Order for Pickup
Trapped in a cycle of work and self-isolation, burnt out Kelsey's reality starts to blur until an irregular order for pickup disrupts everything.
Grants & Awards
Produced through Indeed + Hillman Grad's Rising Voices Program (Season 3)
Screenings
Tribeca Film Festival 2023
Beyond Fest 2023
HollyShorts 2023
Baltimore New/Next 2023
Palm Springs ShortFest 2024
Boston Underground Film Festival 2024
Sun Valley Film Festival 2024
DisOrient Asian American Film Festival 2024
CAAMFest 2024
Sonoma International Film Festival 2024
San Luis Obispo Film Festival 2024
HAAPIFest 2024
Seattle Asian American FIlm Festival 2023
Wyoming International FIlm Festival 2024
Bentonville Film Festival 2024
LA's Rich & Successful Film Festival 2024
Indie Street Film Festival 2024
DIFF Shorts 2024
Footcandle Film Festival 2024
RiverRun International FIlm Festival 2024
Richmond International Film Festival 2024
NewFilmmakers Los Angeles 2024
Indy Film Fest 2024
IFFBoston 2024
"Order for Pickup" was produced through Season 3 of Hillman Grad + Indeed.com's "Rising Voices" initiative. The fellowship challenged me and my cohort to each write and direct films exploring the "future of work." The future of work includes challenging and dismantling an unsustainable system. As collective growth occurred during the pandemic, many redefined their relationship to capitalism, consumption, and the concept of work. A general sentiment emerged: we cannot be defined by our jobs. “Order for Pickup” aims to explore this relationship to an extreme–what happens when only work defines us?
Thematically, I’m intrigued by the internal compromises we make with ourselves. Often, when in a toxic rhythm, we need to rescue ourselves only after we really see how grim things have gotten. Drawing inspiration from the stylized surrealism Boots Riley's "Sorry to Bother You," my own toxic work experiences, and the blurry lines of Satoshi Kon’s “Perfect Blue,” “Order for Pickup” is my exploration of how to preserve oneself when capitalism seems ubiquitous.