Starring Jerry as Himself

This droll, fascinatingly unconventional documentary recounts the 2021 recruitment of a Florida family’s retired Taiwanese émigré father, Jerry, as a covert agent for the Chinese police –  ostensibly to help them expose an international money laundering ring. Tumult and insidious implications ensue, and notions of truth are turned upside down time and again.

Per the film’s title, Jerry himself re-enacts some of the crazed events he experienced as an unlikely spy, alongside a mixed cast of family members and actors. Bringing a savvy balance of ironic humour and sincerity to the screen, director (and Jerry’s son) Law Chen delivers an unusually entertaining cautionary tale, significant in its circling of increasingly prevalent issues.

PRESENTED BY Castlemaine Community House TICKETS CREDITS Director Law Chen Producers Jon Hsu, Law Chen Writers Jerry Hsu, Law Chen Duration 75 mins “Starring Jerry as Himself manages to pull off something of a magic trick”.

Tina Kakedelis, Sundance Review “Surprising is the operative word here. A compelling, thoroughly engaging documentary with a huge payoff by the end “ Jim Laczkowski, Director’s Club Director Law Chen Law is an award-winning director based in Brooklyn. His narrative, documentary, and commercial films have earned 19 Cannes Lions, as well as multiple Webby Awards and Vimeo Staff Picks, and have screened at film festivals around the world.

His first feature, Starring Jerry as Himself premiered at Slamdance.

Producer Jon Hsu Jon Hsu has been making films since he could first get his hands on his family’s Digi8 Camcorder. Since then he has produced multiple award winning commercials, music videos and films. He founded his commercial production services company HsuBox Productions Inc. with the mission to share and produce content that is as diverse as his crew and clients.

Jon is an alumnus of NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts. In his free time he makes large dinners, performs magic, and mentors up-and-coming filmmakers. He was recently Executive Producer the horror movie A Wounded Fawn