Lonely Blue Night
USA, 15 mins, Digital
An awkward family reunion at a business dinner/karaoke leads a Chinese mother to realize the consequences of leaving her daughter in the care of an American homestay family. Starring Diana Lin (The Farewell).
Writer/Director: Johnson Cheng
Producers: Apoorva Charan, Steve Y. Kim
Director of Photography: Carlo Canlas Mendoza, LPS
Editor: Leo Chan
Production Designer: Yuan Wang
Sound Design: Karen Baker Landers, M.P.S.E.
Cast: Diana Lin, Lydia Zhou, Peter Boon Koh, Jack Wang
Contact: Johnson Cheng, yc3160@columbia.edu
Program C
Film Screenings:
May 5th at 9pm ET
May 12th at 7pm ET
About the Writer/Director
Johnson Cheng’s films have premiered at festivals such as Tribeca (2021, 2017), AFI FEST (Audience Award 2021, Audience Award 2020), Palm Springs (2020, Best Student Film Award 2017), and Toronto. He is a recipient of the HBO APA Visionaries Award and fellowships such as Film Independent’s Project Involve and Film at Lincoln Center’s NYFF Artist Academy. He is repped by WME.
About the Producer
Apoorva Charan is an LA-based writer and producer who was born in Hyderabad, India and raised in Northern California. Charan started her career at FremantleMedia Singapore where she worked on major series including Asia's Got Talent, X Factor Indonesia and Thailand’s Got Talent as a digital producer. Passionate about narrative storytelling, Charan pursued her MFA in Film at Columbia University.
