Director:
Andrew Chung
Andrew is a Writer/Director from Toronto. His short films, “Lovebites”, “Sleepwalk”, and “Ma”, have been broadcast and screened internationally by Air Canada and the CBC. His series, Millions” won him Best Director at the Marseille Web Fest in France. ""White Elephant"" is his first feature. For select works, visit thisisandrewc.com.
White Elephant is both a refreshing and poignant first feature by Markham & Scarborough-born filmmaker Andrew C. This film turns the familiar high school rom-com genre on its head. Following a South Asian teen and her friends as she discovers the realities of racism present in her romantic idolization of Hollywood love stories that don’t quite play out the way she expects when she falls for a local white student. Andrew C states that this coming of age film, "isn't a love story - it's a self-love story.”
PROGRAMMERS NOTES
CAST & CREDITS
Director
Andrew Chung
Cinematographer
David Z. Lam
Producer
Christopher Nguyen, Andrew Chung
Editor
Sue Yao
Principal Cast
Zaarin Bushra, Gurleen Singh, Dulmika Kevin Hapuarachchi
Ella Cooper
RECOMMENDED WATCH TIME, FOLLOWED BY EXCLUSIVE DIRECTOR Q&A:
OCT 15, 6:00 PM
White Elephant
Andrew Chung
DRAMA | ENGLISH | 61 MIN | CANADA | WORLD PREMIERE
