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“QUAKER” SHORT FILM

World Premiere at 2025 Berlinale in Generation 14plus competition
Digital Imaging Technician

Brooklyn high school seniors share their unfiltered feelings with each other during their last Quaker meeting of the year.

“FINDING HAPPY ENDINGS FOR QUEER DAUGHTERS IN AAPI CINEMA” ESSAY

Published in “The Amp” Asian American Arts Alliance Magazine
Writer

It’s a relief to find that we are currently in a cinematic era where the intersections of gender, sexuality, diaspora, and culture have found happy endings. This has been especially true for representations of queer AAPI daughters. Films such as “Saving Face” (2004), “The Half of It” (2020), and “Everything Everywhere All At Once” (2022) feature such characters who embrace and are embraced by their families, despite how their identities position them within the films’ conflicts.

The latest addition to this cinematic phenomenon is filmmaker Andrew Ahn’s upcoming remake of “The Wedding Banquet” (1993) starring Bowen Yang, Kelly Marie Tran, and Lily Gladstone. While the general conflict of Ahn’s remake is similar to Lee’s original film, in Ahn’s version, every character in its triangular scheme of deception is joyously queer. Thus, Ahn’s reimagination promises to take its place in the growing phenomenon of queer AAPI daughters who, in the end, find happiness in their identities.⁠

Read the full article here.

“SOCIAL STUDIES” DOCUSERIES

Nominated for “Best New Non-Scripted or Documentary Series” by 2024 Film Independent Spirit Awards
Post-production Intern

FX’s Social Studies is a new documentary series created by Emmy® Award-winning filmmaker Lauren Greenfield that follows a group of teens as they navigate the complexities of growing up with social media.

“A SILENT WITNESS: A SURVIVOR’S STORY OF HIROSHIMA” SHORT DOC

Nominated for by “Outstanding Short Documentary” by 2024 News & Documentary Emmy’s
Post-production Assistant

Kunhardt Film Foundation Presents An Interview Archive Original: The Silent Witness, a documentary about Tomiko Morimoto West’s experience as a 13-year-old girl in Hiroshima, Japan, on August 6, 1945, the day the first atomic bomb was dropped. West, now a 91-year-old woman, didn’t talk about her memories from that time for many years, but now shares her story because she believes it will help people.

“ROBIN” SHORT FILM

Official Selection for 2024 Independent Film Festival Boston and Wicked Queer
Post-production Producer

Robin follows a teenager, Robin, who has been cast into the leading male role of a coming-of-age film against their will. When the contract is signed, they run away to come to terms with their distress and discomfort, discovering their identity and finding a better path forward.

“HEAVEN AND BACK” SHORT FILM

Official Selection for 2024 CineAsian Films
Writer, Director, Editor

A demigod must discover the meaning of love in seven days to enter Heaven and recruits the help of his best friend to interview people for answers.

Read my interview with CineAsian here.

LIM SIDNEE