Auditorium #14: 11.00am – 12.30pm, Regal LA Live, Jan 21st, 2023
Occurrence
An experimental dantz film.
Directed by Jeon Sehoon (South Korea)
World premiere
Vesak
On the day of Vesak, the biggest Buddhist festival in South and Southeast Asia, a monk carries out annual prayer rites at the Quantum Temple. Artifacts that belong to the past and foretell the future swirl overhead in a hyper-fictional topography made up of hill fort homes, geodesic monuments, haunting projections, and gigantic fish.
Directed by Ina Chen (China)
North America premiere
The Glimpse of Present Moment
A story about the soul who goes through a cycle of birth and death on planet Earth.
Directed by Nataliya Tkachuk (Ukraine)
World premiere
The Deadly Rhythm
A cassette tape is inserted and gives our protagonist a violent and physical trip back to where it all began. Mental disorders or dreams? Imagination or illusion? Get ready for an dance excursion where the deadly rhythm is the flag bearer and brutality is its closest companion.
Directed by Nils Nygårdh (Sweden)
Skin
Two strangers lock eyes and see their future together, though it ends in tears. Do they still try?
Directed by Jesse Samos Leaman (Australia)
Los Angeles premiere
Sounds
An ensemble of six vignetted scenes in which each character is affected by the sounds of their environment. It takes the audience on a journey to different “sound worlds” and allows them to not just witness but “listen” to the sounds in our everyday world.
Directed by Andrew Michael Frescas (USA)
Los Angeles premiere
Ocean Mother
“Ocean Mother” documents a conversation about motherhood and the ocean with champion spear fisherwoman and free diver Kimi Werner. A look back on her relationship with the ocean, her journey to the peak of her sport, and how motherhood has given her a newfound appreciation of both.
Directed by Miko Lim (USA)
Los Angeles premiere
The Last Hunter
Living in the isolated mountain ranges in the border region between China and Myanmar, the Wa people has fostered a unique culture of their own which stresses human’s reverence and symbiosis with nature. Every Wa male was once considered an unbowed hunter, a forest guard, and a brilliant knife-wielder, but as the Wa clan increased its connection to the modern society, the traditions are fading their colors.
Directed by Ziling Chen (China)
California premiere
Clean Mountains
Due to the pandemic there are no climbers in the Himalaya. A famous sherpa family, one brother and three sisters, decides to climb Mount Everest to clean the garbage and thus restore the holiness of the mountains, and calm the gods.
Directed by Geertjan Lassche (Netherlands)
North America premiere
