Join the Citrus Cinema Club
We invite you to join the Citrus Cinema Club, a growing network of people who believe diaspora stories belong on the big screen.
As a member, you will receive invitations to complimentary preview screenings curated by Reel Citrus, bringing our films directly to the community before or during their theatrical run.
Right now, we have one free screening waiting for new members. Join the club and reserve your seat.
Here’s How It Works
01
sign Up
Sign up for the Citrus Cinema Club
with your name and email.
No fees. Just a growing network of diaspora culture lovers committed to bringing our stories to the big screen.
02
get Invited
When we host a complimentary screening, members receive a private email with the film title, date, and location. RSVP to reserve your seat. Space is limited, and confirmations are sent on a first-come basis.
03
show up
& watch
Arrive early on screening night, as seating is first come, first served.
Check in at the door and take your seat among fellow members of the Citrus Cinema Club. Then settle in and experience the film together on the big screen, where our stories are meant to live.
Washington DC Screening
Summer, 2001. Seventeen-year-old Kien, with his bright red hair, returns to his family at the Cheb market after spending ten years in Vietnam. But instead of a warm welcome, he finds an estranged father, a worried mother, and a younger brother who isn’t ready to forgive or forget. Between heat-pressing Pokémon onto T-shirts, drilling Czech grammar, and lakeside flirtations, a buried secret surfaces—one that will turn life at the market upside down… Told with lightness and humor, director Dužan Duong’s film offers an authentic look into a community through the eyes of the first Vietnamese generation to grow up in the Czech Republic.
The film was recognized with nominations at the 2026 Czech Film Critics’ Awards, competing for Best Screenplay and the Innogy Award for Discovery of the Year.
ONE SHOW ONLY! Wednesday, March 11 @ 7:30PM in Avalon 1
A Q&A with director Dužan Duong will follow the screening.
About the Director: Dužan Duong is a director and cinematographer of Vietnamese origin. He made his debut at the Ji.hlava International Documentary Film Festival with the short film Mat Goc and gained significant attention with the film Bo Hai (screened at FAMUfest, Finále Plzeň, Prague Shorts, SGIFF, and Cottbus IFF). His work focuses on themes of identity and cultural memory. He also works as a cinematographer in advertising under the brand Novák+Nguyen.
Presented in collaboration with the Embassy of the Czech Republic