Sundance Film Festival 2022

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Embrace

Embrace
This feature is about an Iranian medical student struggling to make ends meet for the sake of her family. Situated at the backdrop of Oakland, an Iranian-American girl named Kat sets out to save her family from a pending financial crisis by taking on a surprising side hustle.

This is a culturally diverse tale of quasi-surrealism dramedy. Directed by Jessica Sanders, it is a dive into cultural diversity that captures the ever increasing needs of forming human connections and its following commodifications of it. It screens alongside Chemo Brain – a light hearted drama about a derailment of a teenage guy.



CATEGORY Indie Episodic

COUNTRY U.S.A.



RUN TIME 14 min

LANGUAGE English and Farsi

SUBTITLES No with English subtitles



COMPANY Refinery29

WEBSITE http://www.refinery29.com

EMAIL [email protected]

PHONE (856) 889-7424

Credits

Director
  • Jessica Sanders
Creators
  • Kathreen Khavari
  • Chuck Neal
Executive Producers
  • Shannon Gibson
  • Amy Emmerich
  • Khaliah Neal
  • Kathreen Khavari
  • Chuck Neal
  • Jessica Sanders
Producer
  • Louise Shore
Co-Producer
  • Samantha Schlaifer
Director Of Photography
  • Cristina Dunlap
Editors
  • Gena Fridman
  • Julie Garces
Costume Designers
  • Shirley Kurata
  • Kelly Sachiko Page
Production Designer
  • Laura Ochoa
Casting Directors
  • Nina Henninger
  • Sunday Boling
Music Supervisor
  • Andrew Kahn
Principal Cast
  • Kathreen Khavari
  • Eddie Huang
  • Mitra Jouhari

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