Party Favor

Jen, a 34-year-old Filipina American, visits her older conservative sister Helen for the birthday party of Helen’s 7-year-old son. When Jen is sent out to buy birthday candles, Helen’s rambunctious 14-year-old daughter Lizzie tags along and asks Jen to buy condoms for her so she can lose her virginity. As Jen wrestles with the decision, memories from the past stir up buried family secrets. (Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival)