Ela Thier	...	(Director)
Ela Thier	...	(Writer)
Noa Rotstein	...	Ellie
Dalena Le	...	Thuy
Daniel Bahr	...	Ellie's brother
Laura Camien	...	Mrs. Carol
Jade Gurman-Chan	...	Thuy's “ABC’s” sister
Ela Thier	...	Ellie's Mom
Udi Razzin	...	Ellie's Dad
Daphna Thier	...	Ellie's Aunt (as Daphne Tier)
Uri Thier	...	Ellie's Grandfather
Virginia Hastings	...	ESL Teacher

Comments: From MCL Fall 2013

Summary: Ellie, a 12-year-old immigrant girl from Israel, is lonely and homesick. Life brightens when she meets Thuy, a Vietnamese refugee her age. Trust slowly builds as the two teach each other about life in America. As Ellie and Thuy become inseparable, they eventually hurt and betray each other. Ellie must give up her most prized possession, in order to save their friendship. Based on the filmmaker's own experience, Foreign Letters is a story about prejudice, poverty, shame, and the power of friendship to heal us. The film features the music of iconic Israeli musician Chava Alberstein, who was the director's favorite musician when her family immigrated to the US in 1982.