Person
Mickey Lai
Directing · Born 1995-10-23 · Malaysia
Biography
Born in Malaysia in 1995, Mickey Lai is a Master’s graduate in film and TV production from the Met Film School in London. She is interested in telling stories about diverse cultural values, mortality, and identity. Her directorial short debut, The Cloud Is Still There (2020), was selected for Busan, Clermont-Ferrand, and Shanghai. Her documentary short, A Worm, Whatever Will Be, Will Be (2022), was screened at Taipei Golden Horse, SGIFF, Toronto Reel Asian, and won the Jury Award at SeaShorts. In 2024, her latest short film, WAShhh, was awarded the Pardino d’Oro SRG SSR for the Best International Short Film at Locarno77. She is also an alumni of Golden Horse Film Academy 2024 and Locarno Spring Academy 2025.
Known for
Love Algorithm
Director
Fruit
Script Supervisor
Demain, il y aura quelque chose de nouveau
Director
where time stood still
Producer
The Cloud Is Still There
Director
Hello, My Little Fortune
Director
WAShhh
Director
At February's End
Director
All about I Loved You
Director
Ah Ma
Assistant Director
Filmography
- 2026Love AlgorithmDirector
- 2026FruitScript Supervisor
- 2025Demain, il y aura quelque chose de nouveauDirector
- 2025At February's EndDirector
- 2024All about I Loved YouDirector
- 2024Ah MaAssistant Director
- 2024WAShhhDirector
- 2022A Worm, Whatever Will Be, Will BeDirector
- 2022where time stood stillProducer
- 2021Hello, My Little FortuneDirector
- 2020The Cloud Is Still ThereDirector
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