San Diego Asian Film Festival 2009

BADASS MOFOS
Director: James Jaculina | Producer: James Jaculina | 2 min. | Video | 2007
Bruce Lee is resurrected in this "balls to the wall" tribute set in a retro-psychedelic 70's-esque world.
medium: Traditional

COLE NEEDS WOMEN
Director: David Chai | Producer: Aletta Wenas | 8 min. | Video | 2006
What happens if your wildest dreams of acquring every woman on Earth were to come true?
medium: Traditional & Digital

THE BASTARD
Director: Dave Quion | Producer: Dave Quion | 3 min. | Video | 2005
Mild mannered Johnny was sitting in his boring cubicle when his computer short-circuited and gave him magical super powers and he became...the Bastard.
medium: Traditional

THE SPACE BURGER
Director: Sookyoung Choi | Producer: Sookyoung Choi | 3 min. | Video | 2007
A surreal and horrific world of attacking eyeballs and extraterrestrial fast-food workers.
medium: Computer Animation

CYCLONE ARMOR GUARDIAN
Director: Gary Liew | Producer: Gary Liew, Daniel Yun, Peter Allen | 4 min. | Video | 2007
Videogame hero fights a cyber centurion in an action-packed duel for their lives.
medium: Computer Animation; Maya

FISSION
Director: Kun-i Chang | Producer: Kun-i Chang | 5 min. | Video | 2006
A man who sees himself as a graffiti on the wall in this eye-popping visual feast.
medium: Motion Graphics, Live Action, Computer Animation; Maya & After Effects

LOST UTOPIA
Director: Mirai Mizue | Producer: Mirai Mizue | 5 min. | Video | 2007
In a jazzy musical microcosm, a cell divides and becomes a part of a larger growing world.
medium: Traditional & Motion Graphics; Director

ANNELIDA
Director: Joe Takayama | Producer: Etsuo Genda (faculty Supervisor) | 3 min. | Video | 2006
Algorithmic animation based on the "peristaltic" movement of earthworms in this dazzling display of shapes and forms.
medium: Computer Animation; proprietary software

BOTTLED
Director: Jian Lee | Producer: Jian Lee | 4 min. | Video | 2007
A lonely man and woman living in glass bottles find each other with a little help from a helping hand.
medium: StopMotion; After Effects

THE GLOAMING
Director: Andrew Huang | Producer: Mar Elepano | 3 min. | Video | 2007
A tale of macabre absurdity, this stopmotion meets live-action piece plunges an unwitting office worker into a cycle of ghoulish nightmares during his nightshift.
medium: StopMotion, Live Action, Computer Animation; Maya & After Effects

EGG GHOST
Director: Dongkeun Lee | Producer: Dongkeun Lee | 4 min. | Video | 2007
Based on an old Korean folktale, a faceless female ghost stalks and steals the face of an unlucky soul.
medium: Claymation

BLACK PIG WHITE PIG
Director: Zhang Gong | Producer: Zhang Gong | 4 min. | Video | 2005
A macabre metaphoric tale of the power struggles that have defined and defiled world history.
medium: Traditional

NAKED BRANCHES
Director: Will Kim | Producer: Will Kim | 5 min. | Video | 2007
A watercolor journey into the life, love, and death of a male and female peacock.
medium: Traditional; After Effects

FATHER AND SON
Director: Ma Fengqing | 12 min. | Video | 2004
A claymation tour de force about the perils of setting the wrong examples, and a curious son who's ready to live them.
medium: Claymation

A DRUNKEN OLD MAN'S ADVENTURE
Director: Qin Xiaosong | 6 min. | Video | 2004
A drunken old man dreams about a fantastical journey with the Fairy Peach and cherry blossoms.
medium: Computer Animation

REUNION
Director: PARK Jung-kyu | 8 min. | Video | 2006
A hapless woman overcomes her hardships and begins a new and better life with the help of a Guardian Angel.
medium: Traditional; Rotoscope

UNDER THE HONEY CHESTNUT TREE
Director: Hyun-min Lee | Producer: Jennifer Cardon Klein, Bert Klein | 3 min. | 35mm | 2007
An exquisitely hand-animated story about a mother and daughter creating memories under a chestnut tree.
medium: Traditional

CITY PARADISE
Director: Gaelle Denis | Producer: Erika Forzy | 6 min. | 35mm | 2004
When Tomoko arrives in London, she has no idea that soon she will discover a mysterious secret hidden beneath the city.
medium: Live Action, Computer Animation; Lightwave & Flame

Co-presented by:
Platt College San Diego