The first 100 tickets to this screening were given out for FREE thanks to the generous support of the Consulate General of the Republic of Korea in Toronto.
South Korea2019105 minKorean with English SubtitlesOntario PremiereDrama, Family, Open Captions, Reel Asian Award Winner, Women Filmmakers
Broke and evicted from their basement apartment in Seoul, teenager Okju, her little brother Dongju, and their divorced father must move in with their ailing grandfather at the city’s outskirts. Soon joined by an aunt reeling from her own failed marriage, they spend the summer getting reacquainted with each other as an ad hoc multigenerational family unit, which was the norm just a generation ago.
Told through beautifully sun-soaked summertime moments, Moving On is a wistful, nostalgic, and sometimes painful look at growing up and growing old through the adolescent eyes of Okju. These nuanced observations about family will call to mind the films of Ozu or Yang (and is the utmost compliment). However, first-time feature director Yoon Dan-bi assuredly tells a semi autobiographical story with a sincere flair that will resonate with the trials of life that every family must face.
– Aram Siu Wai Collier
Choi Jung-un
Yang Heung-joo
Park Seung-joon
OFFICIAL SELECTION
Busan International Film Festival, 2019
International Film Festival Rotterdam, 2020
Vancouver International Film Festival, 2020
AWARDS
Busan International Film Festival NETPAC Award, 2019
Directors Guild of Korea, 2019
Bright Future Award, IFFR 2020
Osler Best Feature Film Award, Reel Asian 2020
Yoon Dan-bi 윤단비
Yoon Dan-bi’s short film Fireworks hit domestic festivals such as Daegu Independent Short Film Festival and Seoul Youth Film Festival in 2015. After entering Dankook University’s Graduate School of Cinematic Contents in 2017, she directed her feature film debut Moving On.
12 Nov, 2020 10:00 am
to 19 Nov, 2020 11:59 pm
The first 100 tickets to this screening were given out for FREE thanks to the generous support of the Consulate General of the Republic of Korea in Toronto.
PG
Ticket holders can watch Reel Asian Programmer June Kim's conversation with director Yoon Dan-bi on the CineSend Reel Asian portal.
A right-wing government controls Quebec, closing its borders and pushing immigrants to leave. Widower Hiên lives a meager life running a dépanneur. Enticed by his daughter Phuong’s move to Vietnam, Hiên makes arrangements to leave everything behind. But when a neighbourhood boy is left under the temporary care of Phuong’s aimless Quebecois boyfriend, Hiên is driven to solve the mystery of the boy’s missing mother.
Reel Asian is proud to present as its Closing Night event a one-time live script read presentation of Scarborough, the anticipated forthcoming film adaptation of Catherine Hernandez’ award-winning novel of the same name by Reel Asian stalwart filmmaking duo of Shasha Nakhai and Rich Williamson.
Students at the Afghanistan National Institute of Music gather for the start of the school day. They laugh, practice, and take tests while preparing for a concert celebrating 100 years of Afghanistan's independence. Ranging from five-year-olds to young adults, some are middle-class kids and others are orphans, and they come from Afghanistan's many ethnic groups.
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