22nd S.F. International Asian American FIlm Festival: March 6 - 16

The Art of Breathing

TRT: 99 mins

As we live and (remember to) breathe from day to day, we learn to take the hand that is dealt us and do our life's work. This program explores how something as prosaic as surviving can become a work of art.

Texas Doughnut Shop
San Francisco Premiere
USA 2003
21 mins., Video Color
English & Korean w/E.S.
DIRECTOR: Wook Steven Heo
A couple's early-morning ritual is more than just a step in their business plan.
On Guard
USA 2003
16 mins., Video Color
DIRECTOR: Kevin Lee
You either get it or you don't, as a corporate security guard learns his first day on the job.
How to Make Kimchi According to My Kun-Umma
Canada 2002
18 mins., Video Color
DIRECTOR: Samuel Kiehoon Lee
Shop, chop, blend and waitand do what your auntie says.
Eternal Glaze
San Francisco Premiere
USA 2003
16 mins., 35mm Color
DIRECTOR: Sam Chen
A loving, animated tribute to sculptor Alberto Giacometti's anguished quest to coax life from inert clay.
Regret
USA 2003
6 mins., Video Color
DIRECTOR(s): Andinh Ha & Bruce Cheung
Strange how avoidable everything looks when you run it backwards in your mind.
Chapter 2: How to Breathe
South Korea 2002
22 mins., 35mm Color
Korean w/E.S.
DIRECTOR: Lee Hyung-suk
Breathing exercises become life lessons for a boy in this delicately observed film.


Frako Loden

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