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TH the 8th annual toronto reel asian international film festival HHHH reel asian november 24 to 28, 2004 schedule at a glance WednesdaY, november 24 fridaY, november 26 saturdaY, november 27 sundaY, november 28 opening night gala Youth shorts programme feature presentation feature presentation i am asian, ⇠ readY or not… CHINESE RESTAURANTS: first morning hear me roar 2:00 p.m. on the islands w/ everYdaY child ⇠ NFB Mediatheque, 150 John Street and on the daY… (Shorts Programme) 1:00 p.m. 1:00 p.m. 7:00 p.m. Innis Town Hall, 2 Sussex Avenue shorts programme Innis Town Hall, 2 Sussex Avenue Bloor Cinema, 506 Bloor Street lost in artist talk West canadian artist spotlight transliteration IN CONVERSATION on tammY cheung opening night ⇠ 6:00 p.m. WITH… CHEUK kWAN NFB Mediatheque, 150 John Street moving gala partY and kWoi gin 3:00 p.m. 9:00 p.m. national spotlight on mainland 2:30 p.m. Innis Town Hall, 2 Sussex Avenue Revival, 783 College Street china shorts programme Innis Town Hall, 2 Sussex Avenue canadian artist spotlight vive la revolution “v” n ational spotlight on tammY cheung thursdaY, november 25 7:45 p.m. on mainland china NFB Mediatheque, 150 John Street IN CONVERSATION Youth programme south of the clouds With… tammY cheung national spotlight ⇠ score! w/ look around 4:15 p.m. on mainland china 4:00 p.m. american seoul Innis Town Hall, 2 Sussex Avenue w/ WELCOME TO Innis Town Hall, 2 Sussex Avenue 2:00 p.m. closing night gala NFB Mediatheque, 150 John Street destination shanghai canadian artist spotlight aZumi w/ bodies on tammY cheung canadian artist spotlight 9:30 p.m. 6:30 p.m. JulY 606 College Street on tammY cheung Innis Town Hall, 2 Sussex Avenue The Royal, 6:00 p.m. secondarY school Innis Town Hall, 2 Sussex Avenue 6:30 p.m. closing night ⇠ Innis Town Hall, 2 Sussex Avenue shorts programme gala partY 9:00 p.m. feature presentation asians gone Wild Spin Gallery, 1100 Queen Street 7:45 p.m. West, 2nd Floor the adventure ⇠ Innis Town Hall, 2 Sussex Avenue of iron pussY feature presentation w/ game boY 8:15 p.m. a tale of tWo sisters Innis Town Hall, 2 Sussex Avenue w/ eXchange 9:30 p.m. iron pussY Innis Town Hall, 2 Sussex Avenue after partY 10:30 p.m. Supermarket, 268 Augusta Street tickets venues tickets advance ticketing : screenings: parties: All tickets $9 except as follows: In person Bloor Cinema Revival Opening Night Gala TIFF Box Office at the 506 Bloor Street West (east of Bathurst) 783 College Street (at Shaw) Screening and Party . $15 Manulife Centre, 55 Bloor Street West The Royal SPIN Gallery Opening Night Party Only ...... $10 (main floor, north entrance) 606 College Street (west of Clinton) 1100 Queen Street West, 2nd 2 p.m. NFB Screenings . $5 by phone Floor, Artist Talks . FREE t: 416.967.1528 Innis Town Hall (west of Dovercourt) Closing Night Party . FREE Online: 2 Sussex Avenue (at St. George, south of Bloor) Supermarket Tickets for ALL screenings including Please go to www.reelasian.com. 268 Augusta Avenue Opening Night Gala can be Select “2004 Festival,” then NFB Mediatheque purchased 30 min. before start time click on “Tickets and Venues” 150 John Street (at Richmond) at venue box office. on the red menu. Admittance to all screenings except for Youth Programmes are restricted to those 18 years of age or older. Reel Asian believes in freedom of artistic expression, but under the Ontario Theatres Act, film and video festivals are required to adopt a blanket adult rating in order to hold public screenings without having to submit all works for prior classification. Film and video are the only forms of expression subject to this kind of censorship system in Ontario. Reel Asian complies with the Ontario Theatres Act under protest. reel H ⇠ H asian sponsors government Funders Corporate sponsors Festival sponsors media sponsors award sponsors Community Co-presenters reel ★ 1 ★ asian mastHead toronto reel asian Board oF direCtors sCreening Committee trailer Credits international Film Festival Anita Lee, Festival Founder Grace Bai Agency: RicePaddy Advertising 401 Richmond Street West, and Chair (on leave) Keith Lock Creative Directors: Carson Ting Suite 309, Box 146 Carolynne Hew, Acting Chair Lisa Roosen-Runge and Joe O’Neill Toronto, Ontario M5V3A8 Deanna Wong, Acting Vice Chair Alice Shih Writer: Joe O’Neill t: 416.703.9333 John Le Blanc, Treasurer Philip Tsui Title: Prick Flick f: 416.703.9986 Simon Racioppa, Secretary Art Director: Carson Ting e: [email protected] Karla Bobadilla, Director NATIONAL SPOTLIGHt Copywriter: Joe O’Neill www.reelasian.com Keith Lock, Director on mainland CHina Agency Producer: Louise Blouin Philip Tsui, Director Shelly Kraicer, Consultant Production Company: Radke Films Sharon Wilson, Director Xiaoyi Zhu, Shorts Consultant Director: Sean A. Producer: Amy Anicic Festival Co-Founder speCial events Committee Editor: Christina Abbott Andrew Sun Sharon Wilson, Chair Music/Sound: Grayson & Matthews Fatima Chai Post Production: Flashcut staFF Monica Chang Transfer: Notch Sally Lee, Executive Director Carolynne Hew Actors: Jerry Lee, Jane Zhang, Grace Bai, Festival Manager Deanna Wong Olaf Sham Stephen Lan, Programmer Extras: Anna Anicic, Brian Anicic, Linda Noh, Community 2004 awards Jury Willie Anicic, Caitlyn, Outreach Coordinator Chris Gehman Denise Cheung, Lily Cheung, Naoko Kumagai Sherrie Dai, Neel Desai, advisory Board Myrocia Watamaniuk Suzanne Dommen, Liam Gadsby, Nobu Adilman Corwyn Hall, Doris Hoang, Richard Fung Creative Nadiah Khan, Tara Kivlichan, Colin Geddes Untitled_Art Inc. Jason R. Knight, Julie Kwon, Kwoi Gin Andy Leung, Skye Popowicz, Helen Lee programme notes editor Mark Sorbara, Bonnie Ting, Kerri Sakamoto Tess Takahashi David Ting, Fiona Wong, Caroline Sin (ED 1999-2001) Rakel Zetterlund cover Image: Xin Liliang, Juno Youn press Clips editor IISH Stefan R. Landsberger Collection, www.iisg.nl/~landsberger Tina Hahn tHank you 401 Richmond Scott Ferguson Tom Alexander + Rebecca Pierson, A Space Gallery Steven Fung Mongrel Media aafilmfests Mike Gennaro Patrick Morrison Kelley Alexander Renee Goodman James Moutsos Carl Allen Brett Hendrie Kathleen Mullen Roberto Ariganello Benjamin Hum, NAAAP Mark Slone + Jennifer Otter, Jason Bai Hong Kong Economic Odeon Films Helen Baik Trade Office, Toronto William Pak Cameron Bailey Images Festival Jaeman Park Lise Brin Inside Out Gay and Lesbian Film Stefan Pernu Dan Butkovich and Video Festival Andréa Picard Scott Campbell Ian Jarvis Scott Rosenberg CARFAC/CARO David Jones Paul Ryu Shane Smith + Myrocia Watamaniuk, Trevor Jones Robin Smith, Capri Releasing CFC Worldwide Short Film Festival Luke Jung Tony Spano Larissa Fan + Jeff Crawford, CFMDC Georges Khayat TIFFG Press Office Lily Cheung Chris Kennedy Damian Tran Petra Chevrier Jane Kim Trinity Square Video Alicia Chia Paul Kim + staff at Daniel Cockburn, V-Tape Chris Chin Print Three 481 University Video Out Dot Chin Rockey Kim Mike Viglione Andy Choi Yushin Kim Wyndham Wise Ian Choi Eyan Logan Marcus Woodley Brian Chiu Chris McDonald Leslie Yip Natalie Couto Rebecca McGowan David Yu, Tour East Holidays Liz Czach Kevin McLaughlin Chi-hui Yang + San Francisco Sherrie Dai Tani Miki International Asian American Ian Danzig Lindsay Miller Film Festival staff Jason Ebanks Roy Mitchell Far East Film Festival, Udine all our FantastiC volunteers! welCome to tHe 8tH toronto reel asian international Film Festival message From tHe exeCutive direCtor Welcome to the 8th annual edition of the Toronto Reel Asian International Film Festival, featuring five evenings and four days of fabulous films, videos, artist talks and of course, parties. Programmer Stephen Lan and the Reel Asian Screening Committee have spent months watching hundreds of submissions, researching titles and attending other screenings and festivals to bring you the best in contemporary independent Asian cinema from all over the world. Reel Asian is especially proud to welcome a record number of artists to this year’s festival, with guests from as far away as Beijing, Hong Kong, Thailand, California and New York joining local directors to watch each others’ work and meet with Toronto fans of Asian cinema and culture. As our reputation and audience numbers grow, our challenge has been to maintain our identity as a community-based festival where audiences, artists and festival organizers can have a genuine exchange of ideas and get to know one another throughout the course of the festival. I sincerely hope that all of you will help to uphold Reel Asian’s reputation as Toronto’s Best Small Festival, which has as much to do with the special energy our audiences bring to the festival as it does our programming. from left to right: At the start of every planning cycle, the festival exists only as a crazy idea. Throughout the year, I Programmer Stephen Lan festival manager Grace Bai have the honour and privilege of working with some very talented and dedicated people, many who Executive Director Sally Lee volunteer their time, energy and skills, or donate the money, goods or services required to make Reel Asian a reality. At some point while you’re going through this programme guide to have a look at all the wonderful events that are going on, I ask that you take a few moments to give your attention to the Masthead, Thank You’s and the Sponsors’ section. Without the individuals, organizations and companies listed there, Reel Asian as you know it just simply would not happen. And since we’re not able to include the names of all the volunteers you’ll be encountering over the course of the next five days, I would also like to take this opportunity to acknowledge their vital contribution to the success of the festival. I look very much forward to joining you at the screenings and other events and hope that you will enjoy yourselves as much as all of us at Reel Asian have enjoyed putting it all together for you! Sally Lee, Executive Director message From tHe programmer A colleague once made an off-the-cuff remark that Toronto is plagued with too many film festivals.