A Chinese immigrant mother is challenged to finally think of her own wants and needs. She reluctantly agrees to navigate the world of online dating apps with the help of her daughter. Through the experience, mother and daughter begin to break through the unyielding emotional wall quarantining parent from child.

This film was a finalist for the 2019 HBO APA Visionaries Short Film Competition, and premiered at the 2019 Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival.

Julie Zhan

Julie Zhan stands at a daunting 5’1¾”, an unabashed double walking contradiction: Type-A-procrastinator-perfectionist-artist. She is an actress, filmmaker, and dancer born and raised in Guangzhou, China. Her work spans the small screen (NCIS: LOS ANGELES, THE RESIDENT, GRANDFATHERED, PRETTY LITTLE LIARS, WISDOM OF THE CROWD), big screen (COMFORT), and stage (ABC TALENT SHOWCASE). In the digital and streaming sphere, Zhan’s work has been viewed over 115 million times (Walmart’s WIZARD SCHOOL DROPOUT, Wong Fu’s YAPPIE, Smosh, Fullscreen). Her film ZOETIC was a finalist for the HBO APA Visionaries competition. Zhan is also an impassioned advocate for diverse representation in the media and thoroughly fascinated by the new and boundless opportunities created in the digital universe, which she explores as the Producer of the New York Times-featured documentary, UPLOADED: THE ASIAN AMERICAN MOVEMENT.