Families and Funny

Oct 16, 04:44 PM by administrator

Program 7: Families And Funny

Sat. Nov. 8th, 3:30 PM

Comedies have always been a hit with audiences in film and TV. And some up and coming filmmakers pay tribute to family and the comedy within. Cultural misunderstandings are given humourous portrayals in both SMILE and SOUVENIRS FROM ASIA. A girl looks for love in the musical DAMN THE PAST! and ROCK GARDEN, A LOVE STORY is a comedic yet unconventional love story. COOKIES FOR SALE is a black comedy standoff between a grumpy neighbor and a very clever girl scout. In TOUCH, a lonely seamstress’ only companion is somebody lifeless. Finally, KU KLUX KORNEA mocks the “you all look alike” stereotype in a humorous office setting.

Rock Garden, A Love Story



Director/Producer/Writer: Gloria Kim
Narrative | Beta SP | Colour | 2008 | 9 minutes | Canada

A farmer cultivates a rock garden and one day discovers a special rock that changes his rock garden and his life.

Damn The Past!



Director/Writer: Juli Kang | Producer: Julien Favre
Narrative | DigiBeta | Colour | 2007 | 29 minutes | USA

Music happens when a singing mute meets the girl of his dreams, but the path to true love isn’t easy when you can only express yourself in song.

Previous Screenings: UCLA Directors Spotlight, VC APA Film Festival, RIHL (Poitiers, France), Asian Hot Shots Berlin, Big Muddy, Wild Rose, San Francisco Int’l Asian Film Festival

Canadian Premiere

Touch



Director: Richard Cranor | Producer/Writer:* Nhien Nguyen
Narrative | Beta SP | Colour | 2007 | 11 minutes | USA

A lonely immigrant woman spends her life sewing day after day, watching the world go by from the window of her small tailor shop. Longing for human interaction, she attempts to connect with the passersby, only to be met with rejection and humiliation. She looks to her wooden mannequin, who watches over her daily from the corner of the store, to fill the void in her heart.

Previous Screenings: Women’s Int’l Film Festival, DisOrient Film Festival

Canadian Premiere | Director In Attendance

Cookies For Sale



Director/Writer: Wes Kim | Producers: Elayne Wylie, Kristine Wong
Narrative | Beta SP | Colour | 2007 | 4 minutes | USA

A little girl selling cookies door-to-door engages in a battle of wills with a very grumpy neighbor.

Previous Screenings: Local Sightings Film Festival (Seattle), Children’s Film Festival Seattle – Best NW Film Audience Award, REDCAT Int’l. Children’s Film Festival (LA), San Francisco Int’l Asian Film Festival

Canadian Premiere | Director In Attendance

Smile



Director/Writer: Julia Kwan | Producers: Judi Babcock, Julia Kwan, Yves J. Ma
Narrative | Beta SP | Colour | 2007 | 18 minutes | Canada

Set in Vancouver in the 1980’s, SMILE explores the small, subtle fractures in a Chinese immigrant family on the day they use their cut-out Sears coupon for a free family portrait.

Previous Screenings: Toronto Int’l Film Festival, Sundance Film Festival

Souvenirs From Asia



Director/Producer/Writer: Joyce Wong
Narrative | Beta SP | Colour | 2008 | 13 minutes | Canada

A witty and volatile family drama about cultural misunderstandings within cross-cultural adoption.

Previous Screenings: San Francisco International Asian Film Festival

Ku Klux Kornea



Director/Writer: Kiyong Kim | Producer: Joseph H. Shim
Narrative | DigiBeta | Colour | 2007 | 8 minutes | USA

A white mail clerk can’t tell his ethnic coworkers apart.

Previous Screenings: Austin Asian Film Festival, Show Off Your Shorts Film Festival, Newport Beach film Festival

Canadian Premiere

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