16th Mighty Asian Moviemaking Marathon Gala Screening & Awards Presentation
Hosted by Vancouver Playhouse 600 Hamilton St, Vancouver BC August 27, 2021 MAMM16 JUDGES
Aaron Au Director of Production & Development at Brightlight Pictures Aaron is a Chinese born Canadian who started his film career in 1998. After finding success as an actor and stunt- man, he moved into production in 2008. Since then, he’s produced everything from indie features to network series, with his most recent credit being Firefly Lane for Netflix.
Agam Darshi Award-winning actress and filmmaker Agam wrapped on Ava Duvernay’s HBO Max series DMZ alongside Rosario Dawson as well as a lead role on Oscar-nominated director Deepa Mehta’s newest film Funny Boy (Netflix), for which Agam has been nominat- ed for a 2021 Canadian Screen Award. Agam also recently wrapped principal photography on her directorial debut of the feature film, Donkeyhead, funded by Telefilm Canada. Agam was a Film Independent Project Involve writing fellow, and the co-founder of VISAFF The Vancouver International South AsianFilm Festival.
Andrea A. Walter Writer and Director of Photography Andrea A. Walter is an English Filipino Director whose cred- its include Empty by Design (writer. dir. dp), The Fabulous Filipino Brothers (dp) and currently working as a Creative Producer at Twitch. She has an upcoming feature film as the DP for a Jhett Tolentino production as well as attached to direct The Girl from Saint Malo, which is in development with Morgan Freeman’s company, Revelations Entertain- ment.
2 MAMM16 The Vancouver Asian Film Festival (VAFF)’s Mighty Asian Moviemaking Marathon (MAMM) celebrates its 16th year during Summer of 2021 of supporting and showcasing emerging local filmmakers. Who will win the MAMM16 challenge? Join us virtually on Friday, August 27, 2021, as we screen the MAMM16 finalists in the 10-minute Short and 1-minute Ultra Short categories. Find out which teams from each category will win the adjudicated prizes, and help us select the “People’s Choice Award” (overall short and overall performance)!
SCREENING ORDER
Two Wheels Kamadhenu Closing Doors Hail Marie Every Day Lauren in the Bathroom Mama’s Song Crescendo Mom, I Want Broccoli The Door, the Hall, and the Wall The Call Switch City REVERSE Not My Age
INTERMISSION
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Flower Bomb (Crystal Kong) from Two Wheels @crystalaboo Directed by Crystal Kong and Benton Robertson
ABC Powerhouse (Cynthia Zhou) from Closing Doors @cynzyy Directed by Cynthia Zhou
AT Aperture (Alisha Chand) from Everyday @alisha.chand Directed by Alisha Chand
Parallel Productions (Hannah Yang) from Mama’s Song @hannahyang.film Directed by Hannah Yang 4 MAMM16 MAMM16 SHORT FILM COMPETITION TEAMS
Organic Plantbase (Robin Yeh) from Mom, I Want Broccoli @Rsylight Directed by Robin Yeh
All Aces (Andy Marie) from The Call @bopandyinc Directed by Gayatri Everitt Bajpai
Team JMPC (Joshua Aries) from REVERSE @josharies Directed by Joshua Aries
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That’s All Folks (Tesh Guttikonda) from Kamadhenu Team SAYO @teshgk (Arthur Rodger Directed by ‘Harley’ Maranan) from Tesh Guttikonda Hail Marie @harley_mar Directed by Harley Maranan
Team Bagus (Alesandria Mentari) from Crescendo @sandrification Find Us In The Bathroom Directed by Ryan Jinn (Tammy Tsang) from Lauren in the Bathroom @fluffnight Directed by Tammy Tsang
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WEST + ONE (Darian Lung) from The Door, The Hall and The Wall @darianlung Directed by Darian Lung
Nutquacker (Moheb Jindran) from Switch City @mohebjin_ Directed by Allen Xu and Behnam Salimy BE.GOOD FILMS ¨ PK STUDIO PRODUCTIONS ¢ “SWITCH CITY” MOHEB JINDRAN JENNY LEE-GILMORE PAOLO MANGA PANTA MOSLEH DYLAN BEATCH HEIDI DAMAYO f ANNA SHEARING g TOM WANG d SIERRA GEDEON e JEREMY CHEN c DAVE CHICK i JAMES MATTAGNE a R. AIDEN MARSDEN MICHAEL HEATON & MOHEB JINDRAN j MOHEB JINDRAN ALLEN XU & PANTA MOSLEH k ALLEN XU & BEHNAM SALIMY
Team Yakult (Kaitlyn Lee) from Not My Age @kaitl_13 Directed by Kaitlyn Lee
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Deadline Zero Hour, Illume aka 04-00H
Avant Opus
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MAMM Director & Producer: Lynne Lee MAMM Producer: Regina Leung MAMM Lead Creative Producer: Joshua Lam MAMM Creative Co-Producer: Mayumi Yoshida MAMM Creative Co-Producer: Nach Dudsdeemaytha MAMM Creative Consultant: Arnold Lim MAMM Assistant: Kyleen Lee Content Marketing Director: Walid El Atrache Social Media Director: Christine Pilkington Creative Director: Gillian Lo Media Director: Vincent Chou Operations Director: Jonathan Lee Lead Graphic Designer: Hanlon Wu Social Media Coordinator: Maelin Cheung Social Media Editor: Roisin Abbott Social Media Editor: Vanessa Borowicz Social Media Editor: Viktoriia Tian Content Copywriter: Sara Cortes Graphic Designer: Garvin LeBlanc Web Design / Admin: Karen Leung Web Design / Admin: William Hu Media Relations: Janira Moncayo Operations Coordinator: Emma Coffin Volunteer Co-Manager: Daniel Pearson Volunteer Co-Manager: Andrea Valentine-Lewis
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