From France to Cambodia, Switzerland to Korea, these shorts explore how far people are willing to go in search of the uncertain answers behind their hopes.
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Mekong Interior
San Francisco Premiere
France/USA 2003
33 mins., 16mm Color
LANGUAGE: French w/E.S.
DIRECTOR: Vanessa Ly
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| A son's frustration is set against the stillness of the Cambodian landscape as he searches for connections to his absent father and French girlfriend. |
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Mother Tongue
San Francisco Premiere
Australia 2002
6 mins., 35mm Color
LANGUAGE: English & Korean w/E.S.
DIRECTOR: Susan Kim
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| A young girl chronicles the passing of time until she can join her father in Australia in this dreamlike animation. |
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Waiting
San Francisco Premiere
Thailand 2003
25 mins., 35mm Color
LANGUAGE: Thai w/E.S.
DIRECTOR: Aditya Assarat
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| A fifty-year-old memory of love compels a man to journey from one rural part of Thailand to another. |
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To the Other End of the World
North American Premiere
Switzerland 2003
30 mins., Video Color
LANGUAGE: English, Korean, Swiss & German w/E.S.
DIRECTOR: Risa Madoerin
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| Searching for the reasons behind her parents' ill-fated love, a filmmaker leaves Switzerland to meet her Japanese father for the first time. |
