For the fourth consecutive year, we are very proud to be co-presenting a program of short films at the Reel Asian Film Festival. This programme, entitled Hungry Heart, is playing Wednesday November 11th at 6:45pm at AGO Jackman Hall. Here are some details about the films in the lineup:
L’Envoi
Director: Hajime Kimura | France 2014 | 4:20
“In its cage, the bird dreams of clouds.”
This film by Japanese director Hajime Kimura is composed of 2400 images, created one by one with a digital brush.
Quyen
Director: Lucretia Stinnette | USA/South Korea 2014 | 17:00
| Korean and Vietnamese with English subtitles
After the first week of her arranged marriage in a foreign land, Quyen must decide how the next chapter in her life will be written.
Sun
Director: Eui Yong Zong | Canada 2015 | 11:00 | Korean with English subtitles
Sun works at a hair salon at the mercy of the salon owner. One day, she finds out the man she has been secretly in love with is going back to Korea for military service.
Man on the Chair
Director: Dahee Jeong | France 2014 | 6:55 | Korean with English subtitles
Evocative and humourous, Man on the Chair is an exquisitely rendered rumination on existence.
Bound
Director: Philip K. Liao | USA 2015 | 11:30 | Taiwanese with English subtitles
In rural Taiwan, a man comes to terms with Confucian filial piety as he and his father work on an orchard, grafting the scion of a Japanese pear tree to the stock of a Taiwanese pear tree.
Three Brothers
Director: Aleem Khan | UK 2014 | 16:30 | English
Hamid struggles to care for his younger brothers when their father abandons them for Pakistan. A story inspired by true events.
This Home is Not Empty
Director: Carol Nguyen | Canada 2015 | 3:30
The camera wanders through a miniature house that has been painstakingly constructed out of white paper; the family is absent, questions linger.
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Tickets are just $12 and are available online or at the door.
We’re also sponsoring two other shorts screenings at Reel Asian this year, both at AGO Jackman Hall:
- Monday November 9th at 1pm: All the World’s A Stage
- Tuesday November 10th at 1pm: Lucky Town