LIANN KAYE is an AAPI writer and director. Her award-winning mini-series “The Blessing” won “Best Comedy” at the New York Short Film Festival and was also a recipient of the NYC Women’s Fund. All 6 episodes are out now on YouTube, promoted by a successful Tiktok campaign.
Her first feature, Electable, was selected for both the Athena Lab and The Blacklist x WIF Feature Film Residency, where she was mentored by Sofia Alvarez (To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before) and Kiwi Smith (10 Things I Hate About You, Legally Blonde).
This year, she wrote and directed Seoul Switch, a proof-of-concept short ready to be expanded into a feature-length movie. The film, starring Korean American K-pop idol Kevin Woo, won Best Narrative Short at the DisOrient Film Festival this March. It has also screened at Short Shorts Asia, Bentonville, and the New York Asian Film Festival at Lincoln Center.
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