Sorry for Your Cost Poster

Sorry for Your Cost: Directed by Rosie Choo Pidcock. With Adeline Lo, Simon Chin, Lucas Mocchi. It is an absurd dramedy that explores the predatory nature of the funeral industry through the eyes of a working class Chinese family. Written and Directed by Rosie Choo Pidcock, the film draws on her personal experience planning her Mom's funeral and subsequent investigation into the cost of death care in North America. Starring Olivia Cheng and produced by Boldly in partnership with Special Delivery Productions and Mimosa Productions, the film follows a scrappy teenage girl dreams of attending theatre school. When her Mom dies unexpectedly the day she gets her acceptance letter, she is forced to choose between paying for the funeral or abandoning Mom's last rites in pursuit of her own future. Sorry For Your Cost is supported by the National Film Board of Canada, Canada Council for the Arts, British Columbia Arts Council and a generous community of audience members via the Seed&Spark crowdfunding platform.