Kaylen Ng - Sundance Collab

Kaylen Ng is a Webby-nominated Singaporean American filmmaker from Southern California with a BFA in Creative Producing from Chapman University. She was a 2022 Coca-Cola Refreshing Films finalist, a 2023 Television Academy Foundation Star Trek Command Training Program fellow, a 2024 Deutsche Bank Frieze Los Angeles Film Award fellow (Grand Jury Prize winner), and a featured filmmaker in Season 3 of Red Bull’s Establishing Shot. Her digital docuseries, Loud and Proud, was nominated for Best Social Content Series: Belonging & Inclusion at the 2026 Webby Awards. Currently, she's producing Umma's Cut, a short documentary supported by Kartemquin Films (Hoop Dreams, Minding the Gap) and the prestigious Zhao-Chen Family AAPI Voices Fund. She most recently served as a Jr. Creative Exec at Justin Simien’s Culture Machine and now works alongside a high-level manager/producer. Kaylen is drawn to intelligent, unexpected narratives that highlight the experience of underrepresented communities.

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The Metamorphosis Project

Creator: Kaylen Ng

The Metamorphosis Project

Creator: Kaylen Ng

After a harrowing ALS diagnosis, Eric Lim is given the opportunity to test a virtual living experience called Metamorphosis. With the encouragement of his daughter Tegan, the two embark on a tour of the simulation, discovering a picture-perfect recreation of Eric’s home and a removal of all his ailments. But when glitches in the system start to show, Eric begins to see that his newfound “freedom” isn’t what it seems while Tegan tries to preserve their relationship, no matter the cost. They both must decide if hiding inside this illusion of normalcy is better than facing their new reality head-on.