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Short film · 23:08

The Condo

A comedy by David Zhou.

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01 / The story

On the festival circuit

College roommates Steven and Rahul turn their living room into an underground casino to repay a debt to a Chinese gambling syndicate.

Format
Short film
Running time
23:08
Filmmaker
David Zhou
Channel release
1 November 2018
YouTube views · as of October 21, 2026
7,102
02 / Behind the camera

Meet the filmmaker.

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David Zhou

David Zhou was born in Beijing and moved to the United States at 17, finishing high school at Valley Forge Military Academy before a BA in Film and Media Arts at Temple University. He wrote, directed and produced The Condo, which screened in the 2017 Philadelphia Asian American Film Festival’s Locals Only shorts programme.

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03 / More from the film

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04 / On screen

The cast.

Mike Lew

Rahul

Vinny Ali

Vinny Ali is an actor working in film, theatre and voiceover. His professional résumé lists The Condo, directed by David Zhou, among his screen credits.

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Chao

Han Chiang

Han Chiang is the founder of Han Dynasty, the Sichuan restaurant group he opened in Exton, Pennsylvania in 2007 and later expanded to Philadelphia and New York. His screen work includes Sinner City and The Condo, in which he plays the gambling boss Chao.

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05 / Making the film

Behind the story.

On the festival circuit

The Condo screened in the Locals Only shorts programme at the Philadelphia Asian American Film Festival in November 2017.

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A restaurateur on screen

Han Chiang described playing Chao in a March 2017 interview. He said the production had wrapped that January after roughly two weeks of filming.

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06 / The people behind the film

Made together.

Written & directed by
David Zhou
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