After meeting through a chance wrong number phone call, a trans teen girl helps an Asian woman escape deportation, forming an unlikely mother-daughter bond that they’ve been yearning for in their own lives.
GOOD CHANCE is a comedic drama about Rachael, a young, passionate and insecure trans fashionista, who helps Wei-Ling, a recently-widowed, karaoke-singing, church-going, undocumented Asian woman, escape deportation. Rachael doesn’t have a good relationship with her mother, who wants her to go to business school and Wei-Ling doesn’t have a good relationship with her daughter, who hid her out-of-wedlock pregnancy from her. This story is about two strangers from different worlds who form an unlikely friendship that helps them heal the relationships in their own families. It explores the intricacies of mother-daughter relationships; what happens when love, disapproval, nurturing and pain meet; and ultimately awakening to yourself in another person.
Tricia Lee is an accomplished AAPI female filmmaker whose ability to blend heart-warming and heart-breaking stories with uplifting humor has earned her recognition on the 2020 (GOOD CHANCE), 2021 (IDOL) & 2023 (AMERICAN DREAMS) Black List. As a fellow of the SONY Diverse TV Writers Program, Tricia creates from a Canadian perspective, exploring themes of belonging, voicelessness, and shared humanity through the lens of the American Dream. Her feature script, GOOD CHANCE has received numerous accolades, including being a top 50 finalist in The Academy Nicholl Fellowship, winning the grand prize at Francis Ford Coppola's Zoetrope Screenplay Competition, a top 14 finalist Universal Studios Writers Program, on the CAPE List and being selected for the prestigious Producers Guild of America Power of Diversity Master Workshop. Tricia's impressive directing credits include working with top talent such as Eva Longoria (DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES), Simu Liu (Marvel's SHANG-CHI), Ingrid Rogers (BOSCH), and James Kyson (HEROES). She has written a pilot for and will be a showrunner of the animated anthology A BANQUET FOR HUNGRY GHOSTS produced by 108 Media. Lee has directed 3 award-winning features including BLOOD HUNTERS, which sold to Hulu and was presented in Cannes by Frontieres and SILENT RETREAT, which was theatrically released across Canada and sold to NBC Universal’s Chiller Network.
The Black List
The CAPE List
Top 50 Nicholls Fellowship
Winner Francis Ford Coppola's American Zoetrope Screenplay Contest
Winner Cinequest Feature Screenplay
Lead Actor - Diana Lin
