As Bitter As Sweet
US | 15 min. | Guam Premiere
Drama, Family, Loss, Cultural, Social Issues | GIFF Guide: General Audiences – material suitable for all ages
Synopsis
Two single mothers struggle with the expectations and pressures of motherhood, and conflict arises when one of them develops a deeper bond with the other woman’s child.
Screenings and Awards
2022 Houston Asian American Pacific Islander Film Festival
Finalist – 2021 The Future of Film is Female Short Film Fund
Semi Finalist – 2021 Emerging Screenwriters Shoot Your Short Screenplay Competition
Dorothy Xiao (Writer/Director)
Dorothy’s films have amassed over 600k+ views online and screened at multiple film festivals such as the Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival, Nevada City Film Festival, and the Seattle Asian American Film Festival.
She is an alumnus of the Jubilee Media Fellowship, where she wrote and directed the short film EXPOSURE, which now lives on a Youtube channel with over 3 million subscribers. She also wrote and directed THE OTHER WOMAN, which won third place in the 2015 Asian American Film Lab’s 72 Hour Shootout Competition. Her short film DIVE BAR is currently playing on board as part of Alaska Airlines’ In Flight Entertainment. She is also one of the Directors participating in the 2022 CBS Leadership Pipeline Challenge, a program that promotes local nonprofits through a short film competition.
Website: Dorothy Xiao
Yosilu Chen
Shanai Erdem
Everley Van Houten
Producers: Lailanie Gadia, Dorothy Xiao
Director of Photography: Yahna Harris
Production Designer: Jeana Cho
Editor: Mengyao Mia Zhang
Production Sound Mixer: Margot Padilla
Sound Editor/Re-Recording Mixer: Mia Stewart
Music Composer: Jaimie Pangan
Colorist: Cynthia Chen
Associate Producers: Katherine Aranda, Yosilu Chen
1st Assistant Director: Jillian Cantwell
1nd Assistant Camera: Farrah Su
Key Grip: Daymian Mejia
Gaffer: Megan Lau
Digital Imaging Technician: Diego M. Perilla
Production Assistant: Candace Ho
Funding has been provided to Guam International Film Festival, Inc. from Humanities Guåhan and the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) as part of the federal ARP Act of 2021.