PARALLEL
SHORT

A YOUNG MIXED-RACE (BRITISH CHINESE) WOMAN GOES FOR DIM SUM WITH HER FAMILY. UNABLE TO SPEAK THE SAME LANGUAGE AS MUCH OF HER FAMILY, SHE BOTH PARTICIPATES IN, AND OBSERVES, THE ACTION. PAYING ATTENTION TO NON-VERBAL COMMUNICATION AND THE CHOREOGRAPHY OF THE EVERYDAY RITUALS, SHE CONTEMPLATES IDEAS OF BELONGING AND HOW SHE DOES, OR DOES NOT, FEEL BONDED TO HER FAMILY AND HERITAGE.


WRITER & DIRECTOR:
ROSANNA LEE
PRODUCER: TARA SADEGHI
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER:
MELISSA GILES
PRODUCTION COMPANY: GROUND WORK & ARTS COUNCIL ENGLAND
PRODUCTION ASSISTANT: BEN CHAPLIN
1ST AD: RUBY LAKE
3RD AD: MEGAN WILDE
PRODUCTION DESIGNER: STEFANIA LUCCHESI
FOCUS PULLER: OLIVER JAMES ROBBINS
2ND AC’S: AMY ALICEA, EMMA LANGLEY
GAFFER:
LORENE DESPORTES
SPARK: LOUIS JOHNSON
SOUND RECORDIST: STEFANOS STAFYLAS
FOOD STYLIST: SONGSOO KIM
HMU: ELIZA CLARK
FLORIST: GALERIE NAVY
EDITOR: AMY DANG
COLOURIST: MEGAN LEE
VFX: KATHARINE O’LOINGSIGH, ASAD NAVEED
MUSIC: LUNG DART
SOUND DESIGN: ALESSANDRA FASTO
TITLES: NICOLEE TSIN
TRANSLATION: JAS TANG, NICOLEE TSIN, TONY LAW
CAPTIONS: EMILY BENITA

OFFICIAL SELECTION:
LONDON SHORT FILM FESTIVAL 2023
SAN DIEGO ASIAN FILM FESTIVAL 2022
SEMI-FINALIST RHODE ISLAND INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL 2022
EDINBURGH FILM FESTIVAL 2022

EXHIBITIONS:

EXHIBITED AT “CHINESE AND BRITISH” BRITISH LIBRARY 2022-2023
FOCAL POINT GALLERY SOUTHEND 2022