About Me
Producing
Writing/Directing
Assistant Directing
Casting
Acting
WRITING AND DIRECTING
Mother Tongue (2020)
12 mins
17-year-old Jane begins to embrace her background and rekindle her relationship with her mother when she becomes immersed in Chinese culture at her younger sister’s new language school.
Writer/Director - Jessica Li
Co-Producers - Samantha Kwan & Heshi Wijerathna
Director of Cinematography - Francis Healy Wood
Sound Recordist/Designer - Jenni Aldred
Production Designer - Kasia Silva
Editor - Samanthan Kwan
1st Assistant Directors - Isobelle Amie & Sarah Clayton
2nd Assistant Director - Madi Lee
3rd Assistant Director - Rachel Chen
1st Assistant Cameras - Prince Kanishk Nediyedath, Marcus Mason & Nicoletta Centofanti
2nd Assistant Cameras - Tenzin Orlando, Marcus Bacarella
Steady Cam Operator - Hannah Palmer
Gaffers - Lawrence Mccrabb, Teddy Dahlson & Weston Sparkes
Boom Operator - Lukas Ernst
Hair & Makeup Artist - Zoe Crawford
Production Design Assistants - Clay Waddell, Amelia Childs & Kimberley Lam
Continuity - Nathan Sirikumara
Stills Photographer - Alistair Green
BTS Videographer - Bridget Webster
Unit Manager - Sarah Scales
Runners - Gemma Carfi & Sam McGowan
Streamed on SBS on Demand 2022 - 2023
Official Selection - 2021 Hell's Half Mile Film & Music Festival (US)
Official Selection - 2021 FUSE Darebin Combat Discrimination Film Festival (AUS)
Official Selection - 2021 Multicultural Film Festival 2021(AUS)
Official Selection - 2021 21st Anniversary DC Asian Pacific American Film Festival (US)
Official Selection - 2021 Setting Sun Film Festival (AUS)
Official Selection - 2021 Nantucket Film Festival (US)
Official Selection - 2021 Oxford Film Festival (US)
Official Selection - 2021 Women in Film and Television (WIFT) V-Fest (AUS)
Official Selection - The 25th Annual Canberra Short Film Festival 2021 (AUS)
Official Selection - 2021 The ReelGood Film Festival (AUS)
Official Selection - 2021 Freshflix Film Festival (AUS)
Official Selection - 2021 Melbourne Women in Film Festival (AUS)
Official Selection - 2021 Festival International du Film documentaire Océanien (France)
Official Selection - 2020 Mosaic World Film Festival (US)
Official Selection - 2020 Aesthetica Film Festival (UK)
Multicultural Film Festival - 2021 Short Fiction Film Honourable Mention
Setting Sun Film Festival - 2021 Cultural Diversity Award
Setting Sun Film Festival - 2021 Best Female Filmmaker nomination
Setting Sun Film Festival - 2021 Best Emerging Filmmaker Award
WIFT - V-Fest Competition Finalist 2021/Best Student Film nomination
Critics Lab (MWFF) - 2021 Critics Choice Award
Freshflix Festival - Best Drama 2021
Melbourne Women in Film Festival - Best Next Gen Film Award 2021
Melbourne Women in Film Festival - Programmer's Choice: Best Victorian Next Gen Film Award 2021
Accolade Global FIlm Competition 2020 - Award of Merit (Special Mention) November 2020 - Film Short (Student), Women Filmmakers (Student)
Film Victoria Graduate Award - 2019 Showcase & Industry Awards - Certificate of Merit: Best Film Award
Film Victoria Graduate Award - 2019 Showcase & Industry Awards - Certificate of Merit: Best Producer
Film Victoria Graduate Award - 2019 Showcase & Industry Awards - Certificate of Merit: Best Cinematography
Film Victoria Graduate Award - 2019 Showcase & Industry Awards - Certificate of Merit: Best Script Award
WRITING CREDITS
Return to Paradise (2023)
Television
Lead writer - Peter Matessi
ABC x BBC Studios
Role: S01 Notetaker
FLUNK (2019)
Webseries
Lead writer - Ric Forster
Screen Australia, Vicscreen & Lilydale Films
Role: Ingrid (character)
WRITING TRAINING
Australian Writer’s Guild First Break 2022 Victoria program
https://www.awgpathways.com.au/writer/jessica-li/
Instructor - Catherine Kelleher
Skills: notetaking, writer’s room and script coordinator training
Matchbox Pictures writers' room training 2017
Instructor - Michael McMahon
Swinburne University of Technology
Bachelor of Film and Television
Major: Writing and Directing
High Achiever’s Program
Vice Chancellor’s Scholarship