short film
Front of the House / 麵對麵
Director Sum Yi "Ashley" Ma
Script Sum Yi "Ashley" Ma & Yuxin Zhou
Storyboards Danica Dickison
Addt'l Storyboards Sum Yi "Ashley" Ma
Sound Design Yiming Zhou
Original Score Arthur Li
Lead Animator Natalie Carmouche
When a young girl of a generationally owned fishball noodle stall gets a chance to change her life, she must first confront her strict grandmother. A story dedicated to family, food and all the love that gets lost in between the chaos.
Student short film made for senior thesis requirements at Loyola Marymount University, 2019.
language Cantonese Chinese
subtitles English
pre-production + production
assets designed for Front of the House by Sum Yi "Ashley" Ma.
press and add'tl info
As part of Front of the House's participation in the Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival, I was invited to the program "Across the Dinner Table" C3 Conversation, where filmmakers of the program's selections came together to chat about our films, its inspirations, and how food ties all of us together.
