Japan Film Festival Los Angeles 2024

14 Short Films on demand screening  (Worldwide)

Expired September 16, 2024 7:00 AM
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Inspired by the grand tales of Don Quixote, a brother and sister set off in search of adventure to escape their own wartime reality, but ultimately find that the greatest act of heroism is the imagination they lend to each other.



Sharon S. Park - Director

MFA (Producer, Director) is an award-winning, bilingual Korean American filmmaker from Seattle. A member of the Gold House Futures Network, she advocates for POC diversity on and offscreen, while exhibiting her work at Oscar qualifying festivals like SXSW, Hawaii International, and Palm Springs. Sharon is a recipient of the prestigious Mary Pickford Scholarship, the Muller Family Scholarship, and was a finalist at the Emmys Television Academy Foundation for TV Directing. Currently, she works as a Voice Director for Netflix, with titles: “Dream” and “Wonderland”.


Kelsey Kawana - Writer/EP

MBA (Producer, Writer) is the VP of JSL Foods, the largest Asian noodle manufacturer in America. She also manages an import venture with Asia’s premiere food distributor ($14B revenue). When not making noodles, Kelsey runs a Japanese vending machine business and writes/produces under her Someday Films banner. Her debut short film won the USC AAPI Jury Award and screened at HIFF (Oscar Qualifying) and Aesthetica (BAFTA Qualifying). Kelsey is a John Wooden Global Leadership Fellow and winner of the Gloria Appel Prize for Entrepreneurship.

  • Year
    2023
  • Runtime
    15 minutes
  • Language
    English, Japanese
  • Country
    United States
  • Premiere
    LA
  • Subtitle Language
    English
  • Director
    Sharon S. Park
  • Screenwriter
    Kelsey C. Kawana
  • Producer
    Beau Sia, Traci Kato-Kiriyama
  • Cast
    Tamlyn Tomita