CASTING NOTICE:

We are still in search of 2 key roles for the short film, Lunchbox, written, directed and starring Anne Hu.

Deadline has been extended to 10/3 Sunday evening.

Chinluan (age 40-55)

East Asian female. Must speak Mandarin with a Taiwanese accent. A Taiwanese immigrant who struggles with understanding the English language, white American culture, and her Taiwanese American daughter.

Filming dates: 10/16-10/18

June (age 5-7)

Half East Asian, Half Caucasian female. Speaks Mandarin (beginners welcome, only need to speak 1-2 lines). A sweet, half-Taiwanese half-white kindergartener, who loves her mother and her mother’s cooking. She loves school and getting tucked into bed by her mother.

Filming date: 10/19 OR 10/20

Open to professional and non-professional actors! This is a paid position.

Submit a photo/headshot, resume, reel/acting samples, and self-tape of sides.

Please email lunchboxthefilm@gmail.com for sides for self-tape. Submissions open until October 1, 2021.

Logline
When a Taiwanese American woman prepares lunches from her childhood, she struggles to forgive herself for pushing away her immigrant mother.

Synopsis
Lunchbox is a dramatic, three-part, coming-of-age short about regret, healing, and honoring the people we love. Using her deceased immigrant mother’s recipe book, Taiwanese American Shirley makes zongzi, turnip cake, and hand-pulled noodles. As she cooks, each dish evokes a childhood memory in which she grows progressively older and more distant from her Taiwanese culture and mother. When Shirley’s assimilation efforts culminate in her election to the Homecoming Court, a mistake by Shirley’s mother humiliates her, eliciting cruel words Shirley can never take back. Based on a true story, this retelling examines the personal cost of fitting in as well as the recovery from cultural and familial loss.

Jessie Ng

Production Manager