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    Valley

    Directed by Allan Zhang Tran
    USA | 21 minutes |

Two childhood friends ditch school during their senior year. What starts as a day of teenage frivolity ends with them making sense of their waning days, and friendship, in California's San Gabriel Valley.

In competition for Best U.S. Short.

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Director: Allan Zhang Tran
Producers: Matthew P. Higgins, Michelle Okawa
Screenwriter: Allan Zhang Tran
Cinematographers: Sonny Wong
Music: Nicholas Shaffer, Aaron Powell aka Fog Lake
Cast: Bloom Li, Ray Yamamoto, Michelle Park, Gloria Ho, Jocelyn May
Country: USA
Language: in English, Cantonese and Mandarin with English subtitles
Year: 2020
Running Time: 21 minutes
Awards: Best Narrative Short, DisOrient Asian American Film Festival of Oregon; Best Actor (Ray Yamamoto), Asians on Film Festival of Shorts; Filmmakers Award: Outstanding Short Film, Sherman Oaks Film Festival; Filmmakers Award: Outstanding Acting - Cast, Sherman Oaks Film Festival
Contact Email: alztran37@gmail.com

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