PREMIERE DESIGNATION
World
SYNOPSIS
A Korean American immigrant mother’s addiction shatters her family. After the mother’s unexpected death, her sister, Kyung-Hee, becomes the caregiver to the motherless children. Their father, Mr. Cho, struggling to pay back the gambling debt his wife left behind, works two jobs back to back. With barely enough money to feed his family, his problems deepen when his boss turns on him.
WINNER
Audience Award – Short
SPECIAL PRESENTATION: The Cho Stories are a unified trilogy of short films and the first presentation of its kind at MNFF.
SCREENING INFORMATION
Date: Friday, August 27
Time: 7:15pm
Location: Marquis Main
CREDITS
Director: Anna Sang Park [Attending MNFF7]
Writer: Anna Sang Park
Producer: Mrs. Cho: Isabella Jackson, Anna Sang Park; Myung-Ah & Kyung-Hee: Adam Vazquez, Chloe Acerra, Anna Sang Park; Appa Appa Appa: Kerstin Glaess, Paulina Erni, Anna Sang Park
FILM INFORMATION
Genre: Narrative
Length: 32m
Location: USA
Language: Korean w/English subtitles, English