TRT: 95 min.
Relationships and connections — and the consequences of making those connections — is at the very core of the Film Festival’s traditional showcase bringing together the latest works of award-winning veterans and newcomers to the Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival. A percussionist’s triangle and a loaded pistol can hold deeper, more sinister meanings; while a computer disc, a warped bicycle tire and even a knitted doll can signify emotions best experienced on the big screen.
— Abraham Ferrer
TRIANGLE
(United States, 2010) Dir./Scr.: Janice Ahn
As Chelsea prepares to play her triangle at the very end of a long symphony, her seemingly ordinary life flashes before our eyes. A visual tone poem, TRIANGLE is writer-director/producer Janice Ahn's meditation on women and waiting, the fluidity of time, and the ambiguity of life.
Video, 14 min., color, narrative
MIDNIGHT RIDE
(United States, 2010) Dir./Scr.: Kuang Lee
Chet moved to L.A. recently and feels out of place in the new city. Hoping to make new friends, he joins a late-night urban bike-ride. There he meets Dulcinea, a rebellious beauty who saves him in more ways than one.
Video, 5 min., color, narrative
BACON-WRAPPED DATE
(United States, 2010) Dir.: Jin Yoo-Kim; Scr.: David Ngo
Jason and Maggie are two first-rate food bloggers who find themselves together on a blind date. After squabbling over soup, getting quirky over quiche, and bonding over bacon, the competing connoisseurs find that they share much more than a fondness for food.
Video, 12 min., color, narrative
DIGITAL ANTIQUITIES
(United States, 2011) Dir./Scr.: J.P. Chan
In the year 2036, Kai visits an antiques shop in Philadelphia to recover data from an aged CD - a gift from his late mother. Together with the shop's owner Huang, the pair journey down into the heart of the nation’s technological wastelands and discover a secret that will change their lives forever.
Video, 15 min., color, narrative
YOU’RE SAFE WITH ME (Esta Segura Conmigo)
(United States, 2010) Dir./Scr.: Eric Yang
Diego loves two things: his girlfriend Maria and his silver revolver. But when Maria forces Diego to choose between her and his life of crime, Diego is left powerless to decide. Eric Yang brings us this heartbreaking love story about a moment in time that can never be taken back.
Video, 5 min., color, narrative
WHEN FIVE FELL
(United States, 2010) Dir./Scr.: Wesley Chan
As their beautiful mistress abandons them for a mortal lover, five household objects remember the tender moments they shared with her, and mourn the loss of their lovely owner as she leaves them for adulthood. A new take on the boy-meets-girl love story, Director Wesley Chan asks: Can the things we love so much, love us back just the same?
Video, 10 min., color, narrative
PIA
(United States, 2010) Dir./Scr.: Tanuj Chopra
San Francisco, 2063. A service android brand named PIA has replaced the majority of labor workers in the United States. These sleek, black-clad robots resemble young women, and are powered by human-organs. When Syama’s husband Rakesh, is struck down by sudden heart failure, Syama donates his organs to future technology research. Two years later, Syama confronts a rogue PIA who has entered her home with an ease that confounds her. Directed by Tanuj Chopra, this futuristic love story challenges the viewer to reconsider the meaning of humanity, relationships, and family.
Video, 17 min., color, narrative
EASTER BUNNY
(United States, 2010) Dir./Scr.: Gary Chan
Franklin - a man with a broken heart - takes his precious stuffed bunny on a day trip to Downtown L.A. But when Bunny is taken from him, he gets surprise help from a pair of Hispanic Angelinos. From MacArthur Park to K-Town to Pershing Square, Franklin scours LA discouraged and hopeless. Will he get his precious Bunny back?
Video, 17 min., color, narrative
