Northwest Film Forum

The Paper Tigers

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2 films in package
Ox Year
A young woman sips tea in the dawn of Lunar New Year, when calamity stirs her into movement. "Ox Year" is a 60-second allegory for new and reawakened resolve and proactivity in the wake of 2020.
The Paper Tigers
Three middle-aged martial artists—known in their prime as “the three tigers”—juggle dead-end jobs, dad duties, and old grudges to avenge their teacher.

** On May 26 at 6:30pm PT, Paper Tigers writer-director Bao Tran will join the Forum's monthly filmmaker meetup The Get Together to discuss the film's production! (Separate RSVP to join; this event was rescheduled from May 17 to Wednesday, May 26.) **


This film is preceded by a NWFF "Local Shorty":


Ox Year (Jocelyn RC, US, 2021, 1 min)

A woman sips tea quietly... when calamity strikes.


Local Shortiez is a new programming initiative that promotes the work of PNW-based short filmmakers, placing under-three-minute short films before select feature films in the Forum’s Virtual Cinema. Learn more and/or submit your Local Shorty >

About The Paper Tigers:


Three martial artists—notorious in their prime as “the three tigers”—have grown into middle-aged men one kick from a pulled muscle. But after their teacher’s murder, they must juggle dead-end jobs, dad duties, and old grudges to avenge him.

  • Year
    2020
  • Runtime
    108 minutes
  • Language
    English
  • Country
    United States
  • Rating
    PG-13 for some strong language, offensive slurs, and violence.
  • Director
    Tran Quoc Bao
  • Cast
    Alain Uy, Ron Yuan, Mykel Shannon Jenkins
  • Cinematographer
    Shaun Mayor
  • Editor
    Kris Kristensen
  • Production Design
    Wing Lee
  • Composer
    Daniel L.K. Caldwell
  • Sound Design
    Kirby Jinnah
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