Future Perfect

Fiction

Xia, an ESL student studying in New York, struggles with language. He has lost his enthusiasm for his classes, missing them frequently, lying to his parents about his goals in the US, and jeopardizing his visa status in the US . When his former teacher invites him to a book reading in Brooklyn, Xia has to choose between his passion and his obligations. His choice teaches him some sad realities about the ESL system, and the teacher he wanted to call a ‘friend.’

Credits

Crew
Produced by Lars Fuchs, Liam Billingham, Greg Starr

Director of Photography: Chris Montgomery

Editor: Matthew Fleischmann

Sound Design and Composition: Nicholas R. Nelson

Production Design: Aria Chiodo

Production Manager: Cristina Cordero

Assistant Director: David Blaikie

First Assistant Camera: Chris Ungco, Rommel Genciana

Second Assistant Camera: Tsyen Shen, Rachel Batashvili

Gaffer: Jeanette Sears

Behind-the-scenes Photography/Videography: Ian Phillips, Frank Huang

Sound Recorder: Brian Flood, Jeff Gaumer.

Data Management: Nicole Solomon

Production Assistants: Kasia Kruk, Roberto Collado.

Cast

Xia Sheng

Drake – Jesse Presler

John Thomas – Ben Jaegar-Thomas

Louis Phillips

Yung-Jen Yang

Frank Huang

Juhui Kwon

Alexandre Mabred

FUTURE PERFECT students:
Roberto Collado
Miaoyi Zeng

Rahul Bohra

Sarah Kim

Kasia Kruk

Luoqianqian He

Shuainan Zhang

Rui Chi

Monika Yang

Zhiyi Ge

Heidi Mueller

Sha Huang

Teruaki Akai

Bookstore Patrons:

Niav Conty

Matthew Fleischmann

Chih-Hsin Shin

Juhui Kwon

David Blaikie

Ian Phillips

Bar Fly: Tom Offer-Westort

Liam Billingham

Liam Billingham is a filmmaker, theatre director/designer, and media maker based in New York City. He recently directed HUMAN FRUIT BOWL, a one-woman show about art and nude modeling. The show premiered in the 2011 Prague Fringe Festival, where it received numerous accolades and subsequently played in Amsterdam, Hong Kong, and New York City. His last two short films, ALL DRESSED UP and DISPLAY, premiered in the Big Apple Film Festival in NYC. Liam is currently in pre-production on a documentary about the Iganga Community Brass Brand in Uganda. He has also just completed FUTURE PERFECT, a short fiction film inspired by his years teaching English as a Second Language. Liam runs TIE DAY MEDIA, an NYC production company. www.tiedaymedia.com

Specialization

Writing/Directing

Credits

Assistant Director, Lost in The City
Assistant Director, Small Talk
Story Editor/Co-Producer, What If?

Contact Liam

www.tiedaymedia.com
www.futureperfectmovie.com