THE WORLD’S GREATEST - Film

Mom (VANESSA KAI) and Judy at Grand Street Station.

Ken (LEONARD WU) and Judy in one of the final scenes in the film.

Official film poster designed by Kimberly Cho.

NARRATIVE FEATURE | DRAMA, COMING OF AGE, COMEDY | USA | 65 minutes

Judy is a temperamental teenager in her senior year of high school in New York City. Growing up as a second generation girl in an immigrant household, her life revolves around her rugged mom (Vanessa Kai) and gamer brother (Leonard Wu) and mainly keeps to herself by way of journaling. With a chance encounter through cheating in Chinese School, she develops an unlikely friendship with Chinatown's Queen Bee Jessie (Cindy Chu). She begins to explore her place in Jessie's friend circle, gets acquainted with Jake (Curtis Lum), the "it" boy of the group, and her own womanhood. As she digs deeper to straddle between her home life, her uncertainty in the friend group, and her future, she wonders if she should stay in New York City for college, or if she should leave home to start anew?

LOGLINE
Eager to fit in, a NY Chinatown teenage loner struggles to find real friendship, love, and acceptance.

LOS ANGELES - World Premiere at the 38th Annual Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival. Tickets available here.

NEW YORK - East Coast Premiere at the Asian American International Film Festival in NYC. Tickets available here. [sold out in less than 18 hours] | Public Screening at Manny Cantor Center on Wednesday, December 7 at 7PM. Tickets available here.

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CREDITS
Director & Writer: Judy Lei
Co-Director: Kenneth Lei
Producer: Shirley Zhu, Jenny Ye, Leonard Wu
Executive Producer: Joanna Lin, Judy Lei
Editor: Judy Lei
Cast: Judy Lei, Vanessa Kai, Leonard Wu, Cindy Chu, Curtis Lum, Wai Ching Ho, Jazmin Williams, Lamar George, Sean Lau, Richard Doromal, James Tang

REVIEWS | INTERVIEWS
Otaku No Culture Review: https://otakunoculture.com/2022/05/12/the-worlds-greatest-movie-review/
Moveablefest Interview: https://moveablefest.com/judy-lei-worlds-greatest/
The Nerd Corps Interview: https://anchor.fm/thenerdcorps/episodes/Interview-with-The-Worlds-Greatest-Director--Judy-Lei-e1ikloc
Asian CineVision CineVue Interview: https://www.asiancinevision.org/the-worlds-greatest-judy-leis-letter-to-her-younger-self/