My heart is full ❤️❤️❤️
I am still in immense shock. This past couple of days has been so emotional and fulfilling I haven’t been able to fully process it but I am so so grateful. Thank you so much to
@filmedacademy , for recognizing ‘Intake’. To be honest I never thought this film would make it this far. I had this idea in my head during workshop and it continued to pop up in my head for months. After it continuously keeping me up at night I decided to put pen to paper, then from paper I started to ask those around me what they thought of it. I constantly asked for feedback from teachers, friends, and other filmmakers. Then I finally had a script. I was so scared the whole time throughout the process but if this journey has taught me anything is DO IT SCARED. Sometimes it’s the things that you fear the most you can grow from. If I’m being 100% honest this film was so difficult for me to watch, even now. Mainly because the people watching it had to see this vulnerable side of me. But even though it’s uncomfortable I’m still proud of it, and that’s usually what I tend to love about film. Seeing raw characters that reflect the people I see in everyday life. Seeing stories that we all share but transcended on screen. I hope to create more stories that resonate with me and others. I also hope I can continuously play those types of characters.
Moving on, I want to thank Coach Philips, James Conlee, Sienna Perez, Benjamin Loy, Tyler Tran, River Santiago, Emma Nguyen, Kavin Kumar, Jayoh Jung, Brianna Vuoung, Katie Gwaltney, Grace Gibson and the Gibson Family, Iris Nguyen, Abby Schmude, Daphne Garcia, Deen Saleh, Lauren Meyering, Tahlia Pompel, my workshop group, Amy Wadsworth, Joy Pelletier, Dave Junker and most importantly my mom, my family, the rest of my iTV family. This film wouldn’t have been possible without you all. Thank you from the bottom of my heart.
I am so eternally grateful and I am overwhelmed with happiness. For those of you that came up to me after the festival you’re in my hearts forever I am so thrilled to get such lovely support and compliments from others who either liked the film or related in anyway.
Thank you again
@filmedacademy ❤️
