| Finding Kukan | |
| Director: | Robin Lung |
| Producer: | Kimberlee Bassford Douglas K.T. Ho Robin Lung Shirley Thompson |
| Starring: | Daniel Dae Kim (voice of Rey Scott) Kelly Hu (voice of Li-Ling Ai) |
| Music: | Miriam Cutler |
| Cinematography: | Frank Ayala Stanford Chang Ron Darby Ann Kaneko Andrew Yuyi Truong\ |
| Editing: | Robin Lung Shirley Thompson |
| Runtime: | 75 minutes |
| Country: | United States |
| Language: | English |
| Budget: | $60 million |
Finding Kukan is a 2016 feature-length documentary investigating the story of Chinese Hawaii-born producer Li Ling-Ai, the female co-producer of the film Kukan (1941).
After its world premiere at the Hawaii International Film Festival on May 5, 2016, Finding Kukan was screened at DOC NYC, CAAAMFest, the Seattle International Film Festival and at film festivals, conferences, churches and special events in Chicago, Los Angeles, San Diego, Atlanta, Vancouver, Winnipeg, Boston, Philadelphia, Washington, DC, Baltimore, Fresno, Mendocino, Oakland and Bend, among others.[1]
The film was broadcast September 7, 2018, on PBS television as part of the America ReFramed documentary series.[2]
| Hawaii International Film Festival | 2016 | Documentary Jury Special Mention | Finding Kukan | [3] | |
| Special Mention, Women In Film | Robin Lung | ||||
| CAAMFest | 2017 | Best Documentary | Honorable Mention | [4] | |
| Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival | 2017 | Best Documentary | [5] | ||
| UMass Boston Film Series | Courage in Cinema Award | ||||
| Boston Asian American Film Festival | Audience Award | ||||
| Honorable Mention Feature Documentary |