World Premiere
Personal stories reinterpreted by the actors and director, depict a Thai mother consumed with deep regret for missing her grandmother’s last moments.
Taranitch Sriheyra, Saulan Beverly Yin-Lo
Australia
2025
In English and Thai with English subtitles
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Credits & Director
Producer
Sidney Im
Screenwriter
Taranitch Sriheyra, Saulan Beverly Yin-Lo, Jonathan Zhang
Cinematography
Kiera D’Arcy
Editor
Jonathan Zhang
Production Design
Sharni Lee Hope
Original Music
Daniel Duque
Jonathan Zhang
Jonathan Zhang is an emerging filmmaker, born in Sydney and living in London, whose cross-cultural upbringing between Sydney and Shanghai fuels his interest in self-identity. Goodbye, Fishies (2025), his AFTRS graduation short, is his directing debut ahead of a slate of projects currently in development that blend emotionally authentic stories with innovative forms.
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