RECOLLECTORS

Languages and dialects are rapidly dying as globalization makes English the dominant language. Blake, a language archivist, is assigned to the case of Sam, a Chinese speaker whose brain tumor is deteriorating her memory. While Sam confronts the potential loss of her culture and history, Blake is forced to mourn a history that never belonged to her at all. Together, they work to determine what’s truly worth remembering.

Credits
Writer: Brian Dang and Ran Ran Wang
Producer: April S. Chang and Vicki Syal
Executive Producer: Stephen J. Seminack
Director of Photography: Zoë Simone-Yi and Konstantin Lyubimov
Editor: Sam Zarrin
Production Designer: Helen Morales
Composer: Jina An
Sound Designer: Kai Scheer
Music: Jina An

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Can I Borrow a Feeling?

As long as we’ve been telling stories, tales of longing have been part of the human ethos. They are no stranger to any medium, let alone cinema. Plots and characters change, but the sentiment is always the same and always relevant. Yet, just as in life, longing is never the end of the story. Comfort, connection, or a revelation emerge in unexpected ways—through new companions, within our families and friends, the language we share, or even a new hairdo.