Heme Liao, Rou-Ming Huang, Winnie Liu
Taiwan
2024
In Mandarin with English subtitles
Incest, domestic violence
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Credits & Director
Producer
Pierre Ieong
Screenwriter
Deborah Devyn Chuang
Cinematography
Chun Wang
Editor
Deborah Devyn Chuang, Jamie Lansdowne
Production Design
Hikky Chen
Original Music
Zun Long
Deborah Devyn Chuang 莊岱雯
Deborah “Devyn” Chuang is a Taiwanese-American film director and screenwriter. Their debut short film, Mom if I Were a Vampire (2022), premiered at NYC’s NewFest, before screening in 10+ international festivals, including Taipei Film Festival. Devyn’s new project Strawberry Shortcake (2024) was selected as the semi-finalist for the New Voices Filmmaker Grant by NewFest and Netflix. Devyn had worked as an investment banker and a Michelin-starred restaurant cook before beginning their film MFA at Columbia University.
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