2024
Finding Jia
Watching TV from the back of her parent’s store, 8-year-old Mei yearns for the picture of Australian home life she sees on screen.
Director
Alice Yang
Runtime
13 Minutes
Country
Australia
Classification
All Ages
Discontented Mei lives with her family in the office behind their shop, reciting her times-tables and arguing with her parents. All she wants is a life more like the one she sees on television, until her mum confiscates the TV set.
Screening with Made in SA shorts:
Boy On Fire (Alies Sluiter)
Graduation (Madeleine Parry)
The Hitcher (Henry Reimer Meaney)
Mars Futures (Hannah Moore)
Strega (Tiah Trimboli)
Wishes (Ana-Maria Méndez Salgado)
Screening with Made in SA shorts:
Boy On Fire (Alies Sluiter)
Graduation (Madeleine Parry)
The Hitcher (Henry Reimer Meaney)
Mars Futures (Hannah Moore)
Strega (Tiah Trimboli)
Wishes (Ana-Maria Méndez Salgado)
Film Credits
Director
Alice Yang
Year
2024
Country
Australia
Language
Chinese & English
Subtitles
English
Type
Fiction & Short
Program Strand
Shorts
Producer
Maisie Fabry
Writer
Alice Yang
Genre
Coming of Age & Family
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