SEX, BASEBALL, & ALL PUSSIBILITIES is a comedic short film about friendship, experimentation, and reclaiming one’s sexuality. This coming-of-age story embraces sex while highlighting the universal experience of women being pushed to question their role in modern love with others and themselves.

After a year of celibacy, Cathy trusts Jazelle to sexually prepare her for her Friday night D(ate) back in the game. As Jazelle trains Cathy through the steps of first, second, and third base, Cathy must navigate her past fears with love and inexperience with sex while embracing a side of herself she didn't know existed. 

REFERENCES: Joyride, Key & Peele, Booksmart, No Hard Feelings

We want to showcase two Asian females who are not your stereotypical “sexy” leading gals, but hold individuality in their unhinged friendship, humor, and outlook on life. We rarely see absurd and balls-to-the-wall short-form comedy that spotlight a sexually-liberated and confidently-free Asian lead alongside ANOTHER Asian lead who is the absolute opposite. 

While many stories today tell tales of young horniness and sex, we want to create a world and resolution where you don’t have to go “all-the-way.” Discovering your sexual comfortability is a total process, and for many young adults, this means taking control of where the end of a date leads or knowing when to say no. The game of modern love is ever-changing, and we hope this story opens new viewpoints in the way we dictate first dates, hoe-phases, break-ups, and everything in-between.

Sex is never linear | Sex, Baseball, & All Pussibilties questions the order/guideline of getting to third base and how one’s sex life should be. There seems to be this traditional expectation in how one goes on a date and where that may lead next. What’s your body count? Have you ever had an orgasm? No, really, have you. How many relationships have you been in? It can become pressuring to do it “right,” when really, this can differ for everyone. And that’s absolutely okay. 

Navigating one’s place in modern love and sex | Today’s dating apps, reality shows about love, and online media have really shaped the way we navigate our place within all of it. It’s scary real estate, modern love. And the way it’s transformed today, we’ve become quick to swipe on potential life partners and race to get physical, even when we are not ready. This is such a universal experience in balancing today's ideals of love while curating our own. 

We are never just one thing | Our protagonist goes through inner conflict and fear of being labeled as one thing. All her life, she’s been labeled with unwarranted life superlatives of cute, booksmart, and happy-go-lucky -- never sexy, risky, or anything outside that boundary. She’s left to learn that qualities within us like cute or sexy can coexist.

To cover the costs of different aspects of production — like paying the crew, equipment, production design, securing locations (like a good ol’ baseball field) — we need your help! Every dollar will go towards this short and supporting young filmmakers. With your donations, we will finally be able to bring this project to fruition!

Cathy Bui - Actor & Writer

Cathy Bui is a Vietnamese-American actor raised in Westminster, CA. She found a love for characters and storytelling from watching 90’s sitcoms with her grandmother - catapulting her ambition to create universal stories with faces that look like those around her. Cathy recently was a series regular and lead in Freeform pilot, AZNBBGRL and lead in a Film Independent short film, All I Ever Wanted. She has also previously worked as a producer for Apple’s TBWA Media Arts Lab and behind the scenes at Prettybird, Partizan, and Warner Bros. Currently, she is repped by Stride Management, Greene Talent, and Innovative Artists. 

Jazelle Villanueva - Actor & Writer

Jazelle Villanueva is a Filipina-American actor born and raised in Riverside, California with a B.A. in Theatre Arts from University of California, Irvine and years of training under great teachers in Los Angeles. She was a series regular and lead in Freeform’s pilot, AZNBBGRL, and has appeared in multiple worldwide commercials ranging from Amazon, Melissa McCarthy’s Bookings.com Superbowl commercial, IHOP,  Target, and many more. Jazelle’s deep passion for acting comes from hardships in life where she found comfort and inspiration from the theatre and film. From there, she strives to tell the stories of those who desire that same comfort, healing, and inspiration. Currently, she is repped by Silver Lining Entertainment and Stewart Talent. 

Aimee Pham - Co-Director

Aimee is a Vietnamese American filmmaker based in Los Angeles. She currently works in development with writer/director Lulu Wang (The Farewell, Expats) and producer Dani Melia (The Farewell, Expats) at their production company Local Time. In 2022, Aimee wrapped production on House Rules, a short film she wrote and co-directed about young adulthood, sexuality, and overcoming generational and cultural differences. It premiered at the Seattle Asian American Film Festival, where it won the Audience Choice Award for Favorite Narrative Short. As the child of Vietnamese immigrants, Aimee is passionate about telling stories that are daring, vulnerable, and explore the nuances of the Asian American experience.

Kai Sampadian - Co-Director

Kai is an Asian American filmmaker based in Los Angeles. Born in Japan and raised in San Diego, Kai’s upbringing as a military child allowed him to live in various cities across the United States, exposing him to a diverse array of cultures and communities. Kai currently works in development at Justin Baldoni’s Wayfarer Studios, and has previously worked at FX Networks, Annapurna Pictures, and CAA. In 2022, Kai wrapped production on House Rules, a short film he co-directed. As a Japanese American filmmaker, Kai hopes to further push the envelope in telling fresh and compelling stories through the perspective of characters that look like him and his community. 

William E. Ackerman - Producer

William Ackerman is a Chicagoland born-and-raised filmmaker working out of Los Angeles. Childhood exposure to the films from the Golden Age of Hollywood and gothic literature led to his lifelong love of cinema and the macabre. His work has screened at festivals around the world while also garnering millions of views online. While working in production and marketing, he has worked with Universal Pictures, Amblin Entertainment, and Warner Brothers Discovery. As a producer and director, William hopes to champion stories of the weird outsiders that we all can relate to through genre filmmaking. He is a graduate of DePaul University with a BA in Film and TV. 

Andrew Sun - Associate Producer

Andrew Sun is a writer/producer born and raised in Los Angeles. After studying Biology, Andrew decided to pursue his dream of filmmaking and his unconventional background draws him to stories of absurdity, paradoxically grounded in realism. Since then, he has worked in development with Academy President, Janet Yang, while producing short films with award-winning directors and talent. Coming from a diverse city, he’s been fortunate in keeping touch with his Chinese ancestry, and hopes to continue that thread in his work. Through his work, Andrew hopes to help create media that harbors community for Asian people while expanding the range of stories that Asians are "allowed" to tell.

Cole Bacani - Director of Photography

Cole Bacani is a writer, director, and cinematographer who grew up in Naperville, Illinois and in 2020, he graduated from USC. His directing work is featured on Netflix, YouTube Originals, DUST, NoBudge, CryptTV, Film Shortage, and screened all around the world. He’s been awarded/nominated at Palm Springs International ShortFest, NFFTY, First Look, and more. In 2016, Cole received a National Student Production award for cinematography from the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences. He's currently directing and developing new digital series at Jubilee Media and is developing his first feature film.



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