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Gaa Ghar (Home)
Producer, Writer: Vaibhavi Bansal, Zhuolin Hong
Director: Vaibhavi Bansal
Director of Photography: Zhuolin Hong
1st AC, 2nd Unit Cam Op: Davide Picci
2nd AC: Martin Cao
Gaffer: Wenhan Zhang
Key Grip: Marcelo Solis Mercado, RJ Martinez
Best Boy Electric: Lexington Steinorth, Borna Jamshidi
Electrician: Shaunette Fenton
Best Boy Grip: Eric Chavez
Grip: Matt Manica Escobar
Production Designer: Ethan Hodgkins
Art Director: Ailin Mo
On-set Sound mixer, Boom Operator: Sergio Gonzales
Unit Production Manager: Edoardo Marino
Location Manager: Ari Groobman, Elizabeth Parroquin
Production Assistant: Casey Simoncic
BTS Photographer: Edoardo Marino, Casey Simoncic, Marcelo Solis Mercado
Post-Sound mixing: Jacob Nickless
Editor: Zhuolin Hong, Vaibhavi Bansal
Colorist: Zhuolin Hong
Based on a love story between
Zhuolin Hong (Cinematographer) and Vaibhavi Bansal (Director)
Gaa Ghar (home) is a deeply personal story born from the relationship between Zhuolin (cinematographer) and Vaibhavi (director), two first-generation Chinese and Indian immigrants. It captures the fleeting moments shared between two people as they face the imminent separation brought on by visa expiration.
The film is a reflection on love, memory, and the concept of home—not as a physical place, but as the connection we find in each other. Before moving to Seattle, Zhuolin and Vaibhavi met in 2024 while working in Los Angeles's film industry. What began as a friendship quickly blossomed into a profound bond, a feeling of finding home in one another. Yet, with Vaibhavi's visa set to expire, their time together was painfully limited.
Gaa Ghar is our way of preserving this chapter of our lives—a love letter that honors the small, intimate moments that define a relationship. Crafted with the support of close friends, the film is a journey backward through our memories, capturing the joy, hope, and vulnerability that come with loving someone when the future feels uncertain.
Through this film, we invite audiences to connect with the universal emotions of love and loss, while also offering a heartfelt glimpse into the immigrant experience and the search for belonging across distances and cultures. It's a story that resonates both as a personal journey and as a broader reflection on what it means to find—and sometimes leave—home.
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