2018 UMFF Feature Films

DOCTOR BY HEART USA | 75 min Feature | Documentary | Drama Director/Writer Ranu Sinha Producer Dr.RomeshJapra Cast Dr.RomeshJapra, KanchanDaftardarFernandes, Sunny Dhillon This is a fictional adaptation of the life of Dr. RomeshJapra, a well-known cardiologist in the San Francisco Bay Area and the Founder and Convener of Festival of Globe (FOG).   DON'T CRY MOM China | 83 min Feature | Drama Director/Writer ShengGuo Producers Zijun Li, WeizhenZhi Cast He Huang (Miaomiao), Xinyue Bai, Qinfei Li, Wei Jin, Yilin Liu Baoer is living with her single mother and unfortunately diagnosed with cancer. She has only three months to live so she decides to donate her body to people in need..                 FAMILIES LIKE YOURS Argentina | 51 min Feature | Documentary Director/Writer/Producer Rodolfo Eduardo Moro Cast Amanda Hawke, Ashley Behrens, Aspen River Hawke, Brandon Behrens Through candid interviews and humorous real life stories, this documentary demystifies LGBT families and their lives, showcasing that they are just as loving, busy, and complicated as any other family.   FINE DRIED NOODLES China | 90 min Feature | Drama Director/Producer Jing Zhang WriterYuzhu Liu Cast Jingping Zhou, Lei Li, ZihanQiao This film tells unordinary and touching life stories of three generations in a family which is known for making traditional fine dried noodles in Northern Shanxi, China.                 FORCED ORPHANS USA | 67 min Feature | Drama Director V N Aditya Producer T G Vishwa Prasad Writer SriramVegaraju CastTrin Miller, Tom Ricciardelli, AnkitaJhaveri, Raj Virk Two siblings Sid and Meenu returned from school only to learn that their parents are getting divorced. Their life changed forever…)     ULAN BATOR SLEEPLESS China | 92 min Feature | Drama Director WeiKe Writer MoSha Producer Linsheng Xiao Cast Rina Sa, Ying Ge Ma, Wei Li Si  This film tells a story of Ajitai, a rich second-generation who encounters a sudden family bankruptcy while he is on his way to purchase a famous horse in Ulan Bator and then gets saved by a local girl called Duoerna.                 JOURNEY TO THE SNOWING MOUNTAINS China | 86 min Feature | Drama Director Zhitao He Writers Ariel Wu, Bo Qiu Producer Yan Zeng CastXinyue Wang, Xinyun Wang, JunyuGuo, Yayue He, Jiyuan Jiang, Miaomiao A brother and sister live in ethnic mountain areas in Yunnan with their grandma. Their parents are missing after falling off a cliff when they were gathering herbs. It is said that their parents were saved by the God of the Snow. The kids start a journey to look for their parents…     KARMA DOG USA | 70 min Feature | Drama | Romance Director JulesKoroleva Writers JulesKoroleva, Sam Boseley Producer JLS Productions Cast JulesKoroleva, Konner King, Bobik A Russian-born, Californian girl searches for the missing piece of her life and realizes it is a dog.                   LOTUS WITH LOVE China | 90 min Feature | Drama Director Minjie Liang Producers Xiuxing Wen, Chuxiong Zhuang Writer Jianzhong Peng Cast YuanYuan, Tong Bai After graduating from a College of Agriculture, Hehua (meaning Lotus) comes back to her hometown, the Lotus Village, to devote herself in developing this fertile land of fish and rice.      LOVE OF HOPE China | 88 min Feature | Drama Director/Writer WenbaiZha Producer Mo Xia CastDejun Xia, Pei-pei Cheng, Shixuan Zhou, Yulan Xu This film tells a story of Guohua Liang, a young man who evolves from a weak patient to a strong human being, and ultimately to a enlightened person who donates his body.                  MARRIAGE China | 90 min Feature | Drama Director ZhenqiangGuo Writer/ProducerXianbinMeng CastQipeng Sun, Zhi Wang, Ge Yan Preparing betrothal gifts for the bride’s family by the groom’s family is an old tradition in China. In a rural northern village, an old man carries the heavy load of preparing the betrothal gifts for his son’s marriage.   MEET IN NAMTSO China | 103 min Feature | Romance Director Fei Chai Writer Xueping Liu ProducerFeihao Chen CastSuozhen, Jita This tells the love stories of Qingcuo, a devoted nursing school student who commits herself to healing the patients in Namtso after graduation.                 NEERU THANDAVARU India | 109 min Feature | Drama Director/Writer Aasifkshathriya Producer NidasalePuttaswamaiah CastAnanyaKashyap, Naveen Patil, Achyuth Kumar, Shaanthala S Ganga, a young girl, lives in a ‘Keri’, a colony of so called ‘lower caste’ people. On the other hand, so called ‘upper caste’ people live in the neighboring town and have their own belief systems. However, the only river, which is the source of drinking water for ‘Keri, goes dry…   PHOENIX SINGS IN MUDONG China | 90 min Feature | Drama Director Lianjun Li Writer Xianming Chen Producer Jing Zhou Cast Su Yang, Chengwu Li, Yanhan Zhou, Jing Lan This tell a story of Xuesong Ding, an ambitious and diligent teenager who works hard on study while working for his mom and taking care of his sick sister.                 THE LANDSCAPE LOVE China | 90 min Feature | Romance Director Zhi Han WritersZhi Han, Wenwen Fan ProducerXianfeng Xu Cast Lei Fan, Hao Yang, Peng Chi, Wenbin Xu, Zhuona Zhao, Demin Yang Zhishan Tang, a Chinese-Canadian girl, won the championship in a cooking contest. Her opponent Huimin Kong accidentally found out that Zhishan is the daughter of his lost lover…   THE PEARL PAGODA China | 99 min Feature | Drama | Musical Director Keping Yu Producer Jianwei Lu CastDongliang Zhou, Tongfang Ni, Yunhua Dong, Jinhua Zhang Qing Fang got humiliated by his aunt when he tried to lend a loan. His cousin secretly sent him the pearl pagoda as a gift. Three years later, Qing came first in the highest imperial examination…