ABOUT
Smudge Films is an independent production company dedicated to  making personal films with unique worldviews.

Founded in 2016 by producer Sarah Winshall, our films have played at Cannes, Sundance, Berlinale, New Directors/New Films, SXSW, AFI Fest, Rotterdam, SFFilm, SIFF, CPH:DOX, Outfest, LAFM, BAM Cinemafest, MoMA, on the Criterion Channel, as Vimeo Staff Picks, and more.


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Ching Chong Blues
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A dark comedy anthology web series that examines how racial identity functions in the media, the workplace, and romantic relationships.


DIRECTOR Joshua Fu
WRITERS Joshua Fu & Nelson Cheng
PRODUCER Sarah Winshall




LINE PRODUCER Molly Ortiz
DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY Hana Kitasei
PRODUCTION DESIGNER Bobby Guard

EDITOR Patrick Lawrence
COMPOSER Matt Orenstein
CASTING BY Samy Burch
COLORIST Kyle Krupinski
SOUND DESIGN Sasha Mandel


EPISODES


“Rickshaw to Hollywood”
When an Asian filmmaker is told by a festival that his work isn’t “Asian” enough, he creates a racist film to troll them and accidentally attracts the attention of Hollywood.

Starring
JOHNNY WONG Nelson Cheng
DANA LIANG Deedee Magno Hall
ROB NEVINS Josh Fadem
ALLISON Michelle Farrah Huang




“Erhu’s the Boss?”Anne revels in being the only Asian employee in an all-White office in Oklahoma. But when a “more Asian” co-worker joins, she's sent into a crisis.

Starring
ANNE Melody Peng
MEI-LING PING Candy Cheung
BARRY Josh Fadem
BETTY Betsy Stover
ORVILLE Jim Bentley
PHILLIP Todd Louiso
“C4C”When Walter discovers his girlfriend's history of predominantly dating Asian men, he questions his romantic worth. In an attempt to reorient his worldview, she introduces him to an underground community of women with an Asian male fetish.

Starring
WALTER Nelson Cheng
RILEY Stephanie Drake
CORDELIA Bridey Elliott
BLAKE Rick Kumazawa
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