REALLY GOOD DRIVER

Directed By Alex Song-Xia

USA, Canada | Narrative | 8 min

U.S. Premiere

When 24-year-old Ash moves back home and asks their mom, Julie, to teach them to drive, Julie jumps at the opportunity to spend some quality time with her child. As their first lesson begins, Julie marvels at the similarities between the two of them. But anxious Ash struggles to grasp even the most basic of car operations, and soon Julie grows just as frustrated as her grown-up kid. The truth of why Ash never learned to drive comes out, as well as years of unspoken resentments, misunderstandings, and secret hopes. Will Julie and Ash make it down the driveway, and through their complicated history, in one piece? Or perhaps this was the break they needed to finally turn down a new road.

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    Film Details

    1. English

    2. N/A

    3. U.S. Premiere

    4. 2024

    5. 8 minutes

    6. Comedy, Coming-of-Age, Drama, Family

    7. Narrative

    8. USA, Canada

      9. Alex Song-Xia


      Alex Song-Xia is a writer, actor, and comedian based in Los Angeles, after spending ten years in New York. They have written for TV shows including Rick and Morty (Adult Swim), Praise Petey (Freeform), Exploding Kittens (Netflix), Little Demon (FX), and The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon (NBC). On-screen, they can be seen in The Week Of (Netflix), High Maintenance (HBO), and Dimension 20 (Dropout). Really Good Driver is their first short film as director.

      10. Niki Ang

        Jen Arwatchanakarn

      11. Alex Song-Xia

      12. Keiko Agena

        Alex Song-Xia

      13. DP: Akina Van de Velde

        Production/Costume Designer: Justine Ellen Chen

        Editor: Kirsten Hoang

        Composer: Chris Ryan

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