World Premiere at SXSW, Austin, Texas on March 14, 2026
TRAILER
ABOUT THE FILM
In 2021, 21-year-old Robert Aaron Long kills 8 Asian women in massage parlours in Atlanta, Georgia as a way to suppress his uncontrollable sexual desire. Dutch-Japanese filmmaker Kiriko Mechanicus writes letters to the young murderer to find out what his killings have to do with her sexual life. What do our racial fetishes tell us about our hidden human desires?
THE TEAM
Director KIRIKO MECHANICUS (she/her, 1995) is an Amsterdam-based Dutch-Japanese documentary filmmaker, writer of fiction and non-fiction, culinary researcher, photographer and art director. Her graduation film ‘A TOMATO TRAGEDY’ (2023) won the Netherlands Film Fund Wildcard Award, resulting in her debut short documentary ‘HOW TO CATCH A BUTTERFLY’ (2026).
Producer ILJA ROOMANS is producer for Docmakers, a collective of the award-winning documentary filmmakers based in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. She has over 20 years of experience producing both national productions and international co-productions. Ilja is a member of the Documentary Branch of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences (Oscars®) and of the EAVE Producers Network.
SCREENINGS
| Austin, US | South by Southwest Film & TV Festival | Rollins Theatre, Long Center | March 14, 11:00 | Tickets |
| Austin, US Palm Springs, US | South by Southwest Film & TV Festival AmDocs Film Festival | Rollins Theatre, Long Center Palm Springs Cultural Center | March 17, 18:00 March 20, 17:00 | Tickets Tickets |
| Den Haag, The Netherlands | Movies That Matter Film Festival | Filmhuis Den Haag | March 21, 17:00 | Tickets |
| Den Haag, The Netherlands | Movies That Matter Film Festival | Filmhuis Den Haag | March 22, 20:30 | Tickets |
| Den Haag, The Netherlands | Movies That Matter Film Festival | Filmhuis Den Haag | March 23, 18:00 | Tickets |
| Den Haag, The Netherlands | Movies That Matter Film Festival | Filmhuis Den Haag | March 26, 20:15 | Tickets |
| Den Haag, The Netherlands | Movies That Matter Film Festival | Filmhuis Den Haag | March 28, 16:45 | Tickets |
| Nijmegen, The Netherlands | Go Short Film Festival | LUX Nijmegen | April 11, 14:45 | Tickets |
| Amsterdam, The Netherlands | Cinemasia Film Festival | Studio/K | April 12, 16:00 | Tickets |
| Lissabon, Portugal | IndieLisboa | Culturgest | May 7, 21:30 | Tickets |
| Warsaw, Poland | Millenium Docs against Gravity | announced soon | announced soon | Tickets |