An estranged grandson returns home to play a virtual reality simulation game with his mentally-ill grandmother as they connect to their past and present in an unexpected share experience. The film stars Kieu Chinh, an acclaimed Vietnamese-American actress who played a prominent role in The Joy Luck Club. Scott Stokdyk is our VFX supervisor, who is an Oscar winner for his work on the Spiderman Trilogy, Valerian, The Fifth Elements, Broken Arrow, Titanic, and many others. Rob Chen is our re-recording mixer who works with 424 post, an Oscar winning post facility in Los Angeles on films such as First They Killed My Father, Venom, The Man Who Knew Infinity, and the Neflix movie Earthquake Bird. Our editor is Theo Cowen, who edited the feature film, We The Kings, where it won Best UK Feature at the 2018 Raindance Film Festival. Our music composer is David Saunder who scored Gun Shy, starring Antonio Banderas and Olga Kurylenko, directed by Simon West. Our production crew is a diverse group of filmmakers of all races and genders that made the project possible. https://www.thepublik.net/recovery Category: Short film Genre: Drama Running Time: 11:12’ Aspect Ratio: 1 : 2.39 Screening Formats: 2K DCP, ProRes Sound: Stereo Shot on Arri Alexa 24p, original format 2K Language: Vietnamese, English Subtitle: English Cast: Kieu Chinh, Paul Yen, Jamie Tran, & Hao Do Writer & Director: Scot H. Tran Producers: Scot H. Tran & Byron Qiao Cinematographer: Nathaniel Regier Production Designer: Emily Peters Film Editor: Theo Cowen Costume Designer: Lucy Song Original Music: David M. Saunders Art Director: Javier Del Rio Unit Production Manager: Beate Piecha 1st Assistant Director: Ryan N. Taylor Hair & Makeup: Diana Makhshikyan Set Dresser: Omar Martin Script Supervisor: Juliet Truong Location Site Rep: Kitty Ceppi Script Consultant: Pilar Alessandra Gaffer: Drew Stahelin Key Grip: Justin Schultz 1st Assistant Camera: Philip Hoang 2nd Assistant Camera: Ashley Langley Camera PA: Alex Choy DIT: Hannah Kim Production Sound Mixer: Juan Pablo Moreu Sound Designer: Alex Knickerbocker Re-recording Mixer: Robert Chen Visual Effect Supervisor: Scott Stokdyk 3d Artist: Roy Dadivas Roto Artist: Marguarite Patricia Garcia Colorist: Ryan Mcneal Art Department Assistant: Elena Romanovskaya Art Department Assistant: Paris O’Kelly Production Assistant: Nicholas Barreras Production Assistant: Andrew Hanks Production Assistant: Jimmy Chang Production Assistant: Angelo Mike Intern: Avery Trinh Tran Translator: Angie Tien Tran Still Photographer: Vicky Delumen The director wish to thank: Andy Tran, Victoria Tran Sood, Todd Tran, Ben Griffin, Samantha Shada, Jes Vu, Kevin Boston, Azalea Anh Dao, Yen Pham, Phuong Tien, Thy Nguyen, Manish Sood, Chi Vu, Chau Vu, Nguyen Xuan Nghia, Majush James, Bui Cong Anh, Nguyen Thi Xuan Trang, Rommel Diaz, Nico Rosario, Nancy Kelly, and Rachel Boyajian.
