Caliann Lum
Cool Loon Movies Writer/Producer
Writer/Producer as second career. I look forward to attending the Austin Film Festival whenever I can. It's a lot of fun and an incredible resource that best supports my ambition to write great movies!
2023 Austin Film Festival
EXCESS BAGGAGE Action-Comedy, Feature - 2nd Rounder AFF. "An obsessive nerd who dreams of being a spy must live by her wits when chased by CIA and terrorists who mistake her for a mysterious international spy, Double M, thought to possess an ancient artifact that can cure terrorism. From the snows of Minnesota to the streets of Mumbai and the far reaches of Afghanistan and Kashmir, this American fish out of water and her handsome Indian Commander save the World for another day." Posted on blcklst.com and Coverfly.com
2022 Austin Film Festival
POPPY WAR Action-Drama, Feature - 2nd Rounder AFF. "A Vietnam hero returns to 1971 Saigon as a reporter investigating the heroin epidemic killing U.S. troops as America pulls out of the war. Things get complicated when he falls for a CIA recruit ordered to stop him." Posted on blcklst.com and Coverfly.com
TRASH DAY Comedy, Short - 2nd Rounder AFF. ”A young trophy wife gets her revenge after learning her older husband has been cheating on her. In the end, love conquers all, but not in the way one expects." October 2022 Coverfly Red List; Posted on Coverfly.com
2021 Austin Film Festival
HEROES "One of Ours" Drama Pilot - 2nd Rounder AFF. "HEROES, the series, is a serialized procedural military medical drama set in 2005 Iraq at the Combat Support Hospital (CaSH) in Baghdad, about the daily struggle of doctors and staff to keep their humanity while fighting to save the lives of soldiers and civilians alike."
"One of Ours," the pilot, introduces the world of the series, where the taking and saving of lives collide, and introduces the first season's ensemble characters as their very personal stories and beliefs begin to intertwine. The pilot and each episode begins with three trauma victims chosen by the fateful course of three projectiles. How our main characters interact with these three victims and each other will reveal over the course of each season who they are and why we should care." Posted on Coverfly.com