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A portrait is a simple still image, but there are stories behind each one that most of us do not get to see. A portrait of mum looks at the relationship between a mother and daughter, the tensions that are born out of love, kinship and aspiration.

She has visitors at night.

He goes to church every Sunday while she goes to the mosque on Thursdays. He has bible study every Friday while she practices reading the Quran every Monday. For the past 43 years, 77-year-old, Jumaiah Saad has been married to 85-year-old, S.V. Chandran. She is Muslim and he is Christian. But unknown to her husband, madam Jumaiah reveals a secret she’s been keeping in all these years- she has yet to come to terms with choosing love, over committing one of the most controversial sins in Islam – marrying outside the faith.

Adrian returns home to find his hawker father dead, with the family’s Kuay Chap recipe lost. However, a mysterious old classmate shows up, claiming that she can let him have that last meal with his father again.A Viddsee Original Production

Verona discovers the key step in recreating Adrian’s father’s Kuay Chap, and successfully brings Adrian back to the last meal with his father. Adrian discovers his father’s true intentions behind his opposition to Adrian’s culinary career path.A Viddsee Original Production

Always trying to live up to her deceased mother’s reputation as a legendary doyenne , Diana almost derails her opera singing career. Her brother engages the Soul Chef to help. The process makes Verona recall something from her past.A Viddsee Original Production

Verona deals with an intrusive client, Danial, looking to properly settle things with his deceased fiancee before marrying his new one. The intrusions don’t stop when a figure from her past appears.A Viddsee Original Production

Verona tries to continue with her job of ensuring that the feuding Lim family meet with their patriarch, even as Tomo insists on tagging along.A Viddsee Original Production

Verona reminisces about her first (accidental) manifestation. Tomo stages a fake interview with Mrs Lim to understand the motionless scene he had accidentally seen.A Viddsee Original Production

Verona and Tomo attempt to manifest Orion with Tomo’s last dish. This time, it’s Tomo who has secrets to hide.A Viddsee Original Production

Tomo attempts to make up for his previous actions by passing an heirloom to Verona. Verona has her own intention in letting him back into the house for one last attempt at seeing Orion – but will it turn out to be more than what she bargained for?A Viddsee Original Production

Jian Wen was a good basketball player with great talents. Because of an accident, he missed out the opportunity to advance further in this career.This story illustrates how Jian Wen dealt with personal conflict, parent’s expectation, livelihood and his passion. A full stop to a dream is not the end of our life. Our life is made of many different dots which are connected with each other. Each dot represents a goal in life. Jian Wen found his another 'dot' in his life in this film.