What Do We Call This?
Synopsis: After the sudden death of her husband, Julia is left a single mother and forms an unexpected kinship with the only other person who can truly understand her grief.
Festival Run:
Academy Award Qualifying - Hawaii International Film Festival & Palm Springs ShortFest
Indie Memphis Film Festival
Written and Directed by: Anna Mikami * Producer: Tony Yang * Cinematographer: Barbie Leung
Director Bio
Anna Mikami (SAG-AFTRA) is a bicoastal Japanese/Chinese filmmaker. She speaks Mandarin, Cantonese, Japanese and English.
She grew up in equal parts Hong Kong and Tokyo before attending NYU Tisch for her BFA. Her most personal short, ‘Clique Bait’ won her the opportunity to direct her fully-funded first feature, ‘Souvenirs’, which was recently acquired by Lifetime (A+E Networks).
Her feature, Nostalgia, was a semi-finalist for Outfest’s 2022 Screenwriting Labs & her short, ‘What Do We Call This?’, was a semi-finalist for HollyShorts 2022 competition.
It is her mission to continue telling complicated and nuanced narratives featuring Asian women.
She is managed by Invictus Entertainment.
Souvenirs
Lifetime / A+E Networks
Directed by: Anna Mikami // Written by: Matthew Sorvillo Cinematographer: Isabella Tan
Produced by: StudioFest
Tasked with a micro-budget and 365 days to go from story inception to premiere - the winners of StudioFest, Anna Mikami and Matthew Sorvillo made their debut feature, ‘Memories of a Murderer’ fka. ‘Souvenirs’. It was recently acquired by Lifetime (A+E Networks) and is now available to watch on Amazon, Redbox, Lifetime and several airlines.
Synopsis: A murderabilia clerk discovers her own family's dark history when she receives a call from an anonymous caller.
Trailer
DUE (2019)
After assaulting a police officer to save his undocumented friend, a man chooses to live his last night of freedom in pursuit of the American dream with his pregnant girlfriend.
Bed & Breakfast (2019)
is about the coincidental intertwining of two couples in a serene B&B, and the history between them that unravels glance by glance, gesture by gesture.
Clique Bait (2018)
Set in the international school community of Hong Kong, a high school girl spreads a video sexualizing her childhood friend and classmate.
Clique Bait
Written and Directed by: Anna Mikami
Cinematographer: Daisy Zhou
Winner of StudioFest
Official Selection: Portland // Indie Memphis // NoBudge// AAIFF
Synopsis: Set in the international school community of Hong Kong, a high school girl spreads a video sexualizing her childhood friend and classmate.
Trailer
Let’s Collaborate
Reps:
Manager: Jean-Louis Diamonika
E-mail: jldiamonika@invictus-ent.com
E-mail:
anna.mikami630@gmail.com