Mardy Ma
Biography: Mardy Ma is a Chinese actress and entrepreneur born and raised in the countryside of Henan province, China. She went to college in Zhengzhou while owning and operated two restaurants. In 2000, after graduating, she sold her two restaurants and moved to Shanghai, China, where she studied acting at Shanghai Theatre Academy in 2000 and invested in other real estate properties. In the early 2000s, she signed on as the Asian deal closer and negotiator for Gary Goddard Entertainment (now Legacy Entertainment), an independent themed entertainment design firm based in Hollywood. She worked on dozens of major theme parks and resorts deals in China, including the Intangible Cultural Heritage Exposition Park in Chengdu, Haichang Polar Ocean World in Shanghai, and Dream Bund World Studios in Hengdian. In early 2014, she auditioned in Beijing, China for a role in a BBC television movie entitled One Child. In 2018, she co-executive produced the feature film Anima (莫尔道嘎) with Enlight Media. During Christmas 2019, she returned to the United States for the holiday season, but end up stuck in Los Angeles as the COVID 19 pandemic began in China. From 2020 to 2023, she retired from the theme park business and pursued a full time acting careeer in Hollywood.
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Sunflower
2022-03-01
Sunflower
Overview: After being sexually assaulted by a well-respected professor, a reclusive Chinese American girl who grew up in an abusive family struggles to find her voice while her mother tells her to be silent.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2022-03-01
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Are You Still There?
2021-03-16
Are You Still There?
Overview: Safa’s been through a lot. Now her car battery's dead in a strip mall parking lot.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2021-03-16
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At Little Wheelie Three Days Ago
2022-08-03
At Little Wheelie Three Days Ago
Overview: When a soul-shaking viral video shudders through town, a jobless father struggles to keep hold of his existence.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2022-08-03
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Red Card
Red Card
Overview: At an underground hostess bar in the San Gabriel Valley, CA, a Taiwanese-American gang member breaks the cardinal rule of his job when he falls in love with the star hostess of the club.
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Original Language: en
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Wax and Wane
2022-07-28
Wax and Wane
Overview: Immigrant Wu Sui has emergency surgery to remove the IUD implanted under China’s One Child Policy, and must come to terms with her past suffering.
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 2022-07-28
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Dumplings
Dumplings
Overview: After two years of dating, a lesbian girl takes her girlfriend back home for the spring festival to meet her conservative Chinese immigrant parents.
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Original Language: en
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Chang Can Dunk
2023-03-09
Chang Can Dunk
Overview: Chang, a 16-year-old, Asian American, bets the high school basketball star that he can dunk by Homecoming. The bet leads 5' 8" Chang on a quest to learn to dunk—not only to impress his crush, Kristy, but to gain the respect of his high school peers too. But before he can rise up and truly throw one down, he'll have to reexamine everything he knows about himself, his friendships and his family.
Genres: Family Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2023-03-09
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Fata Morgana
2016-02-06
Fata Morgana
Overview: A middle-aged couple from China arrives in the United States for the first time to organize the funeral rites of their only child. In the midst of dealing with the logistics of the funeral and their overwhelming grief, they begin to unravel the escalating fractures in their relationship and the uncertain futures that lie ahead of them.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2016-02-06
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Luna
2017-07-27
Luna
Overview: Luna is a story that is set in 1930s Shanghai. The main character, Luna, is a high-end prostitute. When an unexpected guest visits her, she offers to play a dangerous game with him, and their bargaining chip is his pinky finger. As the game goes on, the sexual and political tension develops, which leads to unexpected consequences.
Genres: Thriller Drama
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 2017-07-27
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As the River Goes By
2024-10-05
As the River Goes By
Overview: An aftershock caused by an earthquake twelve years ago made a time-space connection between the young Xiao Li and his childhood. At a class reunion many years later, Xiao Li met Song Qian, a girl who had a crush on him. The secret of his father's disappearance and the memory of an accident caused by a game of hide-and-seek were gradually evoked. In the flowing river, Xiao Li gradually approached the truth in his heart and resisted the oblivion from the present.
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Original Language: zh
Release Date: 2024-10-05
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