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Film Package 3TKARMA www.tina3t.com FEATURE FILM In pre-production and will be shooting on location in Vietnam and Canada. Feature Film Synopsis 3TKarma tells the miraculous story of Tina Tran, a strong-willed Vietnamese immigrant to Toronto with a hard past. It is a portrayal of her struggles and successes as she tries to support her family and live righteously in a new country. Being raised in a family with a Buddhist & spiritual background, her soul is known to be the same as Snow White, not the Disney masterpiece, but an ancient Vietnamese commander from the past. It is also believed that her late brother, who died when he and Tina were children back in Vietnam, had also been her one and only soul mate. Being lost without his spiritual guidance, Tina finds herself entangled in the fast life of sex, drugs, and To- ronto’s underground rave culture. Soon finding herself as a high roller in the nightlife scene, she is pushed to a point at which she knows she is in over her head. Through the effects of law enforcement and violence, her organi- zation starts to crumble until it is she who is in legal trouble. Tina’s arrest led her to discover her love 3TKarma through a Vietnamese lawyer, Anthony. With the help of Tina’s sister, Minh, Anthony is realized to be the carrier of her long lost soul mate’s spirit. However, the disparity be- tween the spiritual world and the physical reality we know brings upon peri- ods of denial and conflict that occur within the family. Tina, now accepting her 3TKarma, is challenged to balance her spiritual duty in the present and as it translates back in time; all the while, she is being subconsciously guided by her soul mate’s spirit through dreams and her sister’s prayers. Depicting a real life story of hardship, struggle, love, and success, 3TKarma demon- strates the strength of a family’s generations, the ever undeniability of hope, and the timism that exists in the world if you just choose to see it. This drama filled story is meant to inspire. FEATURE FILM PROFILES Tina Tran Producer/Director/Screenwriter (Canada/Vietnam) Tina Tran, was born in the Ha Long Bay, North Vietnam to a very poor, large family. After years of starvation and war, she escaped Vietnam and lived in a Hong Kong refugee camp eventually emigrating to Canada. In order to save one sister from the death sentence, and the other from life in prison back home, she started living a life of crime in Canada to make quick money. Finding herself in over her head, her organization began to crumble. Tina lost two younger brothers to drug overdose however her sister has helped her become spiritual, and now she remains strong. Tina has transformed herself and her sisters, and now all of them live as Buddhist and teach others to say no to drugs. She has built a temple with her sister Minh Tran in her parents’ home town Hai Duong, giving food to two orphan- ages and to those who are home- less. The former bad girl is now a cool mother to five boys and living a life with purpose as a proud mother, filmmaker, actor, and gifted role model who lives to teach and help transform people’s lives. She has performed in numerous productions as an actress, the producer of feature film Tough Love (SuperChannel) and cur- rently, is in preproduction of the Vietnam/Canada documentary and feature film 3TKarma com- menced in February 2016. Tina resides in Toronto and Vietnam. Karim Mirshahi Executive Producer/Producer (Canada) Mr. Mirshahi, carries with him over 25 years of goodwill in the busi- ness, finance, real estate, marketing, advertising and publishing industry, proves invaluable to the success of any venture. The breadth of Mr. Mirshahi’s business experience extends across several industries. In the 1980’s he co-founded and oper- ated Optical Data Corporation, a computer data storage company launching publicly in 1987 with the TSX. The 1990’s he was a co- founder of Touch Toronto, a network of interactive kiosks for tour- ists in Toronto, with kiosks located in such iconic destinations in- cluding The CN Tower, Skydome, the Park Plaza Hotel as well as major shopping centres. Lending his marketing and finance exper- tise as a real estate broker and a finance advisor, he was the founding partner of the Omni Business Group since 1995 offering business planning, finance, real estate and general consulting ser- vices. He founded the Toronto Waterfront Magazine (www.waterfront-magazine.com); a lifestyle maga- zine designed for the Waterfront Community. He was also the president of the Central Waterfront Neighbourhood Association serving Toronto’s waterfront community estimated at over 25 thou- sand residents. He is currently a partner of the advertising agency; Waterfront Agency (www.wa- terfront-agency.com). Waterfront Agency’s international clients’ work has received hundreds of awards around the world in virtually every medium including television, radio, outdoor, print and direct mail, including in New York, Chicago, Los Angeles and more. Mr. Mirshahi attended the University of Guelph and Waterloo from 1980 to 1986 studying Bio- Engineering and Electrical Engineering and is a member of Al Gore’s The Alliance for Climate Protection as well as founder of Friends of Syria – Child Refugee Education Fund charity. This will be the second film Karim has worked on starring Tina Tran. Jack Lenz Producer and Music Composer (Canada) Jack has produced over twelve television series and docu- mentaries. He is most renowned for his children’s TV series, nanalan, Mr. Meaty and Weird Years, all of which had heavy rotation on Canadian and international television. He pro- duced two reality series, Big Voice and Mansions for television in the US and Canada. Some of Jack’s most notable feature film projects include composing for Mel Gibson’s Passion Of The Christ, feature film, The Last Door, starring Andy Garcia and Angela Bassett, and the documentary Prom Night in Mississippi featuring Morgan Freeman. Recently, Jack produced two feature music documentaries. Who the Bleep is Arthur Fogel? and The Poet of Havana for HBO currently receiving audience success on their festival tours. Throughout his prolific career he has composed music for motion pictures, television, documen- taries, Canadian news programs and award shows. He has also been the musical director of numerous live to broadcast events, and has directed studio sessions in countries around the world including Canada, the U.S.A., Great Britain, Russia and Slovakia. Jack Lenz has also scored music for some of Canada’s most watched television shows including Due South, Holmes On Homes, DOC, The Designer Guys, Sue Thomas F.B. Eye, and Little Mosque on the Prairie. He has also scored live events including the Oratorio For The United Nations’ Special Session On Children. Lenz has also served as Musical Director for such high profile award shows including the Canadian award for feature films, The Genies, national televi- sion award, the Gemini’s, the Canadian Country Music Awards, YTV’s Youth Achievement Awards and for the past 13 years, has served in the same capacity for CTV’s Sick Children’s Telethon. He is a dedicated songwriter and artists and has produced over a hundred CDs for various artists, including his own music and has written and produced songs for artists such as Grammy award winning opera singer Andrea Bocelli, Juno award winning, The Canadian Tenors and Grammy, Academy, Juno, BAFTA and Golden Globe awards winner Buffy Sainte-Marie. Jack Lenz is a passionate humanitarian dedicated to inspiring children. He co-founded the Ca- nadian chapter of Hilary Duff’s “Kids with a Cause”, a charity that supports local children’s based charities. He is also involved with KidsFest Canada, Rainbows Canada and is currently working with Dr. Carter Snead on achieving success for the new Brain and Behaviour Center at the Hos- pital for Sick Children. Jack is a member of SOCAN, The Toronto Musicians’ Association, ACTRA and the Screen Composer’s Guild of Canada. Jack Lenz resides in Toronto with his wife Debrah and their four children. Please refer to his website, lenzent.com, his Wikipedia page and Imdb. Tommy Chang Co-Director / Stunt Director (Canada) Master Tommy Chang has worked extensively in the film and television industry for over 29 years in several capacities as an actor, stunt performer, fight & stunt coordinator and pro- ducer. He is also the founder, manager and team leader of Reel Stunts Film & Television Action Stunt Team. Some of the noteworthy accomplishments of this team include having worked with Charlie Hunnam, Steven Segal, Chow Yun Fat, David Carradine, Vin Diesel, and Jackie Chan. His talents in fight/stunt coordination have had him choreograph action scenes for movies such as Master of Champions, Behind En- emy Lines 2, The Pacifier, Bulletproof Monk, Tuxedo, and Christmas Rush. He also produced Matrix for Real, The Pro- posal, Hacker, Yakusa and Fuku (Happiness is Blowfish). Fuku went on to win two Best Film awards. Some of his acting roles include the principal in Lars and the Real Girl, Corner Gas, Behind Enemy Lines 2, Hotel Metropolitan, Get Rich or Die Trying, Redemption, The Agency, The Interview. He also played the lead in Black Belt Ancient Ways, Christmas Rush, D.Q., and Dynamite. Master Chang roots remain firmly entrenched in Tae Kwon Do as he works as the owner and Grandmaster of two flourishing Tae Kwon Do schools, respectively located in downtown Toronto and Scarborough. He is the past 1st Vice-President of the Ontario Tae Kwon Do Association and Taekwondo Canada.
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