Description

Ann, an overweight Thai-American teen, dreads her impending arranged engagement. She runs away to attend the local cosplay con at her favorite comic book store. Along the way, she battles her insecurity and villainous school bullies, while preparing for the final battle against her most powerful nemesis — her mother.

Director's Bio

Christine T. Berg was born in Bangkok, raised as an army brat in Germany, and served eight years as a Russian linguist/Blackhawk helicopter crewmember in the American army. WONDER BUFFALO: THE VR EXPERIENCE was a finalist in the Television Academy’s new juried Emmy category for 2017 – Innovation In Interactive Programming. Netflix acquired BURNING SANDS, co-written by Christine, as one of its first Netflix Original features which premiered at Sundance 2017.

Credits

Director: Christine T. Berg
Writer: Christine T. Berg, Simon Shterenberg
Producer: Drew Diamond
Executive Producer: Erik Weaver
Director of Photography: Jon Keng
Editor: Amy Reynolds
Composer: Robert Lydecker
Cast: Vera Charoenying, Atif Hashwi, Katherine Kampko

Plays in

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   My So-Called Adolescence

   Shorts Programs / 117 mins

   We are resilient, stubborn, and reckless. We are sensitive, hesitant, and confused. We live in our own worlds but try to break into others’. As we come across each other in this bittersweet symphony called youth, we slowly stumble into the bewildering future together. - Lanca Li

   In This Program: CYPHER, FUNDAMENTAL, LIONS IN WAITING, MISS WORLD, POMMEL, WONDER BUFFALO, YASAMIN

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