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Michael Yuchen Lei

Michael Yuchen Lei is an award-winning Chinese-born filmmaker whose fiction and non-fiction work has played at festivals including Tribeca, Slamdance, San Sebastian, CPH:DOX, and Palm Springs. His feature documentary debut, A Taste of Sky was produced by Archer Gray (The Persian Version) and premiered at Tribeca. A graduate of USC’s School of Cinematic Arts, he began his career in music as persona…

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Mushroom DadMushroom Dad · 2025
Mushroom Dad
2025
MovieComedyDrama
A young chef must take care of his Chinese-immigrant father who accidentally consumes psychedelic mushrooms on the opening night of his restaurant.
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A broken car window leads to a confrontation that spirals into unforeseen consequences.
A Violent NoiseA Violent Noise · 2025
A Violent Noise
2025
MovieDrama
Damian- a troubled musician with a history of bad habits- is struggling not only with the passing of his younger brother Olly, but also by the weight of the album they left unfinished. Haunted by guilt and grief, Damian returns to their studio to finish the album posthumously, but is instead consumed by the same demons that pushed him and Olly apart. As Damian falls into a hallucinatory spiral, he must confront his past mistakes and regret- and find a way to make peace with his brother-

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