Event Date: July 30 - August 8, 2025
Casting "Reconnect," a student thesis film made in partial completion of the MFA Film and Television Directing Degree at DePaul University.

Logline: When Chan Woo, a Deaf Asian American teen, visits his war-veteran grandfather, Choong Jik, for the weekend, Chan Woo struggles to overcome the communication barriers—caused by his grandfather’s dementia—to unravel the truth behind a deep, family secret that his grandfather has been hiding his whole life, that could change Chan Woo’s relationship to his family and sense of identity.
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DePaul University (1 E Jackson Blvd, Chicago, IL 60604)
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