CREDITS
Director/Writer
Alex Chu
Producer
Michelle Ang
Producer
Michael G. Gray
Editor
Peter Roberts
Animation Director
Natalya Serebrennikova
Cinematographer
irvin Liu
Production Deisgner
Ester Song Kim
FOR IZZY
FOR IZZY
SYNOPSIS
When a recovering lesbian photojournalist and her mother move next door to an autistic young woman and her father, the lines of friendship and family dissolve as they each find the courage to overcome old patterns and self-destructive behavior. The clever mixed media approach using in-character interviews, animated sequences, and found footage tells a sweet, empowering story through a refreshingly unique Asian-American lens.
DIRECTOR'S BIO
Raised in Libya, Alex has lived across Asia, Canada and the US. His most recent film FOR IZZY premiered at the 17th Ashland Independent Film Festival, where it won the Varsity Audience Award for best feature, as well as winning the Grand Jury Prize at the 34th Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival. His previous works include the Asian-American feature YES, AND…, as well
as the short film FORTUNE COOKIE MAGIC TRICKS, a gay zombie martial arts musical and the Wall Street short drama THE EQUITY PARTNERS. Outside of filmmaking, he is an activist, most recently as Committee Chair for Digital Media at the March For Science LA. He
graduated with a BA from Queen’s University and an MBA from the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania.
CLOSING FEATURE
2018 / USA / 84 minutes
Narrative Feature / English and Cantonese (English subtitles)
presented by:
Visual Communications
LACFF
