2016 UMFF Feature films

Universe Multicultural Film Festival--2016--Feature

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The 2016 Universe Multicultural Film Festival Feature films (30 films from 8 countires)

		A BRILLIANT GENOCIDE Australia︱77 min Feature︱Documentary︱History︱War Director Ebony Butler Producers Jason Byrne, Ebony Butler Cinematographers Marcus Dineen, Jono Van Hest This documentary is an expose of how an African dictator has been able to commit mass murder and still get a regular audience at The White House and 10 Downing Street.			A SEDAN China︱102 min Feature︱Drama︱Children Director/Screenwriter/Producer Xinye Tong Cast Ting Zhang, Shengdi Zhang, Jinmai Zhao, Miaomiao, Jun Leng, Jingsong Wang It tells a story of the dream chasing of two generations. A child’s grown-up needs the presence of parents. And how do parents realize social values while parenting their children

		AN ENSLAVED PRINCESS China︱92 min Feature︱Drama Director Yonglin E Screenwriters Yonglin E, Qunguang Producers Yelyu Aihan, E Er Guna Cast Haliya, Anghanima Based on the Mongolian folk song Dagula, this film tells a story of a princess who was caught and enslaved at a stable in a palace when her tribe start fighting other tribes on the grassland due to a rumor.			AN UNFINISHED FILM, FOR MY DAUGHTER SOMAYEH Iran︱90 min Feature︱Documentary Director/Screenwriter/Producer Morteza Payeshenas The documentary covers the ongoing struggles of the Mohammadi family with respect to the repatriation of their daughter back to Canada where they reside. .

		B12 Iran︱85 min Feature︱Family︱Drama Director/Screenwriter/Producer Omid Niaz Two boys leave their village to buy medicine for their ill grandmother. They don't tell their decision to anybody. They arrive to a big city, but the money they have isn't enough to buy the medicine. So they have to work in order to earn enough money.			CANNOT PROVE China︱90 min Feature︱Suspense︱Romance Director Pingping Li Producer Peng Zhou Screenwriters Xiaohua Zhou, Shining Zheng Cast Hongmei Mai, Yongtang Zhu, Xiao Liu, Longke Gao Twenty years ago, Jingyuan’s father died after finding out his wife’s affair. Twenty years later, Jingyuan becomes a prosecutor and investigates a case in which the suspect is her old enemy

		DREAM ON THE RIDGE China︱101 min Feature︱Drama︱Music Directors Jun Fang, Wei An Producer Yulin Zhang Screenwriters Jing Liu, Kuai Chang Cast Wei An, Bei Zhang, Yajun Duan, Xiaoyuan Zhao, Li Wang It tells a touching story of Xuecheng Zhang, a disabled teacher who insists on teaching in an elementary school in Gansu Province for more than 30 years.			FREEDOM STORIES Australia︱99 min Feature︱Documentary Director Steve Thomas Producers Steve Thomas, Lisa Horler Freedom Stories gives voice to former refugees who arrived in Australia seeking asylum and endured years in mandatory detention and/or on Temporary Protection Visas. Now more than a decade since their arrival, their inspiring and poignant stories can finally be heard.

		GENUINE LOVE China︱106 min Feature︱Drama Director Xierzati Yahefu Producer Huanggang Gao Screenwriters Huanggang Gao, Jian Ying Cast Kunduzai Tasi, Baihetiyaer Eziz A mother from Uyghur, six people from different nationalities, and nineteen kids who need care, form a big family full of difficulties and happiness.			GET HAPPY USA︱97 min Feature︱Romance︱Comedy Director Manoj Russel Annadurai Producer Sania Jhankar Screenwriter Tom Shipley Cast Chris Riggi, Adam LaVorgna, Rebecca Blumhagen, Lauren Sweetser, Jordan Lane Price Charlie Kane can’t catch a break. As a child, he lost both his pet parakeet and his mother. As a result, he grew into a man who expects the worse out of life and gets it. But that changes when, by chance, he meets a bright, sunny sprite of a woman named Holly.

		GLAD China︱83 min Feature︱Drama︱Family︱Music︱Children Director Hong Li Screenwriter Yan Wang Cast Xujia Yan, Yifei Chen, Xiaoqi Ma Producers Xiaoyun Wu, Caihong You, Huijian Tong, Li Chen, Bin Han Feifei transfers from mainland to an elementary school in Shenzhen and tries hard to fit in the new environment. Jiajia, a happy boy from a wealthy family, takes a hard time to get along with Feifei…			GONGGA MOUNTAIN China︱101 min Feature︱Drama Director Duoji Pengcuo Producer Qiang Lin Screenwriters Duoji Pengcuo, Qiang Lin Cast Luosang Qunpei, Hongda Liu, Suolang Nima, Deji The film tells a story of Tudeng, an old Tibetan man, and his grandson who help and lead Hanlin of Han nationality to the Gongga Mountain for worshipping Hanlin’s grandpa.

		HONEY RIVER FEAST China︱97 min Feature︱Romance︱Music︱Comedy Director/Screenwriter Axin Naer Producers Siqin Bateer, Aotegen Bateer, Xiaoyu Cheng Cast Tumen Bayaer, Genhua Meng, Saina, Lu Zhen, Yang Tong, Lanxi Qin Erdeng Jr is the son of musician Erdeng who died years ago. He keeps single for years and waits for the return of his beloved Jiya. When he finally decides to move on and marry Sarentuya, Jiya shows up with a sick body and her little son…			INNER MONGOLIA-HAN MELODY China︱92 min Feature︱Drama Director Guohua Zhao Screenwriters Bingyi Zhang, Guohua Zhao Cast Rigui Yi, Shaolong Sun, Hasi Bagen On the beautiful grassland of Zhunger, a man and a woman from different nationalities fall in love, singing the Inner Mongolia-Han melody.

		LET'S BREAK UP China︱97 min Feature︱Romance Director Jianghua Zhu Producer Xiaozhou Li Screenwriter Hongwen Wang Cast Jingyun Wang, Jinliang Sun, Lixing Guo, Zhiqiang Chi, Xi Wen, Aixin Wei, Yan Dan Nurse Xiaotong breaks up with her boyfriend Qiang after she found out that he was cheating on her. Qiang tries to get Xiaotong’s forgiveness when Mingchuan starts to pursue her…			LOOKING FOR MY LOVE China︱90 min Feature︱Drama Director Shiyu Zhou Screenwriter Huping Yi Producers Tao Wang, Huanbao Zhang Cast Yiling Chen, Dian Jiang, Minghe Zhong, Xiaofei Shi Zixi, a college senior, postpones her thesis presentation in order to plan for her studying abroad. She goes back to her hometown Delingha and falls for traditional folk music. She decides to do a research about folk music and American country music for her thesis

		LOVE BEYONG ETERNITY China︱95 min Feature︱Music︱Drama Director/Producer Weiji Miao Screenwriters Hui Zhou, Xudong Kong Cast Jun Yang, Chunyao Zhan, Qiuping Duan, Ting Wang, Zhigang Feng It tells a love story of Duo and Long. They fall in love with each other at the first sight. However, their love is forbidden by their different nationalities. They decide to fight for their love till death.			LOVE SONG OF HUAYAO THAI China︱90 min Feature︱Romance︱Drama Directors Minger Guo, Lanyu Peng Screenwriters Mengcha Zhang, Lanyu Peng Producer Lanyu Peng Cast Zhe Li, Chen Ji, Juntao Cai A girl from Huayao Dai nationality graduates from college and goes back to her hometown to start a business. She works hard to develop the tourism and promote national handicrafts such as Dai embroidery and weaving.

		PARANOID GIRLS Spain︱88 min Feature︱Comedy︱Drama Director Pedro del Santo Producers Pedro del Santo, Shaune Bordere Screenwriter Helena Montesinos Cast Mairen Muñoz, Marta Mir Martín, Patricia Valley Ana, Paula and Veronica become fascinated by modeling and the life that it offers. Yet, they gradually begin to discover the dark side of fashion hidden behind the fame and glamour of the spotlights			SALT BRIDGE Australia︱113 min Feature︱Drama Director/Screenwriter Abhijit Deonath Producers Abhijit Deonath, Alakananda Deonath Cast Rajeev Khandelwal, Chelsie Preston Crayford, Usha Jadhav When a family man, in a bid to revive childhood bondage, befriends a married woman from within the migrant society which resists, he must come clean without affecting the relationships.

		SHANHA GIRLFRIEND China︱96 min Feature︱Drama︱Romance Directors Dan Huang, Haiming Xiang, Qiao Ji Cast Tingru Miao, Sanqiang, Xingguang Chen, Zixuan Fan, Wanli Feng From a big city, Kaijie gets rid of his family business and marriage arrangement to chase his dream of music. He comes to the hometown of She Nationality’s folk song and meets with Xin, a teacher of She nationality.			TAXI DRIVER GION TARO THE MOVIE Japan︱56 min Feature︱Animation Director/Screenwriter Munenori Nagano Animator Takashi Sumita Producers Takeshi Okamoto, Kazuchika Yoshida, Takaaki Tsujino Cast Chikara Honda, Gota Ishida, Shiori Doi Originated from a radio drama, this movie follows the popular live action mini-series Taxi Driver Gion Taro and tells his story of resolving passengers' troubles while driving around Kyoto.

		THE ANSWER India︱108 min Feature︱Family︱Drama Director/Producer Pavan Kaul Screenwriter Swami Kriyananda Cast Leonidas Gulaptis, Victor Banerjee, George Stumpf, Joseph Michael Harris In the quest for finding a deeper meaning to life, this is a true story of an American seeker who forsakes the worldly life to enter upon an amazing spiritual journey of self realization.			THE REMAKE USA︱97 min Feature︱Comedy︱Drama︱Romance Director/Screenwriter Lynne Alana Delaney Producers Ruben Roberto Gomez, Timothy Delaney, Lynne Alana Delaney Cast Sally Kellerman, June Lockhart, Pete Gardner Two actors who originally hooked up during filming in their early 20's find love can be even more complicated the second time around when reunited to star in an updated remake of their earlier film.

		THE SUMMER OF YAYA China︱104 min Feature︱Comedy Director Jianghua Zhu Screenwriter Xiaowen Yang Producer Xiaozhou Li Cast Quanzhong Zhu, Yiwen Wang, Cuicui Li, Yiwen Xu, Pingyuan Wang, Yang Zhang Yaya graduates from college and comes to the plateau of the Northwest to become a village officer after giving up a great job opportunity.			THE VILLAGE MOTHERR China︱90 min Feature︱Music Director Zhaowei Zhu Producer Jun Li Screenwriters Hui Wang, Zhaolu Ma, Huanyu Yang, Sigong Wang Cast Xuebian Jing, Zheng Nan, Ling Ren, Baoxiang Fan In the beginning of China’s rural reform, a village mother sacrifices a lot to help her son build a new life outside of the mountain.

		THIS WAS HASANKEYF UK︱91 min Feature︱Documentary Director Tommaso Vitali Producers Tommaso Vitali, L.E.A.V. Milano Screenwriters Tommaso Vitali, Francesco Marilungo, Carlotta Grisi In the heart of a Turkish Kurdistan, on the brink of a civil war, there is a hidden gem that withstands time and political violence. Life in the village of Hasankeyf, which started more than 10000 years ago, is today doomed to end forever after the construction of a dam.			TWO SHOGI MADAM MASTERS Japan︱112 min Feature︱Drama︱Family︱Sport Director/Screenwriter/Producer Shinya Ikeda Cast Chihiro Kasahara, Hiraku Yonekura, Makoto Shinada, Sanae Yuuki, Saori Uenoyama This film depicts SHOGI (Japanese chess) which is very popular in Japan. The battle of SHOGI players Eimi VS Risako begins. But both of them have some troubles in their minds..

		WINTER'S DREAM USA︱116 min Feature︱Thriller \| Sci-Fi︱Action \| Adventure Director/Screenwriter Joey Curtis Producers Robert Beaumont, Kenneth Burgmaier Cast Paul Sidhu, Arielle Holmes, Anne-Solenne Hatte, Brad Potts, Fernando Argosino Mankind has caused a new ice age. This nuclear winter forces surviving humans underground. Humanoids, genetically designed to withstand the extreme cold, serve as a labor force on the planet's surface.			XIAOMAN'S STORY: RARE TIME China︱93 min Feature︱Drama Director Sangang Producers Wenhua Zhu, Shanshan Zhu Screenwriters Sangang, Xiaoba Wang, Tian Bai Cast Shaowen Chen, Jiayin He, Tian Qi, Li Liu, Mingwo Shi Xiaoman is a college student from a poor rural area. He studies hard and works on multiple part-time jobs to save money for his tuition.