Yellow Balloon is an independent short narrative film created by Portland Vietnamese-American filmmaker Summer Luu, co-written with Olyvia Chac-Nguyen and produced with Stephanie Duong. The film follows a young Vietnamese-American kid who is adopted by their immigrant grandparents and longs for self-acceptance and discovers the reality of letting go. Yellow Balloon is a story for the Vietnamese-American diaspora, exploring identity, the immigrant experience, and facing racial and gender adversity.