Greg Pak's award winning independent Asian American science fiction feature film "Robot Stories" opens February 13 in New York City at the Cinema Village, 22 E. 12th St.
Read Eric Byler's rave review!
This is the big one, folks! Like "Better Luck Tomorrow" and "Charlotte Sometimes," "Robot Stories" is a truly independent feature film written, directed, produced, and starring Asian Americans. And its success will depend hugely upon how well it does in its opening weekend in New York. Buy your tickets online at CinemaVillage.com and spread the word!
"Robot Stories"
Over 23 film festival awards
85 minutes, 35mm color
Everything is changing... except the human heart
http://www.robotstories.net
Opening February 13 in New York City
Cinema Village
22 E. 12th St., New York, NY
http://www.cinemavillage.com
Opening February 20 in the DC area
AFI Silver
8633 Colesville Road, Silver Spring, MD
http://silver.afi.com/
Opening February 27 in Boston
Brattle Theatre
40 Brattle Street, Harvard Square, Cambridge, MA
http://www.brattlefilm.org
March 5 in Chicago
March 12 in Los Angeles
April 2 in St. Louis
April 16 in San Francisco and Berkeley
Winner of over 23 film festival awards, "Robot Stories" is science fiction from the heart, four stories in which utterly human characters struggle to connect in a world of robot babies and android office workers. The stories include: “My Robot Baby,” in which a couple (Tamlyn Tomita and James Saito) must care for a robot baby before adopting a human child; “The Robot Fixer,” in which a mother (Wai Ching Ho, Best Actress, St. Louis Int'l Film Festival and Puchon Int'l Fantastic Film Festival) tries to connect with her dying son by completing his toy robot collection; “Machine Love,” in which an office worker android (Greg Pak) learns that he, too, needs love; and “Clay,” in which an old sculptor (Sab Shimono) must choose between natural death and digital immortality.
John Petrakis of the Chicago Tribune calls the film "one of the most moving pieces I've seen all year" while Entertainment Insiders calls it "the kind of science fiction sophisticated audiences crave and deserve."
Awards include the Special Jury Award from Emotional Truth from the Florida Film Festival; Best Feature Film honors from the Rhode Island Int'l Film Festival, the Sci Fi London Film Festival, the DC APA Film Festival, and the SF Korean American Media Arts Festival; and Audience Awards from the Fantastisk Film Festival in Sweden, the Boston Fantastic Film Festival, and the Michigan Independent Film Festival.
Writer and Director: Greg Pak
Producers: Kim Ima and Karin Chien
Starring: Tamlyn Tomita, Sab Shimono, Wai Ching Ho, Greg Pak, Cindy Cheung, John Cariani, Bill Coelius, Eisa Davis, Ron Domingo, Tim Kang, Julienne Hanzelka Kim, James Saito
Distributor: Pak Film and Shotwell Media
Genre: Science Fiction, Independent, Asian American
Official Website: http://www.robotstories.net
Reviews: http://www.robotstories.net/press.html
Trailer: http://www.robotstories.net/trailer.html
MP3s: http://www.robotstories.net/downloads.html
Blog: http://www.robotstories.net/blog
