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PBS Short Film Festival 2023
A young land developer returns to his childhood home in the Chinese countryside for the first time in a decade to convince his stubborn father to finally sell the failing family plum orchard. When the two struggle to understand one another, they turn to an old karaoke machine to find a common language.
Kelly Yu is a Swedish-born, New Orleans raised, Chinese-American writer and director. Kelly’s work is driven by a distinct voice and visual style shaped by her experiences navigating three different cultures. Her work is motivated by a deep fascination with finding humanity in the absurd, as well as exploring complex familial relationships and cultural identity often through an "east-meets-west" lens. Kelly holds a B.F.A from the USC School of Cinematic Arts, and is currently in development on her debut feature film, Familyland. Outside of filmmaking, she operates her own production company and provides freelance photo/editing/video production work for nationally recognized clients.
About Louisiana Public Broadcasting
Louisiana Public Broadcasting has been the public television network in the state of Louisiana since 1975, with stations in Alexandria, Baton Rouge, Lafayette, Lake Charles, Monroe and Shreveport. LPB is also affiliated with WLAE-TV, in New Orleans. In addition to producing award-winning documentaries on the history and people of Louisiana, LPB is committed to helping children across the state develop their reading and writing skills as well as math and science skills through its many educational programs.
| Director | Kelly Yu |
| Writer | Kelly Yu |
| Producers | Jean Liu Kelly Yu |
| Co-Producers | Thomas Percy Kim Jonathan Chan |
| Starring | Richard Ouyang Jeff Chen |
| Cinematographer | Philips Shum |
| Production Designer | Yudu Zhang |
| Art Director | Justine Chen |
| Editor | Stephen Pfeil |
| Composer | Andrew Morgan Smith |
| Old Li | Richard Ouyang |
| Xiao Li | Jeff Chen |
| Driver | Yi Han |
| Little Boy | Lancelot Han |
| First Assistant Director | Connor William |
| Second Assistant Director | Caden Hollander |
| Art Director | Justine Ellen Chen |
| Set Director | Wendy Hui |
| Set Dressers | Cassie Greer Jilmil Das Adeline Wang Connie Deng Yukako Fujimori Kirsten Hoang Joey Gutterman |
| Costume & Makeup | Kate Benizan |
| Script Supervisor | Mikayla Davic |
| Camera | Octavio Estrada Raquel Chatfield Taylor |
| Sound Mixer | Alex Bologna |
| Boom Operator | Yukako Fujimori |
| Sound Designer | Kai Scheer |
| Gaffers | Billy Yates Clifton Stommel |
| Best Boy Electric | Charlie McCollum Alex Buysse |
| Key Grip | Jacob Cravens Meza |
| Best Girl Grip | Alexandra Miller |
| Grips | Niel Yang Joshua Lac |
| Production Assistants | Yuwan Ye Yukako Fujimori John Li |
| Photographer | Olivia Corish Joel Yoon |
| Transport | Ben Holtzmuller Mark Vail Daniel Grogan |
| Storyboard | Nhan Le |
| Colorist | Philips Shum |
| VFX Artist | Monte Simard |
| Music Supervisor | Madison Wright |
| Associate Producers | Linh Ho Kevin Liu Edwina Yuan Eugene Suh Tim Kinner Klein Lieu Dani Zeini Tammy Tian Ramin Fathie Dayne Johnson Derek Kolterman |
| Original Production Funders | Tim Kinner And others. A Complete List is Available from PBS. |
| Special Thanks | Jennifer Zhang
Katherine Fu |
Plum Town is a production of Kelly Yu
© 2022. Kelly Yu. All Rights Reserved.
