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A Portrait of Tracy

Joanne Lam
2021 | 5 min 50s
Short Documentary
English

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.


One-Liner

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?



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Team


Joanne Lam
Director

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David Oppenheim
Producer

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Kate Vollum
Associate Producer

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Anita Lee
Executive Producer

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Credits

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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