• Masculine and Mysterious

    Oct 16, 03:45 PM by administrator

    Program 6: The Masculine And Mysterious

    Sat. Nov. 8th, 1:15 PM

    SNAPSHOT is an intriguing, yet disturbing look at pop culture’s view of the Asian male. ASIAN TASK FORCE is a special police unit entering action packed and dangerous territory. S/HE follows a young girl exploring her masculine nature. IT STRIKES TWICE is an intense psychological standoff between two strangers. DELIVERY introduces a drug dealer who is forced to question his own morals. LONG DISTANCE has two beautiful strangers who communicate without words. 600 is an all night journey of a midlife crisis amidst a life of alcohol and parties. Ending the program is MACHINE WITH WISHBONE, a dreamlike sequence of living machines in an imaginary world, and EGG GHOST, a surreal trip though frightening territory.

    Snapshot: Six Months Of The Korean American Male



    Director/Producer/Writer: Valerie Soe
    Experimental | Beta SP | Colour | 2008 | 4 minutes | USA

    Several Korean American men—John Cho, James Kim, Yul Kwon and Seung-hui Cho—figured prominently in America’s pop culture. During six months, from the Virginia Tech shooter to the appearance of two Korean Americans on People Magazine’s list of Sexiest Men Alive, Korean American men appeared in news stories, magazines and television programs.

    World Premiere

    Asian Task Force



    Director/Writer: William Lu | Producers: Jerome Lu, Teddy Chen Culver, Aaron Umetani, Mike Wilson
    Narrative | DigiBeta | Colour | 2008 | 24 minutes | USA

    An elite police force is assembled to deal with Asian crimes in Southern California. This mock pilot affectionately looks back at the television network landscape ten years ago, while offering a subtle social commentary on Asian American roles in mass media.

    Previous Screenings: Best Action Short 2008 L.A. DV/HD Fest, 2008 L.A. Asian Pacific Film Festival, Disorient Film Festival, Beverly Hills Hi-Def Film Festival

    Canadian Premiere | Director In Attendance

    S/He



    Director/Producer/Writer: Gina Chen
    Narrative | Beta SP | Colour | 2007 | 12 minutes | Taiwan

    A 12 year-old girl struggles to follow her expected gender and cultural roles while exploring an emerging masculine nature.

    It Strikes Twice



    Director/Writer: David H. Kim | Producer: John Chen
    Narrative | Beta SP | Colour | 2008 | 10 minutes | USA

    A modern day parable set in urban limbo tests the trust between two strangers, one a touchy second generation Korean American youth, the other a hard-headed almost supernatural Korean immigrant claiming to have been hit by lightning.

    Previous Screenings: 2008 Pusan International Film Festival, 2008 Korean American Film Festival New York

    Canadian Premiere

    Delivery



    Director: Vishal Gurung | Producers: Jono Lee | Writer: Ryan Pears
    Narrative | DigiBeta | Colour | 2008 | 14 minutes | Canada

    DELIVERY is a story about a Chinese food delivery man, Roger, attempting to save his mother’s ailing restaurant business by working a drug route. It is within this route that Roger first meets Angela, a beautiful Internet model who is desperate to end her profession and because of a delivery mix up, enlists a reluctant Roger to help her.

    World Premiere | Director In Attendance

    Long Distance



    Director/Producer/Writer: Nelson Kim
    Narrative | Beta SP | Colour | 2008 | 15 minutes | USA

    Boy meets girl. He doesn’t speak Korean. She doesn’t speak English. It’s going to be a long night.

    600



    Director/Producer/Writer: James Z. Feng
    Narrative | DigiBeta | Colour | 2007 | 7 minutes | China

    After coming to Shanghai on a college-graduation trip with two college buddies, all the partying, beautiful girls, and good food convinces Terrence this is the place to be. We fast-forward seven years and Terrence is still an English teacher in Shanghai.

    Previous Screenings: 5th Shanghai Short Film Festival

    Canadian Premiere

    Machine With Wishbone



    Director/Writer: Randall Okita | Producers: Randall Okita, Amber Woodward, Tovah Paglaro, Elizabeth Levine
    Experimental | DigiBeta | Colour | 2008 | 6 minutes | Canada

    MACHINE WITH WISHBONE is a live action film using innovative camera choreography, photo sculpture, and kinetic sculpture to tell the tale of a stoic mechanical wishbone on its journey through a world of snoring beds, paper birds, and places you have to see to believe.

    Previous Screenings: Best Experimental Film, Yorkton Short Film and Video Festival

    Vancouver Premiere

    Egg Ghost



    Director/Producer/Writer: Dongkeun Lee
    Animation | Beta SP | Colour | 2007 | 3 minutes | USA

    Egg Ghost is a female ghost, who has no face, but she gets her face back after she kisses her victim.

    Previous Screenings: San Diego Asian Film Festival, Disorient Asian Film Festival, Night of Horror Int’l Film Festival (Best Animation), Taiwan Int’l Asian Film Festival 2007, New York Horror Film Festival, Miami, Thriller, Chiller Film Festival, Queens Int’l Film Festival, 5th Oxford Film Festival

    World Premiere

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