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LA Asian Pacific Film Festival | April 30 - May 7, 2009 | Los Angeles
The 25th Annual Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival opens this Thursday, April 30 with Tze Chun's Children of Invention. The film, about two young children learning to fend for themselves after being abandoned by their mother, [which] premiered at Sundance last year. This year's festival runs through May 7 and features Asian and Asian American films from 26 countries.(From 13minutesmag.com)
Also screening at this year's festival is US-Canada co-production Dim Sum Funeral, a comedic-drama that revolves around the estranged adult siblings of a Chinese American family who make their way home to Seattle to mourn the death of their dragon lady mother, whose last wish was for a traditional Chinese funeral. Sound familiar? Maybe too familiar? Also described as "My Big Fat Chinese Funeral" (canada.com), Dim Sum Funeral was shot in British Columbia in 2008 for what would be considered a very modest budget, making its North American premier at the Whistler Film Festival.
Based on an idea by Chinese-born American director Anna Chi, this star-studded ensemble cast of Bai Ling, Talia Shire, Julia Nickson, Lisa Lu, Kelly Hu, Russell Wong and Vancouver's own Francoise Yip and Steph Song, came together with a crew -- and some six-degrees-of-separation synergy -- to make this comedic script (more after the jump).
Other highlights of LAAPFF include So Yong Kim's Treeless Mountain and Yojiro Takita's 2008 Oscar-winning film Departures.
Story teaser: Eldest daughter Elizabeth (Julia Nickson) lives in Maui and is stuck in a marriage that is falling apart. Son Alexander (Russell Wong) is in Manhattan. A successful dermatologist, he's married to a former Miss Taiwan (Kelly Hu) and cheating on her. Middle daughter Victoria (Francoise Yip) lives nearby. Victoria can't stop nibbling on chips and chocolates ... and can't stop being angry with her mother. Youngest daughter Meimei (Steph Song) is the star of B-grade Hong Kong martial arts films. She's gorgeous, funny, and a bit of a princess. She's also in a lesbian relationship (Bai Ling) and looking to have a baby.
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