Recovery

Director’s Statement

“Recovery” is a short film about a Vietnamese American family that is estranged from one another. A grandson returns home to play a virtual reality simulation game with his mentally-ill grandma but he is confronted by his mother who dismisses him and his innovation. Unwilling to give up, he presents his virtual reality simulation to his grandma as they connect to their past and present in an unexpected share experience.

Currently, the world is polarized and divided politically, anti-Asian hate crime is on the rise in America, and the Covid-19 pandemic has left many of us physically and psychologically ill, quarantining at home and having to adapt to virtual technology for work, school, and communication. Recovery not only focus on a Vietnamese American family but the world as a whole that needs to reunite and reconcile through a new lens, “by healing others, we heal ourselves.”

Scot H. Tran - Writer | Director | Creative Producer

Scot H. Tran works in narrative films, commercials, digital contents, documentaries, and music videos. Originally, a fine artist and production designer, Tran has explored all forms of filmmaking as a cinematographer, editor, writer, producer, and director. Tran is a recipient of The Black Rock Arts Foundation Grant, a Cultural Denmark Exchange Fund Grant, a Long Beach City Artist Grant, and a Skowhegan Residency Fellowship.

Byron Qiao - Line Producer

Byron Qiao is an American filmmaker, director, and writer. His debut feature film “Bang Bang” (2011) won a Special Jury Award for Best First Feature Narrative at the Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival. His follow up 2nd feature film is “Las Vegas Story”. He has also directed and written a web series titled “Hollywood Aliens.

Production

Recovery is produced in Los Angeles by The Publik with a diverse cast and crew. The film stars Kieu Chinh, an acclaimed Vietnamese-American actress who played a prominent role in “The Joy Luck Club.” Scott Stokdyk is our VFX supervisor, who is an Oscar winner for his work on the Spiderman Trilogy. Rob Chen is our re-recording mixer who works with 424 post, an Oscar winning post facility in Los Angeles on films such as First They Killed My Father, Venom, The Man Who Knew Infinity, and the Neflix movie Earthquake Bird. Our editor is Theo Cowen, who edited the feature film, We The Kings, where it won Best UK Feature at the 2018 Raindance Film Festival.

Cast

Credits

The director wishes to thank:

Andy Tran, Victoria Tran Sood, Todd Tran, Ben Griffin, Samantha Shada, Jes Vu, Kevin Boston, Azalea Anh Dao, Yen Pham, Phuong Tien, Thy Nguyen, Manish Sood, Chi Vu, Chau Vu, Nguyen Xuan Nghia, Majush James, Bui Cong Anh, Nguyen Thi Xuan Trang, Rommel Diaz, Nico Rosario, Nancy Kelly, and Rachel Boyajian.