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Unable to return home to attend Grandma’s funeral because of immigration bureaucracy, a young Singaporean girl new to America searches for Grandma’s reincarnation in a pet store turtle.
World premiere at the 2019 Toronto International Film Festival and European premiere at the 2020 Berlinale.
Also at: Dokufest, AFI FEST, Hamburg (Mo&Friese) ISFF, Aspen ShortsFest, Minikino Film Week, Wathann FF, LAAPFF, Buddhist SFF, Olympia IFF, Method FF, Maine IFF, Take One Action FF, Still Voices SFF, Hainan IFF, Singapore IFF
For a curious eight-year-old adjusting to a new life with her parents in America, the passing of her beloved grandmother in Singapore yields first encounters with painful truths about life, death, and cultural dislocation.
