Spotlight Events feature conversations with high-profile film and television industry professionals who share helpful advice and insights on their career experiences and creative process. You do not need to have seen the work to participate.
Join Sundance Collab and acclaimed director Andrew Ahn (Fire Island, Driveways, Spa Night) for an exclusive conversation on Ahn’s film, The Wedding Banquet, a 2025 Sundance Film Festival hit, and a contemporary reimagining of Ang Lee’s 1993 classic of the same name.
The Wedding Banquet is a joyful comedy of errors about a chosen family navigating cultural identity, queerness, and family expectations. Frustrated with his commitment-phobic boyfriend, Chris, and running out of time, Min makes a proposal: a green card marriage with his friend Angela in exchange for expensive in vitro fertilization treatments for her partner, Lee. Plans change when Min’s grandmother surprises them with an elaborate Korean wedding banquet.
In this session, we talk about the creative process behind reimagining a classic film for a contemporary audience, collaborating with James Schamus who co-wrote the 1993 film, infusing your voice into an existing story, and working with an exceptional cast, which includes Bowen Yang, Lily Gladstone, Joan Chen, and Academy Award-winner, Youn Yuh-jung.
This conversation will offer the opportunity to gain insight about this hilarious and heartfelt film, and a Q&A with director and co-writer, Andrew Ahn.
