Anne Hu is an NYC-based, Taiwanese American, award-winning director, writer, actress, and editor in narrative film and TV. She
completed Netflix's first Original Series Directors Development Program in 2022. Her previous short “Cake” was accepted into 38 festivals, earned 9 awards, and was featured in The Washington Post. “Lunchbox” has already screened in a number of festivals in the US, winning awards from Cleveland International, DisOrient Asian American Film Festival of Oregon and Cinena Columbus.
“Lunchbox” is screening at New Filmmakers Los Angeles
The narrative unfolds in a number of axes, with one taking place in the present and the rest in the past. Using her deceased immigrant mother's recipe book, Taiwanese American Shirley makes zongzi, turnip cake, and hand-cut noodles. Each meal evokes a different memory from her childhood, all of which are quite negative though. The first one reminds her of going to elementary school and the kids making fun...
completed Netflix's first Original Series Directors Development Program in 2022. Her previous short “Cake” was accepted into 38 festivals, earned 9 awards, and was featured in The Washington Post. “Lunchbox” has already screened in a number of festivals in the US, winning awards from Cleveland International, DisOrient Asian American Film Festival of Oregon and Cinena Columbus.
“Lunchbox” is screening at New Filmmakers Los Angeles
The narrative unfolds in a number of axes, with one taking place in the present and the rest in the past. Using her deceased immigrant mother's recipe book, Taiwanese American Shirley makes zongzi, turnip cake, and hand-cut noodles. Each meal evokes a different memory from her childhood, all of which are quite negative though. The first one reminds her of going to elementary school and the kids making fun...
- 5/17/2023
- by Panos Kotzathanasis
- AsianMoviePulse
Also out this weekend: ’Decision To Leave’ and ‘The Gravedigger’s Wife’.
Warner Bros’ Black Adam is this weekend’s widest UK-Ireland release, playing at 664 sites.
Spanish filmmaker Jaume Collet-Serra reunites with Jungle Cruise star Dwayne Johnson for this latest outing from the DC Extended Universe, that follows a Middle Eastern slave who is transformed into a god, with Sarah Shahi, Aldis Hodge, Noah Centineo and Pierce Brosnan also starring.
DC’s 2022 releases kicked off with The Batman in March, a record wide release for Warner Bros, playing at 709 locations. It took £13.5m in its opening weekend. DC League Of Super-pets...
Warner Bros’ Black Adam is this weekend’s widest UK-Ireland release, playing at 664 sites.
Spanish filmmaker Jaume Collet-Serra reunites with Jungle Cruise star Dwayne Johnson for this latest outing from the DC Extended Universe, that follows a Middle Eastern slave who is transformed into a god, with Sarah Shahi, Aldis Hodge, Noah Centineo and Pierce Brosnan also starring.
DC’s 2022 releases kicked off with The Batman in March, a record wide release for Warner Bros, playing at 709 locations. It took £13.5m in its opening weekend. DC League Of Super-pets...
- 10/21/2022
- by Mona Tabbara
- ScreenDaily
The story of a disadvantaged girl and the mother who never gives up on her, Ann Hu’s Confetti is a heart-warming but initially rather ordinary sort of film which transforms into something much more interesting as a result of a revelation halfway through. It’s a very personal film for the director and it’s a film with a mission, a US production with a clear eye on the Chinese market which hopes to change the way that the Chinese government approaches education.
Meimei (Harmonie He) is a bright child determined to get off to a good start on her first day at school. Her mother, Chen Lan (Zhu Zhu) is a cleaner at the school and can’t resist a peek through the classroom window, nervous as most parents are in that situation. Sadly, in this case her nerves are justified. Meimei claims that she understands the words written on the board,...
Meimei (Harmonie He) is a bright child determined to get off to a good start on her first day at school. Her mother, Chen Lan (Zhu Zhu) is a cleaner at the school and can’t resist a peek through the classroom window, nervous as most parents are in that situation. Sadly, in this case her nerves are justified. Meimei claims that she understands the words written on the board,...
- 10/20/2022
- by Jennie Kermode
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
Heartfelt, gently moving drama inspired by director Ann Hu’s own experiences, will resonate with any parent who has had to advocate for their child
Any parent who has had to advocate for their child will find something to relate to in Chinese-American director Ann Hu’s well-intentioned and gently moving drama. It’s loosely inspired by her own experiences raising a dyslexic daughter, fictionalised here into the story of an illiterate woman who goes to the ends of the earth – at least that’s how it feels – in emigrating from China to New York to get specialist educational support for her seven-year-old.
The acting is patchy in places, but Harmonie He marches away with the movie with a lively performance as sunny little Meimei, who is unable to read or write at school in China. Just before Meimei is expelled (“not normal” is the headteacher’s verdict), a visiting American teacher,...
Any parent who has had to advocate for their child will find something to relate to in Chinese-American director Ann Hu’s well-intentioned and gently moving drama. It’s loosely inspired by her own experiences raising a dyslexic daughter, fictionalised here into the story of an illiterate woman who goes to the ends of the earth – at least that’s how it feels – in emigrating from China to New York to get specialist educational support for her seven-year-old.
The acting is patchy in places, but Harmonie He marches away with the movie with a lively performance as sunny little Meimei, who is unable to read or write at school in China. Just before Meimei is expelled (“not normal” is the headteacher’s verdict), a visiting American teacher,...
- 10/19/2022
- by Cath Clarke
- The Guardian - Film News
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