QUEEN OF THE MORNING CALM
Digital Festival Premiere | Canada | Drama | 1hr 26m
Synopsis: Follows 29-year-old immigrant sex worker Debra, and her self-aware 10-year-old daughter Mona, as they embark on a journey of emancipation. Debra attempts to escape cycles of abuse and poverty while learning to become a more nurturing mother and discovering her own self-worth. Trailer.
Director: Gloria Kim
Starring: Elle A, Marlaina Andre, Pedro Miguel Arce
FILM FACT: Dir. And writer Gloria Ui Young Kim won the Toronto Screenwriting Conference’s Telefilm Canada New Voices Award for her script in 2013.
SHORT FILMS: Showstopper (Canada, 12 min, Dir: Jacquile Kambo), The Writing Room (Canada, 2 min, Dir: Alexandria Phillip), Our Home – Dir. Andy Alvarez (Vancouver, BC)
Q&A: to follow film with Director Gloria Kim and lead actress Tina Jung.
QUEEN OF THE MORNING CALM
Digital Festival Premiere | Canada | Drama | 1hr 26m
Synopsis: Follows 29-year-old immigrant sex worker Debra, and her self-aware 10-year-old daughter Mona, as they embark on a journey of emancipation. Debra attempts to escape cycles of abuse and poverty while learning to become a more nurturing mother and discovering her own self-worth. Trailer.
Director: Gloria Kim
Starring: Elle A, Marlaina Andre, Pedro Miguel Arce
FILM FACT: Dir. And writer Gloria Ui Young Kim won the Toronto Screenwriting Conference’s Telefilm Canada New Voices Award for her script in 2013.
SHORT FILMS: Showstopper (Canada, 12 min, Dir: Jacquile Kambo), The Writing Room (Canada, 2 min, Dir: Alexandria Phillip), Our Home – Dir. Andy Alvarez (Vancouver, BC)
Q&A: to follow film with Director Gloria Kim and lead actress Tina Jung.