Premieres March 26, 2021 on Instagram @otherlyseries.
A Portrait of Tracy is a short experimental doc that lets us in on a conversation between Tracy and her late grandfather – someone she holds closest to her heart but struggles to remember. What echoes from childhood remain, as a young immigrant who left one life behind for another in a foreign country? How does one grieve for the memory of a person lost to distance, language, and time?
This film is part of Otherly, a series of seven short documentaries about belonging, premiering on Instagram Stories.
A Portrait of Tracy is a short experimental doc that explores the echoes of childhood memory from an immigrant’s perspective: what is lost to time and distance, and what remains?
Written and Directed by
Joanne Lam
Produced by
David Oppenheim
Executive Producer
Anita Lee
Associate Producer
Kate Vollum
Art Director & Illustrator
James Lee Chia Han
Animation Lead
Una Di Gallo
Sound Designer & Sound Editor
Jonathan Webb
Sound Recordist
Radiyah Chowdhury
Featuring
Tracy Wan
Production Coordinators
Katie Murray
Frances Nyarko-Mensah
Manager, Studio Operations
Mark Wilson
Production Supervisor
Marcus Matyas
Technical Coordinator
Kevin Riley
Studio Administrator
Patricia Bourgeois
Andrew Martin-Smith
Program Mentors
Sisa Bueno
Lauren Hutchinson
Roslyn Kalloo
Sarah Rothberg
Kerri Sakamotto
Ziv Schneider
Pat Shiu
Program Production Assistant
Rand Jitan
Post Sound & Picture
SIM
Online editor
Darren Hinchy
Colourist
Arlene Moelker
Finishing Producer
Mateusz Sklarzyk
Re-recording Mixer
Graham Rogers
Assistant Re-recording mixer
Will Stephens
Project Coordinator
Louise Finn
Head of Operations
Alex Aslund
General Manager
Peter Gibson
Publicist
Jennifer Mair
Marketing Managers
Gabrielle Harvey
Laurianne Désormiers
Marketing Coordinator
Eric Bondo
Social Media Strategist
Hannah Martin
Legal Counsel
Peter Kallianiotis
‘In Love’ for solo piano
Written & Performed by
Vassilis Philippou
Otherly Title Design
Yazmin Monet
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