Patricia Lai

The View From Outside Budget: $0 - $100K | Horror ⋄ Experimental Outside a small independent theater, a diverse group of strangers gathers, their lives intersecting in fleeting, poignant, and often chaotic ways, revealing deep truths about connection, identity, and the blurred lines of modern digital culture.

Sweet Rhythms Family ⋄ Drama A Japanese immigrant father and his American-born son run a humble little traditional candy stall at a food festival. In order to attract customers, they use a unique rhythmic cutting performance.

Picket Fence Independent ⋄ Drama A young man must choose between achieving his mother's approval and the safety of his sister.

Princess Lily Historical ⋄ Drama A young girl living in Imperial Japan struggles against societal expectations and political expectations on women and children in this fascist regime.  

Pharos Sci-fi ⋄ Adventure ⋄ Western A space-western web series that takes place far into the future when earth's resources have been depleted and the humans have moved onto Planet Stations. The show follows Thia, a pharos (a race of people created by humans to serve as power-plants), as she tries to save her people from slavery. With the help of Leslie Moore, they reveal to the universe the ugly truths the Universal Government hides.

Picket Fence (2017 - 2018)
Film (short) by Ice Cream Orchard Studio / Patricia Lai (Drama) A young man struggles to give his sister a better life away from their abusive mother.

Errands (2017 - 2018)
Film (short) by Ice Cream Orchard Studio / Ryan Kight (Comedy) Producer An anxious man goes through his day.

Liminal (2017)
Film (short) by Ice Cream Orchard Studio / Patricia Lai A girl, home alone, hears a noise from the basement. What could it be?