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Mẹ (2018)
Mẹ, mother in the northern Vietnamese dialect, follows two generations of moms as they create a new dish for the family restaurant. Reimagining their parent’s pho shop, the next generation carries on the family legacy through Vietnamese cuisine.
During a ten course Chinese banquet-style dinner, a family deals with an unexpected guest that gets invited to their
100 day baby celebration.
* 2023 Telefilm 'Not Short on Talent' Program *
(Short Film Corner - Market Showcase, Festival de Cannes 2023)
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Fiction Short Film - Drama, Comedy
13m43s
Digital 2K - DCP - 2.39:1
Stereo Mix 2.1 - English + Cantonese - English Subtitles (burnt-in)
written & directed by
DEREK KWAN
producers
MADDY CHANG
ADRIANA MARCHAND
costume designer
PAULINE FAN
key hair & makeup artist
LAMPO ZENG
editor
NATHAN YOUNG
sound design & re-recording mixer
JORDAN ANDREW
colourist
DAVID TOMIAK
1st assistant director
DIDE SU BILGIN
director of photography
JARYL LIM
production designer
WAYNE CHUNG
gaffer
JESSIE DOUCET
key grip
ELIJAH ZIMMERMAN
cast
PHOEBE MIU
DORIS LUM
OLIVIA POON
VINCENT CHENG
RYAN JINN
RYAN COWIE
JAY BRAZEAU
JANET WALMSLEY
PAT MA
ALEXANDER KENNEDY HARRISON
SHAR YEOH
KEVIN LAM
JENNY ZHOU
LYNNE LEE
associate producers
LYNNE LEE
MACK STANNARD
2nd assistant director
SAHIL ARYA
producer's assistant
JUSTIN LEE
director's assistant
JONAH LEE-MCNAMEE
production assistants
AARON LUM
AUSTIN WHATLEY
1st assistant camera
SHIUN OKADA
2nd assistant camera
JAMIE MITRI
steadicam operator
DOUG ARMER
stills photographers
PAT MENARD
MIKE DIPIETRO
(Seasons of East Van)
sound recordists
COBY DEGROOT
KIEFER CAMPNEY
lamp operator
PATRICK GONG
dolly grips
DUKE NOLAN
LUKE STRAHM
grip
CHRIS BYRON
BRIAN JOHNSON
driver
CHRIS BYRON
boom operators
KIEFER CAMPNEY
HARLEY MARANAN
art director
JESSICA KEAY
props masters
OSCAR YEUNG
SHARON LAU
set decorators
RACHEL QIN
art assistants
LEAH LEE
AMERICA ARRIETAP
lucky red envelope design
LEAH LEE
music
"Albatross"
by Kida Kira
Courtesy of Volumelithic Sound
"Gumaou"
by Nikasaya
Courtesy of Volume 040
costume assistant
JASON LIU
hair & makeup artist
JESSICA KEUM
hair & makeup artist assistant
SAMANTHA KRONSTAL
craft services & catering
VICTORIA WONG
(Derek's mom <3)
poster design & illustrator
JOHN LEE
(@lakeebs)
special thanks
TRISKO TALENT: NATASHA TRISKO & OLIVIA KEADY
THE TEAM AT TIFFANY MAK CASTING
NATASHA JUNG
CURTIS LUM
TESH GUTTIKONDA
MIKE JOHNSTON
BARBARA HAGER
DAMIR NINKOVIĆ
TUG PHIPPS
JOSHUA MAO
ABDUL Y. MALIK
VICTORIA WONG
RANDY HEBENTON
REGINA WONG
EMILY LI
NORMAN WONG
CRYSTAL OU
DUNCAN WONG
JULIE KWAN
HENRY KWAN
DAI TUNG CHINESE SEAFOOD RESTAURANT
ORCHARDS FARM MARKET
OPTIMUM SECURITY
Filmed on the Indigenous lands of the šxʷməθkʷəy̓əmaɁɬ təməxʷ, Sḵwx̱wú7mesh Úxwumixw, səl̓ilwətaɁɬ təməxʷ peoples.
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