Mid-Length Film Block
FOURTH FILM ANNOUNCED! NORTH AMERICAN PREMIERE OF NIGHT-FLY
Join us for a two-hour program of four long-form short films that span documentary, musical, and experimental. Dancing Through Life and Threads seek to document and commemorate the lives of two unsung, extraordinary people. Sumo Road - The Musical comes from director Ken Ochiai who received CDFF's inaugural honorary award. And finally, after making its world premiere at the Busan International Film Festival, we are excited to be home to the North American premiere of Aziz Zhambakiyev's visually stunning Night-Fly.
FILMMAKERS IN ATTENDANCE.
120 min
Join us for a two-hour program of four long-form short films that span documentary, musical, and experimental. Dancing Through Life and Threads seek to document and commemorate the lives of two unsung, extraordinary people. Sumo Road - The Musical comes from director Ken Ochiai who received CDFF's inaugural honorary award. And finally, after making its world premiere at the Busan International Film Festival, we are excited to be home to the North American premiere of Aziz Zhambakiyev's visually stunning Night-Fly.
FILMMAKERS IN ATTENDANCE.
120 min
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Dancing Through Life: The Dorothy Toy Story
Award-winning reporter Rick Quan traces Fong’s journey as a legendary tap dancer from Hollywood's golden age. |
Night-Fly
*NORTH AMERICAN PREMIERE* A woman finds asylum in her wild and beautiful dreamscapes. |
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Sumo Road - The Musical
A Taiwanese exchange student realizes his true calling: sumo wrestling. |
Threads - The Art and Life of Surayia Rahman
A visionary leader in Bangladesh frees herself and hundreds of other women and families from poverty and social hardships by creating timeless works of art. |
