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Red Light Rebel

A pastor stuck at a red light finds himself at a crossroads with God.

  • Hannah Yang
    Director
  • Hannah Yang
    Writer
  • Ava Maria Safai
    Producer
    Foreigner, ZIP
  • Andrew Woo
    Key Cast
    "Peter Kim"
    The Wedding Banquet, Joyride, The Recruit, Obscura
  • Brianna Kim
    Key Cast
    "Jessica Choi"
    Gangnam Project, Joy Ride, Kung Fu
  • Namgyu Gwon
    Key Cast
    "Mark Kim"
    The Man in the High Castle
  • Justin F. Lee
    Co-Producers
  • Sina Nazarian
    Co-Producers
  • James Mattagne
    Co-Producers
  • Gabriel Souza Nunes
    Co-Producers
  • Erik Mortensen
    Co-Producers
  • Marc Yungco
    Director of Photography
    Blame the Accountant, Woo Mates
  • Mel Corrigan
    Editor
  • Eunseo Yang
    Production Designer
  • Sorah Eun
    Composers
  • Josh Santos
    Composers
  • Sean Tran
    Sound Supervisor and Designer
  • Project Type:
    Short
  • Genres:
    Drama, Comedy
  • Runtime:
    15 minutes 56 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    May 16, 2025
  • Production Budget:
    15,000 CAD
  • Country of Origin:
    Canada
  • Country of Filming:
    Canada
  • Language:
    English, Korean
  • Shooting Format:
    Digital
  • Aspect Ratio:
    2:1, 4:3
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
Director Biography - Hannah Yang

Hannah Yang is a Korean-Canadian Writer & Director from Vancouver, BC. As a second generation immigrant, Hannah has a deep passion for interlacing culture with identity. Her 2025 Crazy 8s pitch winner, Red Light Rebel, explores Korean-Canadian religious culture and has been nominated for best BC Short Film at Sundar Prize Film Festival. Her slice-of-life drama, The Principles of Greenology—filmed with only five shots, was selected for Canada Shorts Film Festival, Hollywood Shortsfest, and a semi-finalist in the Cannes Indie Shorts Awards, solidifying her ability to tell powerful stories with carefully crafted visuals.

Heavily driven by musical storytelling, Hannah has directed music videos for Canadian artists, Teon Gibbs, Serena Sun, and Misha Eyre, blending her cinematic language with Hip-hop, R&B and Pop genres. She is also the Producer of The Man in the Rectangle, a Telus Storyhive hybrid documentary exploring the ethics of AI, which has screened at SXSW London and DOC NYC in 2025.

Hannah’s next directorial ventures include a feature-drama about immigrant divorce, 2025 Vancouver Queer Film Festival pitch winner, ‘Pretty Boy$’, and a sit-com series about competing Asian grocery stores, reflecting her ever-growing commitment to creating culturally relevant stories for the screen.

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Director Statement

We’ve all been stuck at that red light in the middle of the night. There’s nobody around and we’re dead tired. I’m betting so many of us paused for a bit...then ran it. But what if running a red light meant so much more than a ticket to some people? What if it meant disobeying a higher power? Through “Red Light Rebel”, we’ll see what a standoff with a red light really means: being challenged by something seemingly unimportant to the rest of the world, but feeling like the battle is against your entire identity.