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| Title | FINDING JIA |
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| Country | Australia |
| Production Year | 2024 |
| Movie Length | 13' 4'' |
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| Editor | |
| Production Designer | Maya Coombs |
| Costume Designer | Anita Seiler |
| Makeup | Tracy Phillpot |
| Music | Satomi Oinishi |
| Produced by | Maisie Fabry |
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FINDING JIA
Mei, an 8-years-old immigrant yearns for the type of life she sees on TV. A life that resembles the Western way of living that is so often played on her television.
Director's Bio
Alice Yang is an award-winning filmmaker having produced & directed many of her own short films, several of which have been officially selected in multiple film festivals like St Kilda and Antenna. In 2021, her documentary, MY BA won the AIDC Best Documentary award at the South Australian Screen Awards and was also nominated for Best Editing, Best Student Production & the Carclew Young Filmmaker award. In 2022, she won Best Directing at Fleurieu FF. She has been selected for competitive skill development programs like Mercury CX’s Springboard and AFTRS talent camp (in both State & Nationals) – from which she has gone on to become the recipient of the Quicksilver as well as the AFTRS production fund for her short film ‘Finding Jia’ currently in post-production.
She brings her multifaceted skill set to Beyond Content, an award-winning Creative Content Agency in her role as a Director/Editor. Her more notable work includes her role as editor for the ABC documentary, THE SILENT WORLD OF BARRY PRIORI which has gone on to compete in some of the top international documentary festivals.
