Asian Film Database
Kairos (2002) |
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| 18min. Fiction, Colour | |
| Language(s): | English |
| Director/Filmmaker: | Shanti Thakur (Canada) |
| Production Company: | Made possible by The Pew Fellowship in the Arts Pennsylvania Council of the Arts |
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| Awards: | Audience Award: Best Narrative Short, New Haven International Film Festival; First Prize, Best Editing, Rhode Island International Film Festival |
| Setting: | United States |
| Summary: | Kairos: Greek for the transformative moment. Between 4:07 and 4:08 pm, one moment is expanded to 17 minutes in a woman's mind. The tapestry of her memories bring her to a decision: she must choose between two contradictory lovers, two kinds of happiness. (shantithakur.com) |
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KARAOKE (2009) |
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| 76min. Drama, Colour | |
| Language(s): | Malay |
| Director/Filmmaker: | Chris Chong Chan Fui (Malaysian Borneo) |
| Production Company: | Tanjung Aru Pictures |
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| Awards: | American Express Maverick prize (2009) |
| Setting: | Malaysia, Canada |
| Summary: | The home has changed. The palm oil trees have grown in endless symmetry. The landscape rusts and the nostalgia turns. KARAOKE is a homecoming. (www.chongchanfui.com) |
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Kata Practice (2004) |
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| 4min. Uncategorized, Black and White | |
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| Director/Filmmaker: | Siu Ta (Canada) |
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| Summary: | Young David likes to practice his karate moves. In fact, it's his best defense against domestic trouble. But sometimes, not even the best of moves can block life's problems. |
| Source: | Reel Asian |
Kelly Loves Tony (1998) |
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| 55min. Documentary, Colour | |
| Language(s): | English |
| Director/Filmmaker: | Spender Nakasako (USA) |
| Production Company: | Independent Television Service |
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| Summary: | A rare glimpse into the lives of two young people struggling to make their relationship work in the face of overwhelming obstacles like parenthood, gender issues and cultural and educational differences. |
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Kemptown |
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| 4min. Short | |
| Language(s): | English |
| Director/Filmmaker: | Sandra Eileen Lim |
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| Setting: | Canada |
| Summary: | In this space, unsanctioned and hidden looks confront the human desire to engage in looking as a creative and restorative act. (Sandra E. Lim) |
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Kip and Kyle (2000) |
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| 1min. Animation, Black and White | |
| Language(s): | English |
| Director/Filmmaker: | Jeff Chiba Stearn (Canada) |
| Production Company: | Meditating Bunny Studio |
| Trailer/Excerpt/Film: | Trailer |
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| Setting: | Canada |
| Summary: | Created in 2000, this is Jeff Chiba Stearns' first animated film. Through the use of expressive classical animation, Kip and Kyle captures the excited gestures of two enthusiastic boys playing with toy cars in a sandbox. Recorded in an actual kindergarten classroom, the film was animated straight ahead directly onto paper with only a black ink pen. (www.meditatingbunny.com) |
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The Kiss (1998) |
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| 77min. Drama, Colour | |
| Language(s): | English |
| Director/Filmmaker: | Bashar Shbib (Syria) |
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| Trailer/Excerpt/Film: | Film |
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| Setting: | Canada |
| Summary: | Bill Gabriel Young (Bashar Shbib), a B-filmmaker with a past, discovers he has some kind of blood cancer. He sets out to do his last film and throughout the making of, tells his three children Tanya, Laila and Amir (Maïa Nadon-Chbib, Camille Fortin-Chbib and Tadzeo Horner-Chbib), how he knew, by some kind of intuitive feeling, that he was going to die of this cancer. Before his departure, he tells them about their world, about conflicts and people's irreconcilable differences, and about love, through the voyage of a kiss, which is what ultimately brings them and life together. (www.oneira.com) |
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Kolam (Pool) (2007) |
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| 13min. Documentary, Colour | |
| Language(s): | Indonesian, Acehnese, English |
| Director/Filmmaker: | Chris Chong Chan Fui (Malaysian Borneo) |
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| Awards: | Award for Best Canadian Short, Toronto International Film Festival (2007); One of the Top Ten Canadian Short Film of 2007 by the Toronto International Film Group |
| Setting: | Indonesia |
| Summary: | In post-tsunami Indonesia, a village pool bearing the name USAID awaits completion. Meanwhile, the village children learn to swim in it. (www.chongchanfui.com) |
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The Kuya Medley (2003) |
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| 9min. Uncategorized, Colour | |
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| Director/Filmmaker: | Romeo Candido (Canada) |
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| Summary: | The question of the day is whether big wig U.S. record company execs will be able to wrap their heads around Kuya: two pairs of Filipino-Canadian brothers with smooth, creamy voices and looks to match. Stay tuned for the answer. |
| Source: | Reel Asian |