Date: Friday, May 14, 2004 | Time: 6:00PM to 8:00PM
365 5th Avenue (Corner of 34th Street), Manhattan
Prize Awards:?First Prize ($200), Runner-Up ($100)?*For Each Personal & Documentary Film Category
First Prize $100, Runner-Up (2 Movie Tix + Popcorn)?*For Open Competition Film Category
All film or media submissions will be reviewed by our distinguished panel of judges, who will render a decision as to who will take home the top prizes for each category on the night of the festival.
Personal Film
First Prize – The Penny (Running Time: 11 Min.)
Mutsumi Onuma, Media Arts & Communication, City College, CUNY
The Penny is the story of an Asian tourist with a prediliction for picking up pennies off city streets. One day, he encounters a penny in Bryant Park, but is unable to attain it.
Runner-Up Prize – The Theory of Pleasurable Constipation (Running Time: 15 Min.)
Min Kuen Choi, MFA, TV Production, Brooklyn College, CUNY
Theory of the Pleasurable Constipation is the story of a man who is obsessed with the pain of constipation, taking it as a pleasure of his life.
Documentary Film
First Prize – Manthan: The Churning (Running Time: 27 Min.)
Shalini Kantayya, Media Arts Production, City College, CUNY
Manthan: The Churning explores the ideas of faith, scepticism, immortality, inner peace, and religious tolerance within the Indian ceremony of Maha Kumbha Mela (The Festival of Immortality).
Runner-Up – Kaduma (Running Time: 21 Min.)
Alan Raquel, Film, City College, CUNY
Kaduma means companion in a indigenous language of the Philippines. Kaduma is also used in solidarity with the stuggles faced by the indigenous peoples of the Philippines.
Open Competition Film
First Prize – No Light, Big City (Running Time: 6 Min.)
Rioma Kam, Winsie Tow & Juliet Cullen, Immigrant Social Services, Inc.
No Light, Big City takes a light-hearted look at the Blackout of 2003, and reactions from the Chinatown community.
Runner-Up – Learning Chinese: The Story of Ting He (Running Time: 8 Min)
Yan Lin, Seward Park High School
Learning Chinese: The Story of Ting He is the story of a Chinese-American girl who undertakes the difficult task of learning how to read Chinese.
Festival Chairperson: Herman Lew Festival Coordinator: Nga Trang
