Completed - ENGLISH, MANDARIN - Drama, LGBT, Social issues - 15 minutes
When her immigrant mother’s Chinese Traditional Medicine shop gets vandalized, Kai, a young botanist is thrust in between her mother’s grief and her muralist partner’s mission for community catharsis, and must confront the barriers to her own healing.
Year of production : 2024 Director(s) : Jess X. SNOW Writer(s) : Jess x. SNOW, Kit YAN Cast : Shirley CHEN, Pearl WU, Che' LI Producer(s) : Frisly SOBERANIS, Akemi LOOK, Eris QIAN, Yumeng HAN
When her mother’s Chinese Traditional Medicine shop gets vandalized, Kai, a young botanist and heir of her mothers ancestral practice is pushed to the edge of what her mental health can handle. Thrust in the middle of her immigrant mother’s grief and her partner’s quest for collective catharsis, Kai must confront the healing she most resists and choose what is most important to her.
Country(ies) : USA, CANADA
BFI London FF 2024 Shorts programmeBFI London FF 2024