IFFI 2017 International Cinema Catalogue

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Old Stone
Lao Shi
Canada, China | | 2016 | Mandarin | 86 min | Colour
✪ INDIA PREMIERE
COUNTRY FOCUS - OPENING FILM
Director Johnny Ma
Producer Wu Xian Jian, Chi-an Lin,
Jing Wang, Sarah Stallard
Screenplay Johnny Ma
Cinematographer Ming Kai Leung
Editor Mike Long
Sound Design T. Teressa Tate
Cast Gang Chen, An Nai, Hongwei
Wang, Zebin Zhang, Xue’er Luo
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After a car accident that he caused, Mr
Old Stone, a small-town taxi driver, has
to face the rules of today’s Kafkaesque
China. Now that his family, friends and
his work are endangered, isn’t murder a
way out?
Sales agent Asian Shadows
• anne@chineseshadows.com
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Johnny Ma
Johnny first made the move to documentary filmmaking
in 2008. His short films have screened at TIFF, Dallas
International Film Festival and Aspen Shortfest. Johnny
is developing his second feature-length project, also
set in China. He is a recent alum of the 2014 Sundance
Institute Screenwriting/Directing Lab and winner of the
Telefilm Canada Pitch-This competition.
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