Show Notes
Welcome Back, Indie Film Lovers!
Shane Chung made “Check Please”, a FI-LA 2026 Official Selection that impressed our jurors, winning it:
🏆 Grand Jury Award for Best Director – Short Film to Shane Chung
🏆 Filmmakers Award for Outstanding Short Film – Comedy
Shane Chung is a Korean-American filmmaker who enjoys challenging mainstream narratives around Asians and Trojan-Horsing thorny emotions and complex topics into genre films. I certainly hope that you enjoy listening to our conversation as much as we enjoyed recording it!
Shane Chung’s links:
Click here for the Shane’s Website
Click here for the Shane’s Instagram
Click here for the Check Please Trailer
Click here for the Check Please Instagram
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