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2018 Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival

MISS WORLD

Directed by Georgia Fu

Shorts Competition / Taiwan / 2017 / Drama, Family, International, Student, Women / 20 mins / English, Mandarin with English subtitles

Plays In:
My So-Called Adolescence

Regal L.A. LIVE - Theatre 14
Monday | May 7, 2018 6:30 pm Rush Only

Description

Screening of this film is sponsored by the Ministry of Culture, Republic of China (Taiwan) and Taiwan Academy in Los Angeles.

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Jane, a young Taiwanese woman, has come home to Taiwan from the U.S. to spend time with her father before he has to go to prison. Before she can find a way to say goodbye to her uncommunicative father, she has to come to terms with her own personal issues.


Director's Bio

Georgia Fu is a Taiwanese American filmmaker. She received her MFA in film production from NYU’s Tisch Asia. Her short film GIGANTIC screened at Slamdance and was nominated for the Gold Hugo at the Chicago International Film Festival. Her NYU thesis MISS WORLD won the the Grand Jury Prize at the New Orleans Film Festival and Best Editing at Hollyshorts. She recently participated in AFI’s Directing Workshop for Women.


Credits

Director: Georgia Fu
Writer: Georgia Fu
Producer: Yi Lan Ma
Director of Photography: Anand Kishore
Co-Editor: Georgia Fu, Imran J Khan
Cast: Liao Ya Jun, Zhang Guo Zhu


Plays in

  1. My So-Called Adolescence

    Shorts Programs / 117 mins
    We are resilient, stubborn, and reckless. We are sensitive, hesitant, and confused. We live in our own worlds but try to break into others’. As we come across each other in this bittersweet symphony called youth, we slowly stumble into the bewildering future together. - Lanca Li

    In This Program: CYPHER, FUNDAMENTAL, LIONS IN WAITING, MISS WORLD, POMMEL, WONDER BUFFALO, YASAMIN


Dates & Times

Plays In:
My So-Called Adolescence

Regal L.A. LIVE - Theatre 14
Monday | May 7, 2018 6:30 pm Rush Only