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Is That a Mirage?
신기루
Grace SHI | USA | 2025 | 12min | 15+
Synopsis
Juniper embarks on a journey into a dystopian wasteland to trade a Thickberry for a rare medication called Serenity, hoping to cure her family and community from the cancerous Sprayings. Along the way, her bitingly witty and yammering tumor Lump questions her motives. As Juniper battles her own illness and strange visions, including a talking bus stop and herself in a bathtub, she faces an internal struggle between duty and self-fulfillment. The film follows Juniper as she searches for purpose in a desolate world.
Director
Grace SHI
그레이스 시
Shi Grace is a Chinese-international producer-writer-director developing elevated commercial films that blend satire, sci-fi, horror, comedy/thriller, and emotionally grounded character storytelling. A former child actor in China, she studied Computer Science/Math, and Economics at Harvard University, where she served as a Literature Editor and Comp Director for the HARVARD LAMPOON before transitioning from tech into film and television. Most recently, Grace executive produced the independent feature BOOTY CLAP (2026). Her current slate explores chaotic sci-fi rom-coms, body-horror relationship thrillers, and socially charged genre satire.