Greenwich Entertainment has acquired the 2023 Slamdance Grand Jury Prize and Audience Award winner, Starring Jerry As Himself – a genre-bending film that recreates the fantastical misadventures of Jerry Hsu, an ordinary Taiwanese immigrant retired in Orlando, who becomes a spy in an international money laundering investigation. After months of keeping his mission secret, Jerry finally reveals everything to his family. This prompts Jerry’s actual son and producer of the film, Jonathan Hsu, to ultimately dramatize his father’s ordeal in order to discover the truth about what really happened and how it changed Jerry’s life forever.

Greenwich will release the film in select theaters and on home entertainment platforms beginning late summer.

In making this shapeshifting documentary/narrative hybrid, Jonathan reached out to Law Chen, an award winning commercial, film and documentary shorts director, who also co-produced and co-wrote with Jerry Hsu. They enlisted family members, actors, and most importantly Jerry himself to tell his baffling story.

“This will be the most personal film I’ll ever produce, a film about my father,” states Jonathan Hsu. “I’m grateful to Greenwich Entertainment and the Visit Films team for championing this complex, genre-bending film that Law Chen crafted.

“Greenwich Entertainment has always sought unique, indie films that can turn the lens on the audience’s soul in all their acquisitions and we’re honored for Starring Jerry As Himself to join their slate,” says Law Chen.

“Starring Jerry as Himself was one of the true festival sleeper hits of last year and we’re delighted to offer general audiences the same dizzying and poignant experience thousands of festival goers have had,” adds Greenwich Entertainment Co-President Edward Arentz.