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Director(s): Jennifer Phang Screenwriter(s): Jennifer Phang Executive Producers: Dylan Shields, Mark E. Lee Producers: Reuben Lim, Alan T. Chan, Robert Zimmer, Jr. Cinematographer: Aasulv Wolf Austad Editors: Gloria Vela, Harry Yoon, Kristian Hansen Lead Animator: Matthew Pugnetti Visual Effects Supervisor: Catherine Tate |
Half-Life
New Frontier Feature
U.S.A., 2008, 116 mins, Color
Set in the idyllic hills of northern California, Jennifer Phang’s marvelously original first feature, Half-Life, is a supernormal tale about self-absorbed and disillusioned suburbanites who live in a futuristic time of natural disasters, suffocating air quality, and accelerating global cataclysms.
Single mom Saura Wu and her two kids, Pam and Timothy, struggle to rebuild their family in the presence of a sinister, but charming, interloper. Pam seeks refuge in her object of desire, a young hipster named Scott who, in turn, attempts to jar his fundamentalist parents out of their denial of his gay identity. Timothy, meanwhile, stumbles upon a way to develop and hone paranormal powers that he summons to alter everyone’s reality.
Modern and philosophical, Half-Life masterfully blends menacing rage with the tenderness and vulnerability of youth to create a tale that injects an empowering and persevering hopefulness into the family's fatalistic fears of a disintegrating world. A visually ambitious accomplishment filled with gorgeous cinematography, handcrafted animation, and expertly concocted faux news reports, this auspicious directorial debut is without precedent and firmly establishes Jennifer Phang as an exciting talent to watch.
Single mom Saura Wu and her two kids, Pam and Timothy, struggle to rebuild their family in the presence of a sinister, but charming, interloper. Pam seeks refuge in her object of desire, a young hipster named Scott who, in turn, attempts to jar his fundamentalist parents out of their denial of his gay identity. Timothy, meanwhile, stumbles upon a way to develop and hone paranormal powers that he summons to alter everyone’s reality.
Modern and philosophical, Half-Life masterfully blends menacing rage with the tenderness and vulnerability of youth to create a tale that injects an empowering and persevering hopefulness into the family's fatalistic fears of a disintegrating world. A visually ambitious accomplishment filled with gorgeous cinematography, handcrafted animation, and expertly concocted faux news reports, this auspicious directorial debut is without precedent and firmly establishes Jennifer Phang as an exciting talent to watch.
Jennifer Phang - Jennifer Phang is a graduate of the MFA directing program at AFI, where she received the Holleigh Bernson Memorial Award and the Dreamworks World Studio Foundation Scholarship. Her thesis film, Love Ltd., screened at more than 30 international film festivals. An honoree of Film Independent’s Project:Involve, Phang was also awarded first prize in the TalentScout writing contest for cowriting the original one-hour pilot Simi Valley. She was recently nominated for a Rockefeller Foundation's Film, Video, and Multimedia Fellowship and was a finalist for the IFP/NY Adrienne Shelly grant.
Screenings:
Sat. January 19, 9:00pm, Holiday Village Cinema III, Park City
Tue. January 22, 3:00pm, Egyptian Theatre, Park City
Fri. January 25, 6:30pm, Holiday Village Cinema IV, Park City
Sat. January 26, 12:45pm, Broadway Centre Cinemas V, SLC
Sat. January 19, 9:00pm, Holiday Village Cinema III, Park City
Tue. January 22, 3:00pm, Egyptian Theatre, Park City
Fri. January 25, 6:30pm, Holiday Village Cinema IV, Park City
Sat. January 26, 12:45pm, Broadway Centre Cinemas V, SLC
Reuben Lim
Fade to Blue LLC
437 N. Varney St.
Burbank, CA 91502
(818) 569-3030
reuben@halflifemovie.com
www.halflifemovie.com
Fade to Blue LLC
437 N. Varney St.
Burbank, CA 91502
(818) 569-3030
reuben@halflifemovie.com
www.halflifemovie.com
