The short film Lunchbox, written, directed and starring Anne Hu, is seeking to fill a lead role of 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.

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.

Filming dates: 10/16-10/18