Mei Mei – Official Trailer

“Mei Mei” is a Chinese-American short film directed by Xu Xiaoxi and written by Roberto F. Canuto & Xu Xiaoxi, created during their MFA studies at the New York Film Academy (Hollywood).

🎬 Year of Production: 2010 | Premiere: Slow Film International Film Festival (Hungary, 2010)

🎞️ Synopsis:
Lulu, a high-class prostitute living in Los Angeles, receives constant visits from her neighbor Julian, who insists she is his missing ex-girlfriend, Mei Mei. Convinced he’s making up stories to seduce her, Lulu rejects him again and again — until loneliness softens her heart. Their fragile connection soon blurs the line between illusion and truth, revealing two souls trapped between love, loss, and mistaken identity.

🎬 About the film:
Shot on 16 mm film with the support of Kodak and CCI, the film blends Chinese sensitivity and American indie aesthetics, creating a visually poetic meditation on desire, loneliness, and self-perception.

• Official Selection – Slow Film International Film Festival (Hungary, 2010)
• Nominated – Best Cinematography, Kodak Scholarship Awards (USA, 2009)

🎥 Technical Info:
Genre: Drama / Romance / LGBTIQ+
Runtime: 14 minutes
Language: English (with optional subtitles)
Format: 16 mm Film / HD / DCP
Music: Andrea Centazzo

🌐 Official links:
Website: https://almostred.com/mei-mei/
IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1401185
TMDb: https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/283674-mei-mei
Letterboxd: https://letterboxd.com/film/mei-mei/
FilmAffinity: https://www.filmaffinity.com/es/film996476.html

🎭 CAST
Kylan James — “Toto”
Kjord Davis — “Mark”
Alex Aguila — “Gangster”
Diana Grivas — “Nurse”
Alexandra Smothers — “Mysterious Woman”

🎬 CREW
Director — Roberto F. Canuto
1st Assistant Director — Kazunori Morita
2nd Assistant Director — Marielvy D’Apollo
Executive Producer — Roberto F. Canuto
Producers — Marielvy D’Apollo Valero & Ana Menendez
Line Producer — Ana Menendez
Director of Photography — Xu Xiaoxi
Assistant Camera — Ysidro J. Sore
Light Designer — Ysidro J. Sore
Gaffer — Liu Ziran
Artwork — Susan Opperman
Editors — Roberto F. Canuto & Xu Xiaoxi
Colorist — Greg Kibler  

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