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Strawberry Shortcake

草莓蛋糕

VIFF Short Forum

World Premiere

A teenage girl falls into a Freudian phantasy with her mother.

 

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Director
Cast

Heme Liao, Rou-Ming Huang, Winnie Liu

Credits
Country of Origin

Taiwan

Year

2024

Language

In Mandarin with English subtitles

Film Contact
Content Warning

Incest, domestic violence

18+
21 min
Cinemas of Asia Experimental & Avant Garde Family Relations Shorts Women Directors
Studio Lilith

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 headshot; Strawberry Shortcake director

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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