Asia International & Japan 3
Satie’s “Parade”

A Parade for 3 managers & 4 performers. Mixing quotes from French composer Erik Satie’s essays with the music Parade, this is an animated re-creation of realist ballet images going beyond reality.
SIREN

With sirens blaring outside, Abbas breaks into the room of an old Japanese man named Toyoshige. He lifts Toyoshige onto his back & carries him out the door. As they descend the stairs the last few days of bias & misjudgment become clear.
Sugar & Spice

A lovingly filmed portrait of the filmmaker’s parents who eke out a living making ‘jaggery’ sweets from toddy palm syrup in Myanmar’s central dry zone.
Coin Boy
Tai is a fourth grade student whose family owns a claw machine business. One day, he brought the coins to pay for the camping fees but was rejected by the teacher for not changing them into bills....