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2024 | 11:58 min | Narrative Short | USA

When an empty nester loses her ability to summon her daughter back from the afterlife, she is forced to find help from the person she resents the most: her ex-husband's mistress.

Award Winner of the 2023 Julia S. Gouw Short Film Challenge, presented by the Coalition of Asian Pacifics in Entertainment (CAPE) and Janet Yang Productions

Official Selection

WeScreenplay Short Script Lab - 2023 SemiFinalist

Cast & Crew

Cast: Lee Chen, Norma Maldonado, Elaine Whae, Calix Quan
Director: Dorothy Xiao
Writers: Dorothy Xiao, Jane Han
Executive Producers: CAPE, Janet Yang Productions, Julia S. Gouw
Producer: Brielle Yuke Li
Cinematographer: Silvia Lara
Production Designer: Tim Molina
Editor: Mengyao Mia Zhang
Music: George Shaw
Casting Director: Tanya Giang, CSA
Line Producer/Unit Production Manager: Ella Rouwen Chen
First Assistant Director: Alison Chan
Script Supervisor: Michelle Broadnax
First Assistant Camera: Ruoyu Zhang
Second Assistant Camera: Morgan Miller
DIT: Diego M. Perilla
Gaffer: Ricardo Pomares-Belmonte
Key Grip: José Julián Molina
G&E Swing: Rachel Julia Rice
Art Director: Moises Armando Carranza
Wardrobe Supervisor: Amy To
Hair & Makeup: Melissa Romero
Production Sound Mixer: Margot Padilla
Fight Choreographer: Toy Lei
Tai Chi Instructor: Natasha Wang
Production Assistants: Jane Han, Diego M. Perilla, Amy To
Catering: Meals by Jxn
Post Production Services: Tunnel Post
Finishing Producer: Shirley Luong
Colorist: Sebastian Perez-Burchard
Re-Recording Mixer: Aj Pyatak

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