Filmmaker Daniel Hsia’s quest to get to the bottom of his lifelong hatred for cheese results in this hilarious short documentary/comedy. 5 minutes.

Written, Directed, Edited by Daniel Hsia
Director of Photography: Linus Lau
Additional Photography: Nick Heim
Co-Producer/Art Department: Sunny Chyun
Original Score by Tracy Mills
Introducing: Austin Chen as Young Daniel Hsia
Featuring: Sundeep Bhat, Sarah Chen, Tina Chew, Nick Heim, Phylis and David Hsia, Joey Pritikin, Megan Schofield, Doralice and Shorty.
Many Thanks To: Tomales Bay Foods and The Cowgirl Creamery, Doralice and Shorty, Timothy Jieh, Evan Leong, Karen Mak, Kristina Sheryl Wong, Leslie Ito, Abraham Ferrer, Ernesto Foronda.

Yes, I really do hate cheese. I hate everything about it. The smell, the taste, the texture...yuck! I’d been considering doing a short documentary about my cheese-hatred for about a year when I was awarded the Visual Communications “Armed With A Camera” Fellowship Grant. I received $500.00 to make a five-minute digital film, so I decided to make a documentary, since $500.00 doesn’t get you very far in terms of production value on a narrative film.

This film was made possible by a grant from Visual Communications and the California Arts Council’s Multicultural “Next Generation” Program.