families face a larger struggle—shrinking demand for local shrimp threatens their livelihoods. As tensions rise, the two fathers stubbornly clash, but Thủy and Ángel find a solution: uniting Houston’s diverse immigrant communities to support their shrimping businesses. With creativity, determination, and a love for food, they prove that their families’ legacies can evolve rather than disappear.

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