PRODUCTIONS
SHORT FILMS
THE HEADHUNTER'S DAUGHTER, 2021
(PHILIPPINES)
DIR. DON EBLAHAN
Lynn - an aspiring country singer, and July - her trusty brown horse, endure an arduous descent along the Cordilleran highlands to make it on time to the city for the audition of her dreams. Her journey leads her on a path where her indigenous identity is confronted by the unseen forces of the landscape’s colonial American past. World Premiere @ 2022 Sundance Film Festival. Short Film Program. European Premiere @ 44th Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival. International Competition. WINNER: Short Film Grand Jury Prize @ 2022 Sundance Film Festival. USA.
HILUM, 2020
(PHILIPPINES)
DIR. DON EBLAHAN
In a rural coastal village in the Philippines, Mona trains under her mother to start work as a professional mourner-for-hire. After a botched performance, Mona retreats from her mother’s fury, and seeks out a shaman to cure her inability to cry. 43rd Clermont-Ferrand International Film Festival, Official Selection, WINNER: International Student Jury Award for Best Film and International Jury Special Mention. France.
AN ALTERNATIVE
METHOD, 2020
(USA)
DIR. HANNAH SCHIERBEEK
After a ballet teacher is followed on her way home from work, her fears begin to manifest in dreams and reality. To cope, she confides in her neighbor. World Premiere @ 2021 BFI Future Film Festival. UK.
FEATURE FILM
WAITING FOR THE LIGHT TO CHANGE, 2022
(USA)
DIR. LINH TRAN
Over the course of a week-long beachside getaway, Amy, having recently undergone dramatic weight loss, finds herself wrestling between loyalty to her best friend Kim and her attraction to Kim's new boyfriend. World Premiere @ 31st Heartland International Film Festival. WINNER: Narrative Feature Grand Jury Prize @ 29th Slamdance Film Festival. USA.
SHORT FILMS
IN-DEVELOPMENT
VIDEO FUNERAL, 2022
(USA)
DIR. LINH TRAN
Lam, a Vietnamese international student, welcomes her younger sister, Phuong, to her Chicago apartment. Phuong brings a DVD of their father’s funeral, which Lam could not attend.
