When your mom decides to try online dating for the first time | A Chinese American story

08/22/24: See my new film, Three Bows here! https://youtu.be/w0QcGCPhnVo?si=WyRe30349Bqu3g91 Discover Year of the Rat, an award-winning short film starring Lee Chen from Disney+'s "American Born Chinese." An uplifting Asian American story exploring family and connection in the digital age, Year of the Rat is a hilarious, heartwarming, and genuinely moving movie that will have you laugh out loud, shed a tear, and maybe... Even call your mom. "Yearning for companionship but failing to connect with her American born daughter, a lonely middle-aged Chinese American immigrant turns to the unlikely world... Of online dating." A festival favorite, Year of the Rat premiered to audiences at the 2022 Hawai’i International Film Festival, went on the Chinese American Film Festival where it received a Golden Angel Award, and played at DisOrient 2023 as well as the 2023 Silicon Valley Asian Pacific Film Festival. WATCH TRAILER: https://youtu.be/yuS7eu5CXcs LEARN MORE: https://www.yearoftheratmovie.com Dear friend, Thanks for taking the time to check out our film. It was independently made by a group of dedicated AAPI filmmakers passionate about telling stories from a place of openness and humor. In a landscape overflowing with choices, it means a lot that you're giving our film a chance. Making a film such as this is a tremendous labor of love, energy, and money. Consider subscribing, or if you really enjoyed this film, buying me a "coffee" so that I can continue to make more films, or visiting my print shop to purchase one of my prints. https://www.buymeacoffee.com/rickyqi https://www.rickyqiprints.com/ -Ricky Qi (Writer & Director, https://www.rickyqi.com) Year of the Rat Starring: Lee Chen (Good Trouble, American Born Chinese) Written and Directed by: Ricky Qi (https://www.rickyqi.com) Full Cast & Crew: (https://www.yearoftheratmovie.com/who-made-this-film) Contact: Rickyqi@gmail.com Trailer: https://youtu.be/yuS7eu5CXcs