New Filmmakers Presents COUNTRY GIRL as Part of SummerFest 2010, 7/6

Tuesday, July 6th in the Courthouse Theater NewFilmmakers welcomes the return of the Asian Filmmakers Series, which had been a popular part of our weekly Series.

6:00pm NEWFILMMAKERS DOCUMENTARY SERIES
Jeff Giordano LONG-DISTANCE RUNNERS: A CROSS-CULTURAL LOVE STORY (2010, 70 Minutes, Video)

Welcome to the long-distance, romantic relationship between a man from New Jersey (USA) and a woman from Kobe (Japan). This feature-documentary essay integrates years of home video footage of the couple's adventures through Japan, Australia, and USA.

7:15pm NEWFILMMAKERS SHORT FILM PROGRAM

Minji Kang REQUIEM FOR HERSTORY (2010, 25 Minutes, Video)
a young girl, a lover of music, yearns for some sense of peace and identity while suffering under the oppression of mother's demands.

Arckii MunJong Kim FANTASTIC GLASS PORTRAIT (2009, 25 Minutes, Video)
Archii, a Korean immigrant to NYC, Manifests her racial identity crisis through the art of her secret drawing room for 16years, until it is discovered by her American born 16 years old daughter, Shine.

8:15pm NEWFILMMAKERS FEATURE PRESENTATION
Yuko Torihara AMATERASU (2010, 15 Minutes, Video)
A boy from Tokyo decides to visit his estranged mother's hometown in Niigata, Japan for some inspiration and clearance towards the future.

Tatsuo Kobayashi COUNTRY GIRL (2010, 70 Minutes, Video)
Hayashi is a high school boy in Kyoto who has no regard for traditional values of the old city. His routine us to con foreign tourists. Unexpectedly he falls in love with a young geisha who belongs to the traditional side of the city. COUNTRY GIRL is a teen movie with great cultural insight.

 For more information visit online at www.newfilmmakers.com.