Phi and Me (2019)

A five-part series for YouTube about 16-year-old Phi Nguyen and her over-the-top refugee mother Kim Huong, who is a constant source of embarrassment as she does everything she can to help her daughter have a better life. The coming-of-age tale of second-generation Vietnamese Australian teenager Phi Nguyen and her relationship with her overbearing, loving, embarrassing, hard-working, exasperating mother Kim Huong. Phi just wants to hang out with her best friend Harr, take VCE Drama, and kiss a nice boy like Danny. Her mum just wants her to get straight A-plus, take specialist maths, never speak to boys, help with the sewing and cleaning, never talk back, become a doctor, and give something to brag about to all the aunties and uncles. As Phi and Kim Huong talk, fight, and make up, Phi comes to learn more about her mum's journey, her mysterious father, and herself.