SHORTS: Out OF BOSTON
SUNDAy OCTOBER 21, 2018, 12PM
From a badass stuntman to a little girl who just loves Christmas, everyone has a story to tell. This set of short films highlights the broad spectrum of voices and talents that local filmmakers from Boston have to offer.
Egg Tart | The Flip Side | The Most Interesting Man in Show Business | The Last Corn Dog Dinner | Christmas Forward | Reorient | MAP for Health: 25 Years of Asian Pride
Followed by a Q&A with Daniel Sin (Dir of photography), Kage Yami,(director) Andy Tsang (writer) – Egg Tart, Val Wang, Dir – The Flip Side,
James Lee, Dir and Ken Eng, Editor – The Most Interesting Man in Show Business, Janelle Kung), Director/Cinematographer/Editor/Animator. Mom (Joyce Kung), Interviewee/Animator – The Last Corn Dog Dinner, Teja Arboleda, Michael Tow, Directors – Christmas Forward, Katytarika Bartel, Dir – RE (Orient), Albert Chan, Dir – Map for Health
James Lee, Dir and Ken Eng, Editor – The Most Interesting Man in Show Business, Janelle Kung), Director/Cinematographer/Editor/Animator. Mom (Joyce Kung), Interviewee/Animator – The Last Corn Dog Dinner, Teja Arboleda, Michael Tow, Directors – Christmas Forward, Katytarika Bartel, Dir – RE (Orient), Albert Chan, Dir – Map for Health
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Egg Tart2018 | USA | 11 mins | Short
Directed by Kage Yami It's been one year since his grandmother's passing. But he is still trying to find ways to cope with losing someone he loved. It isn't until one day after visiting his grandmother's grave that he discovers what it means to live life as the passing generation. Director's Bio: Only child with strict parents who wanted nothing but education and a safe environment for their son, Kage is a stunt performer, actor and cat dad who loves making films. His passion is people's happiness. |
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the flip side2018 | USA | 25 mins | Documentary Short
Directed by Val Wang THE FLIP SIDE presents the increasingly globalized circus world, where disparate people and acrobatic cultures come together, clash, and ultimately transform each other. We meet Daqi, a Chinese circus artist who leaves home at age 9 to train at an elite state-run circus academy. Restless after ascending to the zenith of the Chinese circus world, he leaves his stable “iron rice bowl” job to perform with Cirque du Soleil. Though Daqi possesses extraordinary technical skills, he has a difficult journey ahead to develop an artist’s expressive power. He eventually collides with Shana Carroll, a trapeze star who began with the San Francisco-based Pickle Family Circus, where she trained with a Chinese coach and even married the coach’s Chinese protégé, then has a stint with Cirque du Soleil. Daqi grows as an artist when he joins Shana’s circus troupe, 7 Fingers, whose intimate circus shows are based on the individual artists’ stories. Director's Bio: VAL WANG is a filmmaker and author particularly interested in the intersection of the personal and the global. She most recently created and produced Planet Takeout, an interactive, multiplatform documentary for WGBH on the role of Chinese takeouts as a vital cultural crossroads in America. Her other multimedia work has been broadcast on PBS, WGBH Radio, and WBUR, among others. Her memoir “Beijing Bastard” details her coming of age against the backdrop of Beijing’s own transformation around the turn of the century. She lives in Cambridge and teaches creative writing and media production as an Assistant Professor in the English and Media Studies Department of Bentley University. |
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The Most Interesting Man in Show Business2018 | USA | 6 mins | Action
Directed by James H Lee The Most Interesting Man in Show Business explores the life of a badass motorcycle stuntman known as the Knockabout Artist. He battles knife wielding gangsters, tears up a storm on his bike and dance battles his way into women's hearts. Who exactly is this helmet wearing man of mystery? |
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The Last Corn Dog Dinner 2018 | USA | 4 mins | Animation
Directed by Janelle Kung Through stop motion flashbacks, a mother and father recount a near-death experience with their son. |
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Christmas Forward2016 | USA | 7 mins | Short
Directed by Teja Arboleda and Michael Tow A selfless act touches many lives. Christmas Forward is a positive, inspirational story about giving - the perfect antidote to these highly tense and critical times. The 2x Telly Award winning short is a humble story about a little girl who finds in herself the true meaning of Christmas. |
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Reorient2018 | USA | 34 mins | Documentary Short
Directed by Katy Bartel RE(ORIENT) is an ANGRY ASIAN GIRLS original documentary series highlighting Asian Pacific Islander-American (APIA) artists and activists in Boston. Directed by Kate Bartel, the series aims to challenge singular-narrative representation of Asian Americans in art and media through its three subjects: poet and designer Ricky Orng, activist and artist Dahn Bi Lee-Hong, and singer-songwriter Haezy. Director's Bio KATY BARTEL works as a filmmaker, poet, and educator. Her work is largely focused on identity politics, inbetweenness, and social change. Her intention as an artist and activist is to create spaces for marginalized voices, specifically queer women of color. Katy is the co-founder of the Boston-based art collective, ANGRY ASIAN GIRLS, which works actively in the community to promote and uplift the narratives of queer APIA femmes. Katy is mixed race Thai-American, and was born in Los Gatos, California. She currently lives in Boston, where she teaches Film & Photography for social change. |
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MAP for Health: 25 Years of Asian Pride2018 | USA | 17 mins | Short
Directed by Albert Chan At the height of the AIDS epidemic, the rate of HIV infection among Asian-Pacific Islanders was the fastest growing among all ethnic groups, and yet there were no prevention and education programs targeting them in Massachusetts. MAP for Health: 25 Years of Asian Pride tells the story of a group of young Asian-Pacific Islanders who banded together in a grassroots effort to address a critical, unaddressed need in the Massachusetts Asian-Pacific Islander community during the AIDS crisis, and how the organization has evolved over the years, at one point with a full-time staff of ten, expanding and shifting its focus along the way. It is an inspirational example of how Asian-Pacific Islanders can pool their passion, talents, and resources together to accomplish something incredible and long-lasting. Director's Bio: Albert M. Chan is a Chinese-Canadian filmmaker and actor whose first film, Fate Scores, was recognized by the National Film Board of Canada. His follow-up film, "The Commitment", screened at nearly 40 film festivals on five continents and won multiple awards, most notably edging out Oscar-nominated "Moonrise Kingdom" to win a 2013 NASW Media Award. Albert's third film, Descendants of the Past, Ancestors of the Future, won a Puffin Foundation Grant and stars Golden Globe, Emmy, and Drama Desk nominee Tina Chen. His latest short film, Welcome to the World, was shot on an iPhone for $140 and has so far screened at 25 film festivals. He is currently developing the science-based feature projects Incarnations as a writer and The Elucidation of Dr. Park as a creative producer. As an actor, Albert has acted with Kevin Bacon, Helen Hunt, Liev Schreiber, Julia Stiles, Matthew McConaughey, Jennifer Garner, Justin Long, Larry David, Cybill Shepherd, and Mariska Hargitay. Co-presented by:
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