Kyle Chu

Kyle Casey Chu (AKA Panda Dulce) is a Filmmaker, Author and a founding queen of Drag Story Hour. She is currently a 2024-2025 FilmHouse Resident at SFFILM.


In 2022, far-right extremists stormed her reading in San Lorenzo, making global headlines. Based on the incident, her short screenplay, "After What Happened at the Library" won WeScreenplay, Titan Awards and SF Indie's Short Screenplay Competitions. With support from Sundance, SFFILM, Talon Entertainment, the SF Arts Commission and Skywalker Sound, the screenplay was produced and will premiere at Florida Film Festival and SF International Film Festival in April 2025.  

This short is a proof-of-concept for her debut narrative feature film. The script is in an advanced draft and was workshopped at Sundance’s Trans Possibilities Intensive, Lambda Literary’s Writers Retreat and Film Fatales. 


Kyle's debut novel, "The Queen Bees of Tybee County" (HarperCollins, 2025), was recently optioned by Lambur Productions into a UK TV show.

Format: Scripted Feature, Scripted Shorts, Scripted Episodic

Genre: Drama, Thriller, Comedy, Horror

Location: San Francisco, California, United States

Artists Impact Endowment - San Francisco Arts Commission, Uprise Grant - The Sundance Institute, Trans Possibilities Intensive Grant - The Sundance Institute, Best Short Screenplay - TITAN Awards, Best Short Screenplay - SF Indie Film Festival,