CAST
FRANCESCA KEAHOLA – GRACE SHEN
Grace Shen is a Los Angeles based actress who was born in Hong Kong and raised in Vancouver, British Columbia. She has worked in theater, film, and television. Recently, Grace played An Mei Hsu in the stage production of The Joy Luck Club at the Sierra Madre Playhouse, which was directed by prestigious East West Players emeritus artistic director Tim Dang. This production garnered her a nomination for Featured Actress in a Play at the 2019 Broadway World Regional Awards. Grace has also appeared in the multi-award-winning short film Monday, directed by Dinh Thai (Amazon); the feature film All About Nina, directed by Eva Vives (Netflix) with Mary Elizabeth Winstead and Common, which premiered at Tribeca in 2018. Her television credits includes This Is Us, Grey’s Anatomy, and The Young and the Restless. Grace plays the matriarch in the award winning dramedy Web series Three Chen Sisters, which will soon premiere on Twisted Mirror TV.
young FRANCESCA – GRACE CHIM
Originally from Indonesia and Singapore, Grace Chim is a graduate of the American Academy of Dramatic Arts. Since graduation she has worked in several short films, TV commercials and stage plays. She has acted in films made in NY/internationally. Some of her TV/Film credits include Neighbours, I, Portrait, and Aku Atau Dia?. Recent stage acting credits include Lady Obscura with the New Circle Theater Company and Little Mermaid with the Alpha Theater Company.
BETTY PARK – RUMI OYAMA
Rumi Oyama is originally from Japan, where she performed in Disney’s The Lion King for several years before relocating to the United States to further her acting career. In 2018, she appeared in the feature film Running for Grace as Miss Hanabusa playing opposite Matt Dillion and Jim Caviezel, and she is among the original cast members of Broadway’s Allegiance, in which she played Mrs. Tanaka. She choreographed and performed in the off-Broadway musical Sayonara in 2015 and received the Fred and Adele Astaire Award for Outstanding Female Dancer.
Divina Keahola – Yuyu Kitamura
Comfort Woman 1 – Xingrong Chen
Comfort Woman 2 – Isabelle Hou
Comfort Woman 3 – Jennifer Dong
Comfort Woman 4 – Mina Skyler
Comfort Woman 5 – Hyunju Yang
Comfort Woman 6 – Lia Schaffner
Comfort Woman 7 – Tracy Zhang
Comfort Woman 8 – Yiqing Zhao
Former Comfort Woman 1 – Gerri Yoshida
Former Comfort Woman 2 – Cynthia Tombros
Former Comfort Woman 3 – Aiyoung Cho
Former Comfort Woman 4 – JulieAnn Bornales
Japanese Officer – Jinglei Xiao
Japanese Officer – King Victoree
Japanese Soldier 1 – Philippe Garcesto
Japanese Soldier 2 – Victor Chen
Japanese Soldier 3 – Michael Lazarus
Japanese Soldier 4 – Albert Chang
Japanese soldier 5 – Takanari Ebisu
Japanese Soldier 6 – Denny Chen
Japanese Soldier 7 – Alan Lam
Japanese Soldier 8 – Henry Ling
Red Cross Drill Nurse – Valerie Shyokina
Red Cross Drill Nurse – Alexandra Echavarri
Red Cross Volunteer 1 – Gema Interiano
Red Cross Volunteer 2 – Annie Winneg
Red Cross Volunteer 3 – Jasmine Lindholm
Red Cross Volunteer 4 – Sophia Rumbea
Red Cross Volunteer 5 – Laura Mehl
Red Cross Volunteer 6 – Pheobe Minardi
Red Cross Volunteer 7 – Nina Celedonio
Red Cross Volunteer 8 – Pauline Newman
Red Cross Volunteer 9 – Meghan Martin
Red Cross Volunteer 10 – Mallory Astrow
Red Cross Volunteer 11 – Dana DeWire
Red Cross Volunteer 12 – Laura Vivo
Red Cross Volunteer 13 – Dori Levit
Red Cross Nurse – Imogen Whist
Red Cross Nurse – Ashlie Burgun
Red Cross Doctor – Philip Macaluso
Red Cross Doctor – Christopher Esmeraldo
Wounded Solider 1 – Matthew Gochman
Wounded Soldier 2 – Junhyeong Im
Wounded Soldier 3 – Robert Caudy
Wounded Soldier 4 – Leighton Carcha
Wounded Soldier 5 – Thomas Walsh
Wounded Soldier 6 – Patrick Brancato
Wounded Soldier 7 – Richard Trujillo
Wounded Soldier 8 – Edward Brence
Wounded Soldier 9 – Prabdeep Gill
Wounded Soldier 10 – Tim Bacskai
Wounded Soldier 11 – Anthony Ferrara
Wounded Soldier 12 – Nick Vogl
Wounded Soldier 13 – Brandon Beach
Wounded Soldier 14 – Henardo Rodriguez
Wounded Soldier 15 – Kane Trujillo
Wounded Soldier 16 – Leo Maniscalchi
Wounded Soldier 17 – Kochatom Boonmark
UN Protestor 1 – Shao Chin
UN Protestor 2 – Yee Chiu
UN Protestor 3 – Xiao Fu
UN Protestor 4 – Joann Rowland
UN Protestor 5 – Irina Shin
UN Protestor 6 – Nan Choy
UN Protestor 7 – Ji Wang Nosek
UN Protestor 8 – Ai Zhou
UN Protestor 9 – Meixin Chen
UN Protestor 10 – Rong Chen
UN Protestor 11 – Serina Chiu
UN Protestor 12 – Christine Choi
UN Protestor 13 – Elaine Chou
UN Protestor 14 – Gloria Chun
UN Protestor 15 – Candance Fung
UN Protestor 16 – Elizabeth Lee
UN Protestor 17 – Jiayi Luo
UN Protestor 18 – Yuqi Luo
UN Protestor 19 – Judith Moy
UN Protestor 20 – Nancy Nguyen
UN Protestor 21 – Ivy Pei
UN Protestor 22 – Jennifer Pino
UN Protestor 23 – Laura Seisembay
UN Protestor 24 – Arisa Wada
UN Protestor 25 – Joon Yasue
UN Protestor 26 – Mengyi Zhang
UN Protestor 27 – Wailin Zhao
UN Protestor 28 – Yan Ting Zheng
UN Protestor 29 – Alexandra Clear
UN Protestor 30 – Cherry Fu
UN Protestor 31 – Clark Ng
Cameraperson – Jerry Nogueras
CREW
SEAYOON JEONG (WRITER & DIRECTOR & PRODUCER)
Seayoon Jeong is a New York based producer, director, and writer. Seayoon has produced dozens of short films, including Broken Badge, executive produced by Academy Award nominated Michael Houseman (Gangs of New York, Brokeback Mountain). She has worked with award-winning independent filmmakers as associate producer to help finance their feature film projects, including Kilo Two Bravo (nominee for Outstanding Debut by a British Writer, Director or Producer at the BAFTA Awards), and Growing Up Smith (Audience Award winner at the Woodstock Film Festival).
Since Seayoon has put more focus on her writing and directing, she has directed several awarding-winning short films. Her current directorial short film project, Breaking the Silence, has won more than fifty awards at dozens of film festivals, and is now available on streaming services such as Tubi and Xumo. Seayoon is currently developing Breaking the Silence as a full-length feature, and she was recently accepted to a writer’s residency at the Writer’s Colony at Dairy Hollow with the project’s feature screenplay.
ROBERT CAUDY (PRODUCER)
After spending 15 years on Wall Street with the likes of Merrill Lynch, Morgan Stanley, and J.P. Morgan, Rob Caudy left the financial industry to pursue his love of film. Since 2011, Rob has written, produced, and directed several award-winning projects.
Rob went to Columbia University in New York for his undergraduate degree and received his MBA from the University of Maryland. He later went on to film school, also at Columbia University in New York, where he received his MFA in Screenwriting. Rob and his wife, Jennifer, were born, raised, and still reside in the Hudson Valley region of New York.
GEMA INTERIANO (PRODUCER)
Gema Interiano is an independent film, TV, video producer and editor splitting her time between Los Angeles, California and New York City. As a producer, she has produced festival award winning films and has worked with the production teams of shows distributed by studios and platforms like Netflix, NBC, FOX, CBS and ABC. As an editor, she has cut music documentaries, specials and other content that has aired on networks such as CBS, PBS, DisneyXD and TCM UK.
Gema is originally from Guatemala City, Guatemala; a nature rich country with social inequalities which has influenced her to work on projects following environmental, cultural and social issues.
SERGEI KRASIKOV (CONSULTING PRODUCER)
Born in Belarus, Sergei Krasikov began his storytelling career as a journalist for his nation’s largest independent newspaper, which has since been crushed by the regime. Upon moving to the United States in 2000, Sergei apprenticed to German filmmaker Karola Ritter, a regular contributor to Maysles and Pennebecker films, and worked extensively with civil rights legend Bob Zellner. Upon setting up shop in Brooklyn in 2004, Sergei became a full-time independent filmmaker concentrating on producing challenging documentary and narrative films and non-fiction cinematography, as well as regular collaborations with dance and theater groups, conceptual video artists, and performers. Most of Sergei’s creative interests are at the intersection of the environment, social justice, and art.
His recent projects include Saturday Night for director James Franco and Bigger Than the Beatles by Charles Krezell. Sergei is working on the release of Cultures of Resistance. This travelogue documentary, which was directed by Iara Lee and shot in 26 countries, explores art’s power to address violence and social injustice. Sergei is also finishing a feature documentary, Bloom City, and developing a narrative script with Ukrainian-born director Bohdana Smyrnova, a recent winner of the exclusive Cannes Film Festival script writing residency program.
SEAN DALY (DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY)
Sean Daly is a cinematographer who divides his time between Los Angeles and New York. He graduated from The Los Angeles Film School and is best known for his work as the director of photography for multiple short films, including Angel without Wings and Safe House, as well as the feature length film Life in Parallel, live television and e-sports productions such as Oprah: Where are They Now? and Overwatch League, and feature-length concert film The Dream concert: Live from the Great Pyramids of Egypt.
Co-written by Sandra Philip
Executive produced by Young Kyo Jeong
Executive produced by Miki Nam
Production Designer: Yuki Nakamura
Editor: Frank Reynolds
Costume Designer: Phoebe Minardi
Casting Director: Adrienne Stern
Production Coordinator: Andrea Tangelo
1st Assistant Director: Chris Miller
2nd Assistant Director: Kahley Rowell
Script Supervisor: Carleton King
Production Assistant: Leo Maniscalchi
Production Assistant: Brendan McCann
Production Assistant: Sara Abassi
Production Assistant: Anh Vu
Production Assistant: Alexandra Echavarri
Set Photographer: Sara Abassi
Storyboard Artist: Tony Santo
1st Assistant Camera: Gabe Williams
1st Assistant Camera: Bets Wilkins
1st Assistant Camera: JC Quiroz
1st Assistant Camera: Marina King
2nd Assistant Camera: Gabe Williams
DIT: Ryan Shaw
Focus Puller: Bets Wilkins
Focus Pullers: Marina King
Set Decorator: James Dunn
Assistant Set decorator: Alexander Korpi
Assistant Set decorator: Jourdan Pita
Assistant Set decorator: CJ Farmer
Prop Master: Anna Kendall
Prop Master: Seayoon Jeong
Carpenter: Joseph Errante
Graphics: Anna Kendall
Casting Assistant: Stephanie Percoco
Extra Casting: Chad Krementz
Extra Coordinator: Lauren Glennon
Stunt Coordinator: Corey Pierno
Stunt Coordinator: Travis Stanton
Gaffer: Danny Maldonado
Best Boy: Jorge Urbaez
Electric: Frankie Blanco
Key Grip: Braulio Moz
Genny Operator: Sal Jimenez
Wardrobe Assistant: Pete Ascolese
Tailor: Talla Designs
Key Hair & Makeup: Alan Rowe Kelly
FX Makeup: Alan Rowe Kelly
Hair & Makeup: Fabiana Graziani
Hair & Makeup: Caroline Merejo
Hair & Makeup: Sabi Nunez
Hair & Makeup: Sabi Nunez
Sound Mixer: Dolmar Pedro
Sound Mixer: Carlos Rodriguez
Boom Operator: Carlos Rodriguez
Location Assistant: Michael Perry
Location Assistant: Edward Carroll
Picture Car Wrangler: Joe Craig
Picture Car Coordinator: Gena Navaro
Transportation Coordinator: Anh Vu
Catering Coordinator: Gema Interiano
Catering Coordinator: Andrea Tangelo
Catering: Leo Maniscalchi
Catering: Corporate Caterers
Catering: Casa Cubana Catering
Catering: El Sabor Tropical
Music Supervisor: Brady Hearn
Music Editor: Max Bravermann
Sound Designer: Torin Geller
Sound Designer: Hayley Livingston
Assistant Sound Designer: Andrew Pertes
Dialogue Editor: Paddy Hanlon
Foley Consultant: Cynthia Leigh Heim
Sound Mixer: Torin Geller
Sound Mixer: Hayley Livingston
Audio Post Producer: Alex Berner-Coe
Audio Post Executive Producer: Kira Macknight
Audio Post Facility: One Thousand Birds
VFX Artist: John Budion
Motion Graphics: Kathryn Thomson
Colorist: Chris DiBerardino