In this raw and compelling documentary, Dutch-Japanese filmmaker Kiriko Mechanicus writes letters to the young man who carried out the Atlanta spa shootings that claimed the lives of Asian women. Weaving together her own experiences and the gunman’s recorded accounts, the film confronts racial fetishization while examining the complex desires that shape our lives and relationships.

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).
Japanese Film Festival of Arizona
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