About this Event
1978: The Year of the Earth Horse. The Galbally Report is tabled in Parliament, and the blueprint for a multicultural Australia is born. Across the suburbs, Chinese expats settle down and start families. What started as paradise quickly turned to trouble; their kids, glued to the TV screen, slowly became corrupted by SBS.
2026: The Year of the Fire Horse. Those kids are all grown up. They aren't just watching movies, they’re making them.
Join us, on May 7th at Lane Cove Cinema Club to watch movies they've made, told in 4 cinematic acts.
ACT 1: MANGO SEED: A young woman breaks the news to her parents: she’s decided to move out of home and pursue a career in movies.
ACT 2: BONG XI FA CAI: The dream meets reality in a hazy Marrickville share house. Between rounds of W**d and a stalling career, she must perform the ultimate act: pretending to be a "sober, successful daughter" during the family Chinese New Year feast.
ACT 3: SWEET JUICES: She’s now broke and living with her boyfriend. Her movie career is dead. Faced with mounting debt, she turns to the last remaining skill she has left: Making dumplings.
ACT 4: BALLOON MAN AND THE DANCING GIRL: She finally comes to terms with a failed dream, but decides to embrace her culture and master Mandarin, with a voice of her own she finally finds the courage to stand her ground against the bullies of Chinatown.
Runtime TBC + 30 min Q&A
Doors open at 6:45pm
Screening starts at 7:00pm
Pottery Lane Performance Space
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Pottery Lane Performance Space, 1 Pottery Lane, Lane Cove, Australia
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