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2025
From the Afterlife (Poetry Film)
A poetry film made in collaboration with poet, writer, and translator Kirun Kapur, based on the poem of the same name. Shot on 8mm film and edited using archival footage.
Created as a part of Matwaala 10th Anniversary Mehfilm Festival.
Cast:
Maya Kumar
Humdrum Ecstasy (Short Film)
Experimental short about a young woman’s relationship with her strained friendship and meditation on whale strandings.
Selected for Midwest Film Festival Roadshow 2025; Kansas City Underground Film Festival 2025;
Nominated for
Midwest Film Festival 2025- Best Sound Design;
Selected for Sweet Void Video Village.
Dir. Haoshu Sascha Deng
Produced by Sophia Pedro Torres and Andrew Kline
Cinematography by Mia Mylvaganam
Sound Recording and Design by Wesley Park
Editing by Haoshu Sascha Deng
Assistant Director: Gwen Giedeman
Gaffer: Nick Schoenbrodt
Production Design: Renee Grotthuss
Casting: Tanisha Tekriwal
Assistant Camera: Elshadai Aberra
Cast:
| JG Singhal |
| Eli Han |
| Abby Aldrich |
| Catie Moore |
Lucky Superstar (Music Video)
For Chicago based indie-rock artist Pictoria Vark’s single “Lucky Superstar”, I conceptualized a fuzzy and layered music video that reflects the deep rumbles of the distorted bass. The video is shot on super 8 film and developed by CineLab Boston.
Make Me A Sword (Music Video)
For Chicago based indie-rock artist Pictoria Vark’s single “Make Me A Sword”, I conceptualized a music videos inspired by occult and medieval imagery, including the Rider-Waite Tarot Sword suite decks and Joan of Arc.
Director, Cinematographer, Editor: Haoshu Sascha Deng
Producer: Victoria Park
Talent: Victoria Park, Eli Han
Production Designer: Lola Selby
Crew: Jane Carlson, Gwen Giedeman, Sukwon Jeong, Wesley Park, Eli Han
2024
Arm & A Leg (Short Film)
When April discovers a wild passion for interpretive dance, her amateur artistic fervor throws her career, her marriage, and her social environment into absurd crisis.
Director: Sam Clayton
Producers: Tristan Baumeister, Madie Giaconia
Cinematographer: Haoshu Sascha Deng
Selected for CineYouth 2025 and
Chicago International Film Festival 2025
Dream Logic (Short Film)
A glimpse into the collision of M and J, two young people who find desire in each other. Slow intimacy, queer yearning, power, and tenderness.
Director/Editor: Mia Mylvaganam
Producers: Eli Han, İsmet Mert Küçüker
Director of Photography: Haoshu Sascha Deng
16mm color on video
Kansas City Underground Film Festival 2024
Blow-up Arthouse Film Festival Semi-Finalist 2024
2023
Tunnel Vision (Short Film)
Tunnel Vision is about the journey in darkness before getting to the light during moments in transition.
8mm color on video
Selected for Midwest Film Festival 2024 - Analog Night; Cariño Festival de Cine 2024; Kansas City Underground Film Festival 2025
Symposia (Short Film)
Symposia follows the artistic practice of three Chicago-based sound artists across their performances, practices, and conversations throughout the span of a year.
Participating artists: Jack Langdon, Melon Sprout, Regina Martinez (Selective Listening)
Press
Celebrate community with Cariño Festival de Cine | Daniella Mazzio, Chicago Reader