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2017 Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival

Two-Sided Ride

Directed by Jason Karman

Canada / 2016 / 9 mins / English / B&W / 16:9, D-Cinema

Precedes:
NORMAN JONES

Downtown Independent
April 30, 2017 7:00 pm

Description

Director in attendance!

Told through the single point perspective of a dash cam inside a car, TWO-SIDED RIDE provides an intimate outlook into the life of Alex—a gay driver for a ride-booking service—as he encounters passengers and misfortunes in his search for a romantic connection in the city.


Director's Bio

Jason Karman is a Vancouver-based screenwriter and director whose short films have screened at festivals in Brazil, Hong Kong, Australia, across Europe, United States and Canada. He received the Gerry Brunet Memorial Award at Vancouver Queer Film Festival in 2011, and in 2015 he was recipient of the Jury Choice Award at Reel Pride Winnipeg. Jason is the 2016 recipient of the James Lee Foundation Scholarship.


Credits

Director: Jason Karman
Cinematographer: Alfonso Chin
Production Designer: Steve Menchions
Original Music: Joe Berry
Cast: Brent Hirose, Christopher Webb, Madeline Wahl, Kara Shaw, Allison Klause, Tarun Keram


Precedes

  1. Norman Jones

    Mike Sakamoto / Narrative Competition / USA / 2016 / 70 mins
    NORMAN JONES is the story of the death of a nobody—a lonely painter whose demise goes unnoticed, except by a few acquaintances who barely knew him. No one to mourn him, no one to remember him, no one to utter his name: it is as if he never existed at all.

    Preceded by: Two-Sided Ride


Dates & Times

Precedes:
NORMAN JONES

Downtown Independent
April 30, 2017 7:00 pm