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Connected Transported REEL ASIAN FILM FESTIVAL NOV 8 –16 2018 REELASIAN.COM PROGRAMMES MARQUEE 17 VISTA 33 CANADIAN SPOTLIGHT 47 REEL ASIAN: X 50 WEE ASIAN 53 PULSE 55 REEL IDEAS 71 CONTENTS WELCOME 02 CREDITS & ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 04 THANK YOUS 05 TORONTO REEL ASIAN FESTIVAL MAPS 06 INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL 401 Richmond Street West, TICKETING 07 Suite 448 Toronto, ON M5V 3A8 416 703 9333 SCHEDULE 08 [email protected] SPONSORS 10 Charitable registration number #87002 1383 RR0001 LETTERS 12 Cover image credit: Co-Effect Creative Inc. JURY 14 MEMBERSHIP 15 REELASIAN.COM GENERASIAN NOW 16 #REELASIAN22 PRINT SOURCE 76 Welcome to the 22nd annual edition of the Toronto Reel Asian International Film Festival, presented by National Bank! Proud To Offer Our Support & Applause The conversation has deepened on the necessity We wouldn’t be able to put on such a successful National Bank is proud to serve once again as the Presenting Sponsor of the Toronto Reel Asian to expand the diversity of representation to fulfill event without the deep commitments and International Film Festival now celebrating its twenty second year. the hunger of the audience, and we’re extremely contributions of our dedicated staff, exceptional excited to be able to introduce Toronto audiences volunteers and engaged Board of Directors. We At National Bank, we are committed to promoting social and cultural development and to be a to the wealth of talent that can be found in Asian are grateful to the support and generosity of our cinema. We can’t wait to hear and experience the members, donors, government funders, sponsors part of the community in which we serve our customers. Our main areas of focus include: conversations, films, events and exhibits from the and community partners that have enabled Reel entrepreneurship, education, health, sports and culture – National Bank helps to support hundreds filmmakers, panelists and media influencers that Asian to grow and build our talent in Toronto and of organizations across Canada, and is pleased to include Canada’s largest Asian film festival on will be at this year’s festival. internationally. As well, we must also applaud the bold and brilliant filmmakers and industry this list. This year marks National Bank’s ninth year of involvement and sixth consecutive year as We welcome our award-winning and critically- professionals that have brought us their stories Presenting Sponsor for the festival. acclaimed Canadian Spotlight Artist Min Sook Lee, and experience to share with the audiences. who has opened up our minds and forced us to Most importantly, we must thank the audiences, We look forward to celebrating another amazing year of Asian cinema, culture and ethnic reconsider the practices in our society in her body whose encouragement is instrumental to of work. This year, we’ll be revisiting her Hot Docs continuing this change. filmmakers. We hope you enjoy the film festival and all the wonderful films that will surely delight Best Canadian feature winner Hogtown: The Politics and entertain us. of Policing with a deeper conversation on the We must also recognize the courageous and themes of the film. talented filmmakers that have often made hard choices to create and share their stories with We’re also thrilled to be able to present a strong audiences, which we’ve had the pleasure to share showcase by female voices, with over 50% of with Toronto through Reel Asian. Lastly, we must Tarek E. Naguib our film programming by female filmmakers, and not forget to thank the audiences - you! - for Vice President have over 80% representation within our Reel coming out and enjoying the movies with us. Personal Banking, Ontario & Western Canada Ideas series, including speakers at our Reel Ideas Conference and mentors and jurors for our pitch Thanks for coming out and see you at the festival! competition. Linda Smart Vice President Commercial Banking, Ontario Savine Wong Kristine Estorninos Interim Executive Director Head of Programming 2 3 CREDITS & ACKNOWLEDGMENTS THANK YOUS Top L-R: Kelly Zheng, Kelly Lui, Jason To, Abby Ho, Savine Wong, Rebecca Hong, COMMUNITY PARTNERS Chris Gehman Osamu Shiohara Quentin Thwaites Chris Chin, Betty Xie, Amanda Clarke, Nicolas Uribe, Kristine Estorninos Cindy Gouveia Donald Simmons Eleana Tong Bottom L-R: Madge Yao, Henry Wong, Jillian Maniquis, Jasmine Gui, Joseph Laura Hagglund Vanessa Tam Richard Torres Chung, Kat Baggio Missing: Yoko Nakamura, Dilani Rabindran, Sabrina Spence, Aki Anime North Takabatake, Tony Lau, Hanako Fuji, Vithiya Murugadas Association of Chinese Martin Harbury Karen Thorne-Stone Molly Tsoi Canadian Entrepreneurs Mark Haslam Karen Tisch Philip Tsui ATK Magazine Alistair Hepburn Closs Tong Candice Wang Technical Coordinator LIVE SHOW HOST CPAC James Heron Richard Torres Martin Wasserman Angela Sun Eyan Logan Deloitte Maria Ho Florence Tsang Kathy Wazana Volunteer Coordinator LIVE SHOW COORDINATOR Hong Kong Canada Business Martin Hofer Urbanspace Property Group Dave Wong Association Amanda Clarke Cathleen Calica Claire Hopkinson Indu Vashist Philip Wong ILAC Michelle Howell Thomas Vaughan Savine Wong Homestay VR Development Japan Exchange Teaching Alumni Catherine Yung-mei Hsu Risa Veffer Zhen Xiang Committee PROJECT BY Association Toronto Morgan Hsu Vithushan Vivegananthan Betty Xie Karthiga Ratnasabapathy National Film Board Singapore Malaysia Association Brian Hu Alex Wong Susan Yang E.J. Alon of Canada of Ontario Ben Hum Deanna Wong Ree Chen Jam3 Thai Society of Ontario Sarah Hunter Greg Woodbury Nayeon Kim Paisley Smith Times Physiotherapy and Jakub Jasinski Denise Yan DONORS Norman Lem Rehabilitation Centre Marketing Committee Sara Jones Joanna Yu Amy Thind Toronto Animated Image Society Alex Khotsiphom (Chair) Sumit Judge Ivy Yue Louanne Chan Jason To Toronto Youth Shorts Aashti Vijh Heather Keung Loretta Yuen Chris Chin Aasthi Vijh Woori Education Taiwan Bhupesh Shah (Advisor) Mingu Kim Michelle Zikovitz Tina Chu Victoria Yang Department Veronica Lin Peter Kingstone Michael Fukushima Philbert Lui (Advisor) Jacoba Knaapen Rebecca Hong Chair Emeritus Legacy Circle Submissions Coordinator Finance Committee Erica Tsou Alice Il Shin & Founder CO-FOUNDER Hanako Fujii Geoffrey Peers (Chair) THANK YOUS Eddy Kuo MEMBERS Anita Lee Andrew Sun Marie May Emma Ward Tony Lau Michael Kashuba Asian Heritage Francesca Accinelli Jani Lauzon E.J. Alon Immanuel Lanzaderas Month School Tour Programming Events Committee Chair, Board of Directors FORMER EXECUTIVE DIRECTORS E.J. Alon Sally Lee Jaron Andre Lisa Roosen-Runge Coordinator Committee Sabrina Spence (Chair) Karthiga Ratnasabapathy Grace Bai Evelyne Au-Navioz Toro Lee Grace Awang Kalpana Srinarayanadas Yoko Nakamura Kelly Lui (Chair) Luke Bandara Louanne Chan Cameron Bailey Norman Lem Rolando Basmayor III Amy Thind Vice-Chair, Hanako Fujii (co-chair) Nadia Junaid Sally Lee Festival School David Barnard Irwin Li Tommy Brown Ian Tuason Board of Directors Ziyan Hossain Amanda Kwan Sonia Sakamoto-Jog Coordinator William Barron Roman Lifshitz Zenia Castanos Savine Wong Sidney Chiu Haaris Qadri Joan Liao Alka Sharma Jason To Eric Birnberg Deirdre Logue Louanne Chan Betty Xie Directors Vanessa Tam Kerry Yang Liu Caroline Sin Karla Bobadilla Adam Lopez Andy Chau Yang Zeng Geoffrey Peers (Treasurer) Reel Ideas Producer Nara Moon Terence Tam Deanna Wong Jasmine Gui Carolle Brabant Michelle Lu May Cheng Anonymous Nara Moon (Secretary) Vithiya Murugadas Festival Campaign Pat Bradley Winnie Luk Tina Chu Dave Wong FORMER BOARD CHAIRS Festival & Operations Gina Rim Design Maura Broadhurst Karam Masri Doris Chung Richard Cheung Karla Bobadilla Manager Prajjwal Rajawat Co-Effect Creative David Burkes Julie McLean Stephen Chung Sarah Goodwin Jennifer Chen Chris Chin Prescreeners Colin Carter Johanna McLellan Anneli Ekborn Immanuel Lanzaderas Festival Trailer Editor FORMER BOARD MEMBERS Marketing Manager Terence Tam Godwin Chan Jared Menkes Rebecca Gimmi Simran Prihar Richard Torres Kwoi Gin (Outgoing) Sonia Pang Kathy Chan Joanna Miles Sarah Goodwin Tamara Shannon Richard Kim Philbert Lui Dave Seol Festival Photographer Ginny Chen Renata Mohamed Sonia Sakamoto-Jog Jennifer Shin Cheuk Kwan Veronica Lin Michael Tjioe Jason Kendlbacher Marketing Manager Yingfang Chen Celine Moore Austin Wong Du-Yi Leu Alex Khotsiphom Cheuk Kwan Henry Wong Festival Videographer May Cheng Amy Mui Festival Advisory Simon Racioppa Özge Olcay Philip Cheung Kristine Murphy Doris Lau Communications FilmLoft Production Nobu Adilman Phil Tsui Milica Dodic Richard Cheung Nobiru Nakamura Rajah Lehal Assistant Jihee Min Copy Editors Jennifer Liao Karla Bobadilla FOUNDING STAFF Abby Ho Sam Chou Jonathan Ng Aashti Vijh Louanne Chan Philbert Lui Jennifer Chen Ann Chiu Hilda Chow Karen Ng Social Media Assistant Amy Thind Scott Ferguson Lisa Mai Linda Fong Shelly Hong King-Wei Chu Mimi Ng Michael Fukushima Jillian Maniquis Ching-Fang Hsu Laura-Louise Tobin Tim Chuang Yumi Nishio Verna Mai Richard Fung Interim Executive Stephanie Chung Daniel Northway-Frank Alistair Martin Director Design and Video Unsung Voices 7 Publicity Colin Geddes Assistant PROGRAMME FACILITATOR Shannon Cochrane Jamie Okorofsky Yohan Mathew Savine Wong Touchwood PR Carolynne Hew Kelly Zheng Tony Lau Gilad Cohen Martin Oliver Tracey Meyer Diang-Yee Iu Head of Programming Box Office & Ticketing Keith Cole Chico Pacheco Joanna Miles Marketing Intern PROGRAMME COORDINATOR Anita Lee Kristine Estorninos TIFF Box Office Aidan Cowling John Panneton Nobi Nakamura Madge Yao Joseph Chung Helen Lee Erin Creasey Georgina