I Want To Be A Desi wins at Grand River Film Festival
I Want To Be A Desi captured second-place in the BMO SHORT Shorts Competition held at the fourth Grand River Film Festival.
The judges praised Desi for its witty writing, assured direction and smart cinematography, and for addressing the issue of identity in modern Canada. I Want To Be A Desi will appear in a program devoted to the BMO SHORT Shorts on Saturday, October 23, 1:00 p.m. at the Galt Little Theatre in Cambridge, next to Kitchener-Waterloo. The screening will be the World Premiere of I Want To Be A Desi. Click here for schedule and tickets. Waterloo Record article about GRFF.
I Want To Be A Desi captured second-place in the BMO SHORT Shorts Competition held at the fourth Grand River Film Festival.
"The acting was excellent, the editing thoughtful, and the use of music very clever," announced one of the judges, Phillip Bast, a Kitchener filmmaker and journalist. "I Want To Be A Desi is a delightful film, a comic social investigation into multicultural identity for second generation Canadians in large urban centres, particularly the Greater Toronto Area."
Things are looking up for "desi" Roger (David Yee)
Allan was on hand at The Museum in downtown Kitchener, ON last night to receive the award from the festival and awards sponsor BMO. The presentation was part of GRFF's annual Chairman's Gala and Festival Launch taking place at The Museum in Kitchener. I Want To Be A Desi and other finalists' films were was shown on a silent loop in the resplendent open-air lobby of the The Museum.
Fellow judge and Toronto filmmaker, Benjamin Rousse, added that Desi is "a solid film with no weaknesses in any area of film production. Writer/director Allan Tong demonstrates a firm grasp of the art of filmmaking."
Things are looking up for "desi" Roger (David Yee)Allan was on hand at The Museum in downtown Kitchener, ON last night to receive the award from the festival and awards sponsor BMO. The presentation was part of GRFF's annual Chairman's Gala and Festival Launch taking place at The Museum in Kitchener. I Want To Be A Desi and other finalists' films were was shown on a silent loop in the resplendent open-air lobby of the The Museum.
The judges praised Desi for its witty writing, assured direction and smart cinematography, and for addressing the issue of identity in modern Canada. I Want To Be A Desi will appear in a program devoted to the BMO SHORT Shorts on Saturday, October 23, 1:00 p.m. at the Galt Little Theatre in Cambridge, next to Kitchener-Waterloo. The screening will be the World Premiere of I Want To Be A Desi. Click here for schedule and tickets. Waterloo Record article about GRFF.
