Feature Films in 2018 UMFF

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…