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Different Than Before

Tzi Ma | Olivia Cheng

Director: Mayumi Yoshida

Director of Photography: Alfonso Chin

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About the project

During a family engagement party at a Chinese restaurant, a group of racist hecklers shout rude comments at Sarah, Amanda, their parents and guests. This puts Father (Tzi Ma), the head of the family, at a crossroad, needing to decide what is best for his family: remain invisible, or stand up and fight.

Jury Prize Winner
Winner - Staff Pick
Nominated - Video of the Year
Official Selection
Winner - Best Music Video
Winner - Best Music Video
Official Selection
Premiere
Official Selection

Mayumi Yoshida

Born in Japan, raised in three continents, Mayumi Yoshida is a Director, Writer, Actor, based in Vancouver, BC. Her father being a journalist, she had an international childhood living in Washington D.C., Brussels, and Tokyo. She’s an alumna of various talent programs in Canada including Women in the Director’s Chair Career Advancement Module, Women in Focus Mentorship at Whistler Film Festival, WarnerMedia x Canadian Academy Access Writers Program, TIFF Netflix Talent Accelerator Fellowship, and TIFF Writer’s Studio. Recently she worked as a story editor on Ins Choi (Kim’s Convenience)’s new series in development. Mayumi's latest short film/Music Video “Different Than Before” by Amanda Sum (Creative BC grant and RBC & Prism Prize Winner) that stars Tzi Ma (Mulan) and Olivia Cheng (Warrior) was selected as Vimeo Staff Pick and won Best Music Video at the 45th annual Asian American International Film Festival in New York City, among selections at HollyShorts Film Festival and Aesthetica Short Film Festival (a BAFTA qualifying festival). Currently, she is working on the upcoming APPLE TV+/A24 TV series “SUNNY” as an Associate Producer and Cultural Consultant, filmed in Tokyo and Kyoto.

Production Co.

BOLDLY

Executive Producer / Producer

Sebastien Galina

Executive Producer

Kristoff Duxbury

Production Co.

Musubi Arts

Producer

Lynne Lee

Writer/Director

Mayumi Yoshida

Executive Producer

Shelby Manton

Artist

Amanda Sum

Executive Producer

Geoff Manton

Different Than Before

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