News x MUSE recently talked with Director Ham Tran and Producer Jennie Trang Le about their Sundance Film Festival movie, Maika The Girl From Another Galaxy.
Ham Tran’s Maika follows 8-year-old Hung, who is still coping with the death of his mother and having difficulty connecting to his father, when his best friend moves away, along with others in his apartment as a greedy landlord conspires to push everyone out so he can sell the place. One night, as Hung retreats to the roof to be alone and watch the night sky he witnesses an errant falling star hitting the ground by a lake near his town. Hung hops on his bike in search of adventure. He arrives at the crash site, and instead of a meteor, discovers an alien girl from the planet Maika, who came in search of her lost friend. As Hung helps Maika find her friend and get back to her home, she inadvertently helps Hung make new friends and mend his broken heart. But danger lurks everywhere, as Hung is not the only one who knows of his new alien friend…
Learn more about Ham Tran Maika The Girl From Another Galaxy film by visiting https://festival.sundance.org/program/#film-info/61ae0a126c1de5241bc8176d
