HELLO FROM TAIWAN begins its festival run starting with a World Premiere at the Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival with a viewing window from October 1st - 31st! 3 additional festivals will be screening this labor of love in the month of October as well… there will be several ways to watch it.

I’m really excited to finally share this project - its meaning for me extends past the personal story and filmmaking, which in itself is already everything to me. What this film means to me is: the communities I’ve become a part of, going through the DWW program, the amazing people I’ve met because of it, the path my career is heading towards, the things I’ve learned about myself and my process… all of it.

Much love to all the supporters, #AFIDWW2020, and the cast and crew, of course.

I’m also excited that so many great films are part of this festival! I see you DWW and AFI alumni. More info from LAAPFF2020 here!

Today on FOFIF STREAMING features my short What I Wish You Said!

Also, I forgot about the amount of vices we managed to cram into an 8 minute film.

I received The Future of Film is Female funding for my short Hello From Taiwan last year - grateful to be part of this supportive family.

Thank you agnès films for this lovely and thoughtful interview.

Thanks to Press Kitchen & Valiant Pictures for facilitating!

Thank you Free The Work & Maria Alvarez for featuring the 2020 class at AFI Directing Workshop for Women - read about all 8 of us and our films here.

This article came out the day of our showcase that had just gotten cancelled and was meant to be in anticipation of a night that felt so exciting - it’s strange to post about it now. Regardless I’m very grateful to all the women who made this feature happen. 💗

Our AFI Directing Workshop for Women Showcase at the DGA has been cancelled tonight due to COVID-19 and it is truly heartbreaking for 8 female directors, 3 women who run the program, the DWW community, and everyone else who has been involved in our films and journeys in some shape or another. It meant a lot to have all our tiny details that we perfected for screening at a large theater in front of industry professionals who could potentially jumpstart our careers.

It’s too early to say if there’s a reschedule - but stay tuned.

Clearly, this isn’t the end of the world - we’ll get through this! So much love to all the people who care and have expressed sympathy. THANK YOU, from the bottom of my heart.

Here’s the trailer for Hello From Taiwan - Short Film ❣️❣️

So much heart and soul and true work went into the making of this film - THANK YOU to my cast and crew, donors, AFI, friends and family, advocates who helped get this personal Asian American story TOLD and off the ground.

𝐻𝑒𝓁𝓁𝑜 𝐹𝓇𝑜𝓂 𝒯𝒶𝒾𝓌𝒶𝓃 Poster designed by the coolest and most visionary team out there! Thank you Blood Sweat + Polony

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I really loved the amount of thought behind their design. We combined the concept of a child’s perspective using a collage as an abstract representation of 2 colliding worlds, with a gap in typography to communicate a culture gap & broken family. Hope you 💙 this as much as I do!

Photo taken a year ago - fresh-faced like an inciting incident in the 1st Act.

It’s an honor to be amongst your company and I’m excited to see your stories shape the Film and TV world! Our DWW films showcase at DGA in less than 2 weeks!

P.S. Please excuse the weird lines - yes I had to scan this.

Spent the holidays working on this mini doc for Vogue Magazine‘s On The Go series featuring the ever charismatic Tinashe - watch on YouTube to check out if we ever made it to the mountains… shot by the lovely Frances Kroon 🏔 Special thanks to Vogue EP Marina Cukeric 💗

Thanks Natalie Camou for including me and AFI DWW fellow Marie Jamora in this AFI FEST campaign to champion female directors.