Short proof of concept film · In post production
When a mystical bronze mirror awakens the vengeful spirit of a Korean queen silenced at the height of her power, a Korean American teenager must confront a legacy of pride, pressure and power -- with generational consequences that aren't entirely her own.
Photo credit: Rose Sutton 2026 - SOWON LEE on set of we meet again film
Photo credit: Rose Sutton 2026 - SOWON LEE on set of we meet again film
CENTURIES AGO...
Queen Seon-min was assassinated, but not before conspiring with a shaman to seal her soul inside a bronze mirror, determined to seize her next incarnation.
Seventeen-year-old Aera Lim is coming apart at the seams of her bicultural identity. When her mother humiliates her during a poem recitation at a Chuseok festival, Aera flees and finds the mirror. Struck by lighting, she wakes with the Queen inside her. Now sharing a soul with a woman who refused to be silenced.
TODAY...
WHY THIS STORY?
Fantasy has rarely made room for Korean American leads, even as global audiences prove year after year, an enormous appetite for Korean stories. We Meet Again meets that moment: genre entertainment with a protagonist the genre has overlooked, and a theme every audience recognizes, inheriting what our families couldn't resolve.
This is a cinematic exploration of the Korean American diaspora, blending the warmth of ancestral memory and American coming-of-age with the sharp edge of fantasy. It bridges impossible distances to arrive at something simple and profound: finding your people.
Creator Statement
At twelve, I spent a year living in South Korea. It was a formative year for the hardest reasons: not fitting in and bullying. I came back feeling different from everyone around me, and I carried that difference for a long time.
We Meet Again is based on my life: a girl haunted by her past. But at its heart, it is a story about healing, about breaking toxic cycles we inherit, and about finding the power to define yourself.
Sixteen years later, I returned to South Korea and visited the school I once attended. As an adult who knows so much better now, I made peace with that year. With this story, I hope to finish healing. myself, and to help heal everyone who sees their own past in Aera's.
Janet Hyojo Oh, Writer & Producer
Request the Pitch Deck
For the full pitch deck, budget, and screening materials, get in touch: wemeetagainfilm@gmail.com.
What Funding Enables
Support at this stage completes post-production (color, sound design, and score) and carries the film through festival submissions and deliverables, positioning the series for pitch.
Where We're Going
The proof-of-concept is the first step in a deliberate pathway: complete post-production, launch a targeted festival campaign, and pitch We Meet Again as a full television series with the short and expanded material in hand.
Timeline
The Journey Ahead
Creative Team
Director
Emily Massey
NYU Tisch-trained director and 2025 HRTS Fellow with credits spanning Netflix, Paramount+, and a Sundance-winning feature.
Producer, screenWRITER
Janet Hyojo Oh
Award-winning writer-producer (NJ State Council on the Arts Individual Artist Finalist) telling Korean American stories across film and television.
producer
Brittany Huie Santiago
Emmy-winning producer (NBC Sports, Olympic Games) and Associate Producer of Photographic Justice: The Corky Lee Story (DOC NYC premiere, PBS broadcast).
Cinematography
Winona Lu
Cinematographer (she/they) whose lens explores family, diaspora, and queer cultures; her recent short Did You Eat Yet? screened at three festivals including Philadelphia Asian American Film Festival.
production design
Sophia Jacobs
NYU Tisch-trained production designer bringing scenic design experience from theater and independent film to the world of the Queen.
associate producer, casting director
Kathryn Loveless
Writer-producer with a background in Broadway casting and scripted development at October Films, and a repeat TV pilot competition semifinalist.