MAY 5 - 9:45 p.m. - Directors Guild of America, Theater 3
This powerful group of experimental, documentary and narrative
short works draws you in to stories of the past, future,
present and beginning. The protagonists navigate their transformation,
memory, family relationships and consciousness in these
creative, sensory and emotive works.
TRT: 74 minutes
I THOUGHT OF YOU OFTEN
(Canada, 2006) Dir.: Yun Lam Li
I THOUGHT OF YOU OFTEN is a visual poem
about the meaning of aging within a culture that is not
one's own. Though almost everything has a barcode, beauty
and meaning can still be found. Elements are set in dynamic
opposition, particularly the natural world vs. the mechanically-produced
commercial one. At the centre of this multifaceted maze
of meditation is a tree, and at the center of the tree is
not knowledge, but a song of memory.
Video, 6 minutes, color, experimental
RETURN (Kaeru)
(United States, 2005) Dir.: Yoshie Suzuki
KAERU follows an elderly Japanese woman
(Obaasan) as she fills her days waiting for her granddaughter's
return home. The only problem is, her granddaughter (Ikuko)
isn't meant to return for months. What she remembers and
what she forgets in her daily preparatory rituals is the
cause of frustration and concern for her neighboring daughter
(Etsuko), who must deal with her mother's ill-conceived
behavior.
Video, 13 minutes, color, narrative
CURL
(United States, 2006) Dir.: Derek R. Shimoda
A short documentary detailing a bizarre,
fascinating, and oftentimes dangerous rite of passage ritual
for a young boy. He will enter the arena as a child, but
will he emerge as a man? Will he even survive? Or more importantly,
will he look good?
Video, 3 minutes, black & white, documentary
my break ups into a million pieces
(United States, 2005) Dir.: Amir Motlagh
my break ups into a million pieces observes
a young woman's migration to Southern California after her
famous father's death. Directed by Amir Mothlagh and written
by Lilledeshan Bose, my break ups is an exploration of personal
and spiritual identity, death, romantic relationships and
myth of Americana from an Asian perspective.
Video, 16 minutes, color, documentary
BEGINNING (Simula)
(Philippines, 2005) Dir.: Ruelo Lozendo
A worm enters a man's ear and lives
inside his body. As the worm's metamorphosis unfolds, the
man experiences his own transformation. Subsequently, a
butterfly comes out of his ear, thus marking the "beginning"
of his new being.
Video, 10 minutes, color, narrative
SAYONARA SUPER 8
(Canada, 2006) Dir.: Pia Massie
A filmmaker composes a parting ode to
her creative tool of the past two decades-her Super 8 camera-in
the face of the digital revolution.
Video, 6 minutes, color, experimental
THE DREAMING HOUSE
(Canada, 2005) Dir.: Keith Lock
The filmmaker, his father and his youngest
child, walk past the tiny house in Chinatown where the filmmaker's
father was born, triggering a sublime moment.
Video, 6 minutes, color, documentary
FUTURE WORLD: TAPE 8
(United States, 2005) Dir.: Masumi T. Childers
Characters in a futuristic society display
abnormally-abusive behavior that also exists in our world
today.
Video, 10 minutes, color, narrative
LATENT SORROW
(United States, 2005) Dir.: Shon Kim
Moving Painting #7 to reach coexistent
point where abstract and figure are equally fused.
