PAPER MARRIAGE + Q&A with director Jeff Mann / Valentine's Comedy drama

PAPER MARRIAGE (USA/2024/91mins) Fanny, a Chinese immigrant desperate for a green card, pays Jeff to be her fake husband. Over the course of a year, they adjust to living together, meet Jeff's parents, and even have a “wedding banquet.” To convince everyone that their love is real, Fanny and Jeff must overcome their differences and find the good in each other.

Key Cast: Jeff Man, Effy Han, Grace Song, Yosilu Chen, Michael Man, Ursula Man, Rob Nagle and Will Dowsett.

Director Jeff Man grew up in an immigrant family that bonded over watching movies together. In college, he majored in journalism in hopes of becoming the next Roger Ebert, but fell in love with making films when he bought a camera and learned to shoot and edit. In 2010, he moved to Los Angeles and began working for writer-director Jay Duplass. While working for Jay, Jeff continued honing his craft by making low-budget shorts. In 2012 he was accepted into the Armed with a Camera Fellowship for emerging artists by Visual Communications, an Asian American non-profit media organization. His narrative and documentary shorts have screened at festivals across the country including his film SANTA CLAUS, which premiered at the LA Film Festival and won the jury prize at the San Diego Asian Film Festival. In 2023 the Duplass Brothers produced this, Jeff's first feature film, PAPER MARRIAGE, which he wrote, directed and starred in.

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