Asian Vision Competition
Smoking Tigers
Followed by Q&A
Synopsis:
Set in los angeles in the early 2000s, smoking tigers is a portrait of a lonely korean-american teen named Hayoung who is taken under the wings of three wealthy students she meets at an elite academic boot camp. As she falls deeper into their world, Hayoung works harder to hide her insecurities about her problematic family and lower-income background, only to discover the bittersweet pains of adulthood that will forever shape her life.
Schedule
Nov 18, 2024 | 05:30 PM
Director
Shelly Yo
So Young Shelly Yo is a Korean American filmmaker whose work has been supported by HBO, SFFILM, Sloan and others. Shelly's feature film, Smoking Tigers, was the winner of Tribeca & AT&T's Untold Stories and was awarded best screenplay, best performance, and a special jury mention for the Nora Ephron prize at the 2023 Tribeca film festival. Prior to Smoking Tigers, Shelly created many award-winning short films including Soft Sounds of Peeling Fruit and Moonwalk with Me which have screened at festivals around the world. Most recently, Shelly was awarded the New Voice Award at the 2023 Austin Film Festival and was chosen for the 2023 BAFTA breakthrough program.
Credits
Director:
Shelly Yo
Producer:
Guo Guo
Cinematography:
Heyjin Jun
Editing:
Mengyao Mia Zhang
Cast:
Ji-Young Yoo
Jung Joon Ho
Abin Andrews
Screenwriters:
Shelly Yo
Erin Choi
Erin Yoo
Phinehas Yoon
Composer:
Masayoshi Fujita
89 min | Coming of Age, Drama | 2023 | USA | English, Korean
