Precedes the feature film AFTER LOVE
From award-winning directors Kadi Tsang and Katusha Jin in collaboration with Cannes-nominated cinematographer Michael (Zhejian) Cong, and starring Miss Hong Kong 2008, comes Bruce— an intimate portrait of an immigrant mother from Hong Kong. Funded by the New York State CACF AAPI Community Fund and New York City non-profit organization MAES, and sponsored by Bruce Lee Foundation, the short film is about the Asian immigrant experience of a widow, grieving the loss of her husband whilst wrestling with loneliness and cultural disconnection and navigating life’s uncertainties in New York with her young daughter. Bruce is about an Asian immigrant from Hong Kong who struggles to find her identity and purpose after her husband passes away. She feels alone in a foreign country, siloed away from society and emotionally disconnected from her young daughter. This film examines the mindset of an immigrant and an immigrant’s experience, as her hopes and reality are mismatched. It looks at how loss has affected her, her loneliness, and her fears as a middle-aged widowed mother. When she realizes that her daughter’s definition of home differs to hers, she’s forced to question and rethink what “home” truly means to her, leading her to remember that there’s more to her identity than just being an immigrant or a mother.