CHECK PLEASE

Directed By Shane Chung

USA | Narrative | 10 min

East Coast Premiere

It’s closing time at the local Korean BBQ restaurant and JAY, a Korean-American, is out to dinner with SU-BIN, his coworker and the new Korean hire at the office. When it comes time to pay for the bill, the polite atmosphere quickly becomes competitive—both want to treat the other to the meal, both too stubborn and prideful to let the other pay. What starts as a verbal confrontation escalates into a no-holds-barred martial arts brawl, complete with salad tongs action, broomstick twirls, and credit card clashes. One will pay the bill…the other will pay with his life!

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    Film Details

    1. Blood/Gore, Mild Violence

    2. English, Korean

    3. English

    4. East Coast Premiere

    5. 2024

    6. 10 minutes

    7. Action, Comedy

    8. Narrative

    9. USA

      10. Shane Chung


      SHANE CHUNG is a Korean-American filmmaker who enjoys challenging mainstream narratives around Asians and Trojan-Horsing thorny emotions and complex topics into genre films. His latest short is the martial arts comedy CHECK PLEASE, which is one part a tribute to '90s Hong Kong action flicks and one part a bighearted reflection on the “in-betweenness” of holding an Asian-American identity. The short has screened at Fantastic Fest 2024, Palm Springs International Shortsfest 2025, the Chicago International Film Festival 2025, and won a 'Best Director' prize at the BFI Future Film Festival 2025. He is currently developing CHECK PLEASE into a feature.

      11. Anna Castagnaro

        Nick Leahy

      12. Shane Chung

      13. Richard Yan

        Sukwon Jeong

      14. Cinematographer: Tristan Baumeister

        Editor: Madie Giaconia

        Fight Choreographer: Grace Wagner

        Sound Designer: Taniya Tleubayeva

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