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“Zoe's Dumpling Crisis follows a 16-year-old Zoe who enlists the help of her two grandmothers, one Russian and the other Turkish, for a school cooking project. As the grandmother's rivalry escalates, Zoe wishes she hadn't bothered to ask them in the first place. The need for culturally identity clashes with the kneading of dough, and Zoe soon realizes how important both of her grandmothers are to her - and that sometimes the way into people's hearts is through their stomachs.”
Production Designer
Directed & Written by Ellen Rodnianski
Produced by Undine Burka, Drew Brennan and Ellen Rodnianski
Cinematography by Michal Wronski
Illustrations & Animation by Aleksandra Anokhina
Premiered at The International Film Festival Manhattan, November 2020
Shot in Venice Beach, California