HELLO FROM TAIWAN

Directed by TIFFANY FRANCES
2021 / 16 min

A 1989 earthquake shakes the world of Christy, a Taiwanese American 5-year-old girl. When her and her mom reunite with her father and two older sisters at the airport after a year of separation, the cracks between them grow even wider. Through Christy’s eyes, we explore the struggles of the family attempting to reconnect.

Tiffany Frances received a 2019 The Future of Film Is Female grant for HELLO FROM TAIWAN.

TIFFANY FRANCES is a Taiwanese American director and writer working in commercials, music videos, and narrative film. She loves to create character-driven, dramatic storytelling with lyrical visuals. Her work explores stories about women, marginalized voices, and finding surreal moments within authentic situations.

She is one of eight women selected in the AFI Directing Workshop for Women, Class of 2020. Her background working as a photographer, producer, casting director, and editor, on commercials and music videos makes her a well-rounded director. She was selected for SHOOT Magazine’s 2018 New Directors Showcase, where a trailer of her short film, WHAT I WISH YOU SAID, screened at the Directors Guild Theater in New York. Her short film MOVEMENT for National Geographic garnered over 1 million views on Facebook, while her short films have screened at La Femme Festival, Nitehawk Shorts Festival, Brand Film Festival, Berlin Fashion Film Festival, while curated online on the Ladies with Lenses Vimeo Channel as well as Film Shortage.

Originally from, and currently living in Los Angeles after a decade of living in New York City, Tiffany Frances attended UCSD for undergraduate in Media with a minor in Theatre, and went to Art Center College of Design for her MFA in Directing.

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