CONTENT ADVISORY
Nudity
Canada, Chile2024100 minEnglish, KoreanComedy, Romance
After a mysterious encounter leaves her daughter Sumi in a coma, Sara rushes from South Korea to Winnipeg to be by her side. As Sumi heals, Sara begins to unpack details of her life that her daughter never shared with her. On a mission to find a husband to take care of Sumi when she wakes, Sara ventures into the daunting unknowns of dating apps and Winnipeg winters, and finds out more about herself than she planned.
Triangulated somewhere between K-drama, telenovela, and rom-com is Johnny Ma’s feel-good film about a mother becoming her own woman again, unshackled by the roles of “wife” or “mother." After festival-favourite dramas Old Stone (2016) and To Live To Sing (RA 2019), Ma swerves into cross-cultural zaniness while grounding his characters with the same soul of his previous films, and shows us it’s never too late to explore oneself.
– Aram Siu Wai Collier
Kim Ho-jung
Lee Won-jae
Jonathan Kim
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Toronto International Film Festival, 2024
Johnny Ma
Johnny Ma was born in Shanghai and immigrated to Toronto at age 10. Johnny’s first feature, Old Stone, debuted at the 2016 Berlin Film Festival. His second feature, To Live To Sing, premiered at the Cannes Film Festival 2019. The Mother and The Bear is his third film, and the first produced outside of China.
16 Nov, 2024 2:30 pm
TIFF Lightbox C4AA
CONTENT ADVISORY
Nudity
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This film is scheduled to be presented with English subtitles only (no subtitles for English dialogue). Wheelchair spaces and step-free seating is available for this screening – click below to book accessible seats.
Join us for a Q&A immediately after the screening with director Johnny Ma and actor Jonathan Kim.
Join us for an exclusive Work-In-Progress presentation of SPACE CADET, a captivating animated film directed by Kid Koala. Work-In-Progress events at Reel Asian give audience members a chance to explore the development stages of a piece of work. In this session, we will hear insights from the creative team of SPACE CADET, including director Kid Koala, head of story and production designer Lillian Chan, and artistic director Corinne Merrell, who will guide us through the artistic process and illustrate how animation brings this heartfelt narrative to life.
21 Nov. 7:00 pm
Creatura is a multimedia stream of programming that draws inspiration from the strange, wild, and untamed: descriptions historically used to label, discipline and exclude people. Whether it be for unrecognizable ways of being, or unacceptable actions and behaviours, to be a creature is to exist at the edge of what it means to be human. Creatura programming aims to engage with all variations of this label across the spectrum, from the mystical and uncanny to the unruly and abhuman.
13 Nov.
Six emerging filmmakers embarked on a summer-long filmmaking journey. We’re proud to present their world premiere here, in the 13th edition of Reel Asian’s filmmaking program.
16 Nov. 2:30 pm
Toronto Reel Asian International Film Festival is a unique showcase of contemporary Asian cinema and work from Asia and the Asian diaspora. Works include films and videos by artists in Canada, the U.S., Asia and all over the world. As Canada’s largest pan-Asian film festival, Reel Asian provides a public forum for Asian media artists and their work, and fuels the growing appreciation for Asian cinema in Canada.
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