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The Break-Up Show

After one of their teammates walks out in the middle of a sketch gone bad, The Ho Show, a struggling sketch comedy team, has to convince their friend to get back on stage.

  • Kristine Gerolaga
    Director
  • Kristine Gerolaga
    Writer
  • Kristine Gerolaga
    Producer
  • Victoria Ma
    Producer
  • Kristine Gerolaga
    Key Cast
  • Victoria Ma
    Key Cast
  • Minji Chang
    Key Cast
  • Jennifer Vo Le
    Key Cast
  • Steven Krimmel
    Key Cast
  • Shaun Morris
    Cinematographer
  • Steven Krimmel
    Editor
  • Micah Coate
    Assistant Director
  • Micah Sudduth
    Sound Mixer
  • Alex Wroten
    Composer
  • Michael Greenhut
    Grip
  • Jeffrey Sun
    Production Assistant
  • Nick Coelius
    Production Assistant
  • Project Type:
    Short
  • Runtime:
    12 minutes
  • Completion Date:
    October 31, 2017
  • Production Budget:
    700 USD
  • Country of Origin:
    United States
  • Country of Filming:
    United States
  • Language:
    English
  • Shooting Format:
    Digital
  • Aspect Ratio:
    16:9
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
Director Biography - Kristine Gerolaga

Kristine Gerolaga co-wrote/starred in the short film DISCONNECTION, which has made its national television debut as a part of NUVOtv's inaugural Nu Point of View: The Emerging Latino Filmmaker's showcase in March of 2014, hosted by Golden Globe Winner Gina Rodriguez. Her directorial debut, A PERIOD DRAMA (which she also wrote and stars in), had its world premiere at the 2015 18th Annual Dances With Films, won Best Short at the 2015 Broad Humor Film Festival and the 1st Place Funniest Film Award at Artisyn Studio's 2015 Funniest Film Festival, and earned a nomination for Best Narrative Short at the 2016 Cinema On The Bayou Film Festival! A Period Drama was picked up by Hewes Pictures and will be playing on DIRECTV's Shorts HD channel in 2018. Her next directing effort HIT OR MISS, was a semi-finalist for Justin Lin's (FAST and FURIOUS franchise) Asian-American filmmaker initiative.

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Director Statement

As a filmmaker and actor, and especially as a woman of color, I'm way more concerned with real representations of people in the media than I am with positive representations. There are still issues with Asian representation in American mainstream media today and too often we are forced to create content that only showcases certain kinds of Asian stories. The immigrant story, stories of our unique experience with racism, stories of meeting our parents expectations, etc. All important and necessary stories! But my goal with The Break-Up Show is to reflect an Asian-American experience where we just simply exist like any other person with relatable problems, emotions, needs, and desires without calling attention to our ethnicity. I also want to show that Asians can be funny and more than the model minority. Lastly, I wanted to counter the idea that showing women fighting onscreen is problematic so this is also a story about female friendship and a group of friends who are actually fighting to stay together. Thank you so much for your time and consideration!