Sell Out! ($311.0u7!) Back to Side Menu
Director: Yeo Joon Han - 2008
Sell Out! is a sharp satire of the doomed marriage bet-ween art and media disguised as a semi-romantic, semi-musical, semi-comical hodgepodge. It follows Rafflesia Pong, a second-rate art show host who willfully throws away her moral integrity in the search for success. When she eventually crosses paths with Eric Tan, an honest and passionate inventor who soon finds that integrity does not mesh well with business, a witty criticism of media corporations and audience demand is born.
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Option 3 Back to Side Menu
Director: Richard Wong - 2008
Option 3 explores the complexities of a failing relationship through surreal emotional representations. The lead, Ken, must run across San Francisco in an attempt to rescue his girlfriend, Jessica, after she is kidnapped from a res-taurant. With Jessica’s cell phone being the only trace of her left behind, Ken is sent on a reflective nightmare in search of his girl and with only the grim clues left by her kidnapper to go by. A unique journey through the mind and the heart, from the director of Colma: The Musical.
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Never Forever Back to Side Menu
Director: Gina Kim - 2007
This is a critical drama about interracial marriage and a woman’s devotion to her husband. Seeing depression take hold of her husband, Sophie decides that a baby is the best way to bring them closer together. But learning that her husband is sterile, she secretly seeks the aid of another man in an attempt to make her and her husband’s dream of a child come true. As her affair progresses, however, Sophie must reevaluate what she really wants and what will bring her the most happiness in life.
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Ping Pong Playa Back to Side Menu
Director: Jessica Yu - 2007
This comic journey into the world of professional ping pong is the perfect film for those in need of a fun, clever view of an often stereotyped sport. Christopher “C-Dub” Wang is not at all interested in ping pong, preferring the basketball court instead of the pong table. However, when he is made to coach a team of youngsters in the art of ping pong, hilarity ensues as Chris is forced to confront his family’s passion and his newfound status as a role model to his students.
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The Owl and the Sparrow Back to Side Menu
Director: Stephane Gauger - 2007
Thuy is a clever ten-year-old orphan who labors long hours in her uncle’s factory. Convinced life has better things to offer, she runs away to Saigon where she meets Hai, a gentle and wise zookeeper who nurses both a baby elephant and his broken heart. She also meets Lan, a beautiful but lonely flight attendant. Thuy decides to play matchmaker for these lonely hearts, hoping to create her own family. But she soon learns that matchmaking is more challenging than she thought.
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Kissing Cousins Back to Side Menu
Director: Amyn Kaderali - 2008
Amir is a professional heartbreaker, a “Termination Specialist” who is hired by clients to dump their significant others. His job leaves him as the last bachelor in his group of coupled-up friends. When he is accused of being incapable of having a relationship and is no longer the Best Man for his friend’s wedding, Amir and his beautiful English cousin Zara hatch a plan to prove them wrong.
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