AI Grief-Bot Dramedy ‘Talk to Me When You Are Dead,’ Produced by Anthony Chen, Probes the Limits of Digital Afterlives at Busan Asian Project Market

Variety - Oct 9, 2026

A widowed programmer who builds a digital copy of his late wife ends up turning grief into a business in “Talk to Me When You Are Dead,” the debut feature from Singapore’s Alvin Lee, produced by Anthony Chen and Gina Tan. The project is part of the Asian Project Market, which runs within the Busan […]

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