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Right and wrong are increasingly difficult to tell apart – or are they? This collection of short films follows some unlikely heroes (and rather confused villains) as they struggle to find their way in all of life’s circumstances.
Asthma Tech
Director: Jonathan Ng
Animation | Beta | Colour | 2006 | 5 minutes | Canada
Winston has asthma and isn’t able to participate in the everyday activities of his friends and classmates. He copes with his predicament through his vivid imagination and with paper and crayons, and one day his talents and skills save the day.
Vancouver Premiere
Bunny & Clydo
Director: Rocky Jo
Narrative | Beta | Colour | 2005 | 18 minutes | USA | English & Japanese w/ English subtitles
An utterly wild and distinctly Asian couple find themselves in the greatest fight of their lives when a jealous rookie detective is bent on destroying their love. Can they find a way to overcome this one man, or is it the end of the line?
Vancouver Premiere
Dry Clean Only
Director: J.P. Chan
Narrative | Beta | Colour | 2006 | 5 minutes | USA
A clerk at a dry cleaner is visited by a couple with a secret, leaving him with one of his own.
Canadian Premiere
InConvenience
Director: John Penhall
Narrative | 35mm | Colour | 2005 | 16 minutes | Canada | English & Cantonese w/ English subtitles
Henry, the down-on-his-luck owner of a convenience store, discovers one day that a winning lottery ticket has been left behind by one of his customers.
Wonton
Director: Wenhwa Tsao
Narrative | Beta | Colour | 2005 | 12 minutes | USA
A glimpse into the life of illegal immigrants who work in a restaurant and their struggles shown through the eyes of a young Chinese woman.
Vancouver Premiere
Super Power Blues
Director: Greg Pak
Narrative | Beta | Colour | 2005 | 7 minutes | USA | English & Japanese w/English subtitles
A Japanese superheroine living in New York has to save the world day after day – when all she really wants to do is sleep with her boyfriend.
Canadian Premiere
Fast Money
Director: Jerry Chan
Narrative | 35mm | Colour | 2005 | 14 minutes | USA | English & Cantonese w/ English subtitles
Jin enlists the help of a violent gang buddy to exact revenge on Mr. Fong – a Chinatown gift shop owner who has recently fired him – but he soon learns that his decisions have far greater consequences than originally intended.
Canadian Premiere
Celebrity Host for this program:
Edmond Wong
Fans of Stargate: Atlantis will recognize Edmond as a recurring character. Along with his recent appearance in Masters of Horror, audiences will also find him soon on the CBC min-series, Dragon Boys.
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