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CHILDREN OF INVENTION
Tze Chun 2009
Categories: Emerging Filmmakers Award
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Run time: 86 min. | United States
Multi-level marketing stakes its survival on a huge and highly-tapped population of optimists. CHILDREN OF INVENTION takes us towards the story of one of those people, and her two children. Trapped by the recognizable scenario of single-motherdom, deadbeat dads, and a U.S. security world that exacts particular pain from immigrants, Elaine Cheng (Cindy Cheung) falls victim to her hope of escape in two pyramid schemes. But, we also see her resourcefulness amidst our new time of economic crisis. The mortgage meltdown is the unsaid context of her newly-evicted family's clandestine relocation to a new, yet-to-be-sold vacant condo. When one of her marathon work days extends into a serial overnighter, her son, Raymond (Michael Chen), knows something is wrong. He recruits his little sister, Tina (Crystal Chiu) into a plan to produce and sell his inventions, buy back their house and live happily ever after. Things, of course, do not go as planned. - Bianca Isaki
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7:00 PM     Mon, Oct 19 Dole Cannery F + add to cal buy tickets
1:15 PM     Wed, Oct 21 Dole Cannery A + add to cal buy tickets
4:30 PM     Sun, Oct 25 Dole Cannery D + add to cal buy tickets
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director
Tze Chun
 
screenwriter
Tze Chun
producer
Mynette Louie
Trevor Sagan
cinematographer
Chris Teague
cast
Cindy Cheung
Crystal Chiu
Michael Chen
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OFFICIAL SELECTION - 2009 SUNDANCE FILM FESTIVAL Winner of 10 film festival awards! What The Critics Are Saying... "Beautiful." "As close to cinematic purity as one is likely to see this year." "An edge-of-your-seat family drama." "Powerfully moving and rigorously intelligent." "Two heartbreaking child actor performances." "Finds delicate moments of beauty and grace." "A worthy artistic accomplishment." "Brings to mind the best of the Italian Neo-Realists’ work." "Both kitchen sink real and lyrically beautiful." "Marks the emergence of a refreshing new voice in the cluttered indie landscape." More: http://www.childrenofinvention.com/press.htm WINNER! Grand Jury Prize, Best Narrative Feature | Newport International Film Festival Grand Jury Prize, Best Narrative Feature | Independent Film Festival Boston Grand Jury Prize, Best Narrative Feature | L.A. Asian Pacific Film Festival Special Jury Prize | Sarasota Film Festival Special Jury Award | San Francisco Int'l Asian American Film Festival Special Jury Prize for Acting Ensemble | Nashville Film Festival Special Jury Prize, New Talent to Watch in Acting | L.A. Asian Pacific Film Festival Special Jury Prize, Emotional Storytelling | Indie Memphis Honorable Mention to Anna Boden, Best Editing | Woodstock Film Festival George C. Lin Emerging Filmmaker Award | DC APA Film Festival More info at: http://www.childrenofinvention.com/index.htm
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