Like Father Like Daughter

After a breakup in Japan, a young woman returns home to find her Tongan father has taken in her ex on a student visa. This darkly comedic hybrid animation documentary intimately explores migration, memory, masculinity, and womanhood, questioning who we become when the land beneath us changes.

United States | 2026 | Short, Hybrid | English, Japanese

Director: Jacqueline Olivé (Tongan)

Olivé is a Tongan filmmaker from Las Vegas fluent in English and Japanese. Exploring themes of identity, legacy, and belonging with empathy, she has earned two Student Emmys and support from Sundance, Cannes Docs, Netflix, Pacific Islanders in Communications, and Brown Girls Doc Mafia, fostering cross-cultural understanding through storytelling.

Producer: Jacqueline Olivé

Contact:

Jacqueline Olivé olive@moungapictures.com