About

Doors We Open is an interactive short film that tells the story of Lia, a young Chinese illustrator, on her return home to her single father in their Brooklyn family home.

The pair are distant, divided by their generational differences, individual grief, and changes in their family over the loss of Lia’s Mother. Lia has grown fiercely independent, while her father has stayed home alone, struggling to rekindle his passion as a jazz musician. The pair try to communicate, unsure of each other and sidestepping uncomfortable topics until they approach their shared grief.

We experience their reflections, memories, and dreams through their individual perspectives as they attempt to reconnect, heal, and come to a new understanding of one another.