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Rock Garden

Directed by: Gloria Kim
duration: 10 minutes

ROCK GARDEN: A LOVE STORY chronicles the tale of two lonely neighbors as they struggle and toil with everyday existence and how the most unlikely of objects transforms the way they see themselves, the world around them and each other. With no dialogue, ROCK GARDEN is a visually beautiful film that uses magic realism to illustrate daily drudgery, discovery, acceptance and love.

contact: Gloria Kim
address: Toronto, Canada
email: alethearobinson@rogers.com
links: www.rockgardenfilm.com

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Bio - Gloria Kim

GLORIA KIM - Director / Writer /Co-producer Soon after graduating from Ryerson University’s Film & Television program in Toronto, Gloria Kim produced her first short film called, A Solitary Silence, (5 min. 1999). Keith Lock, a Gemini nominated filmmaker, described the film as “an imagistic and…moving black and white film.” A Solitary Silence was screened at the Toronto Reel Asian International Film Festival in 2000 as well as at Intro/spect/ator. Gloria’s follow up was a short documentary film called Partial Selves (9 min. 2000). The film won runner up for the Best Experimental Film at the 2003 International Festival of Cinema &Technology. It also screened at the 2001 Toronto Reel Asian International Film Festival, the 2002 Women of Color Film Festival at the University of California at Santa Cruz, the 2003 POW! Film Fest and most recently at Intro/spect/ator, presented by The Toronto Women’s Bookstore. Along with her film credits, she was also fortunate enough to have interned for award-winning director, Sun Kyung Yi on her segment for History Television’s A Scattering of Seeds. Gloria was apprentice producer and director observer for producer Anita Lee and director Helen Lee on The Art of Woo, a dramatic feature film produced through The Canadian Film Centre and released by Odeon Films/Alliance Atlantis in Canada. She also completed a CFTPA International Internship with film & television production company Audacine with producer/director Mary Jane Gomes.