Join filmmaker Olivé for an exclusive opportunity to see a work-in-progress documentary melding slice of life low-fi aesthetics with a colorful inner world explored through animation. Audience members will watch the rough cut of the film and have an opportunity to provide targeted feedback for the filmmaker in an engaging workshop session. It’s a great opportunity for students of cinema and lovers of documentary filmmaking to peek behind the curtain on how a documentary comes together. Olivé will break down the process of applying for grants, fellowships, and the realities of creating an independent documentary.
LIKE FATHER LIKE DAUGHTER
An emotionally clumsy Tongan father and daughter—and her ex-boyfriend who lives with them—spend a year having multilayered conversations and family dinners that reveal if they can accept each other for who they’ve become.
About the Filmmaker:
Olivé (oh-lee-vay) is a Tongan filmmaker from Las Vegas. Having grown up between multiple cultures, and being fluent in English and Japanese herself, she creates stories and films that empathetically question ideas of identity, legacy, and belonging to subvert expectations.
An award-winning writer, editor, and producer, Olivé and her work in both documentary and narrative spaces have been supported by the Emmys, Cannes Docs, Brown Girls Doc Mafia, the Sundance Institute, Pacific Islanders in Communications (PIC), Pasifika Entertainment Advancement Komiti (PEAK), Netflix, and more.