Jen Lim
In this short comedy-drama film Celia, an elderly Chinese woman finds friendship with her similarly lonely neighbour through a shared disdain for a bad meal.
Leftovers is an intimate meditation on ageing, migration, and the quiet resilience found in everyday acts of care.
Rooted in the deeply personal experience of being an only child to immigrant parents, this film explores the
emotional and physical isolation that often shadows the elderly: particularly those who have built lives far from
their families and cultural communities.
Through our partnership with Age UK, Earl’s Court Film Festival and the Chinese community centres, we will reach audiences who have been less engaged with and represented by in cinema: the elderly, women, and South East Asia. Through these community screenings, Leftovers will not only raise awareness, but foster real-life connections.
THE LEFTOVERS TEAM
Writer/Director🔗Jen Lim
Funded scripts by Roundhouse and Other Brother Studios, and long listed for London Library Emerging Writers programme. Director of multiple shorts, including the BIFA Qualified Discord.
Producer 🔗 Natalie Lauren
Award-winning BIFA qualified shorts STI, and Richmond Prize winning Fractured Frame, feature film 12 (Amazon Prime).
Producer 🔗 Bethany Taylor-Goh
Award-winning short The Interview, deputy director of Collective Film Festival London, and Neuroscientist.
