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Moving on in any walk of life is hard, and this is something that the young director Kyung Sok Kim clearly understands, as seen in his short film “Furthest From”. The project deals with the consequences of inevitable change through the eyes of a child, and in doing so, manages to be near-universally relatable.

Furthest From screened at Mill Valley Film Festival

Jessie (Amanda Christine) is a young girl living in a small trailer park community who enjoys playing with her friends and enjoying the carefree life of an eight-year-old. However, a water contamination issue is slowly forcing everyone to leave the trailer park. Feeling frustrated and powerless against the changes on the horizon, Jessie must come to terms with leaving everything behind at such a young age.

It would be wrong to not start this review without praising the simply wonderful Amanda Christine. The actor, along with all of her child co-stars,...

Annually, millions of Korean young and old spend exorbitant amounts of money to “fix” something that for many does not need fixing, their Asian accent. Though nothing more than a vain attempt to look more sophisticated in the eyes of many a detractor, for many of them it is a matter of life and death for nothing but a perfect native pronunciation would make them be taken seriously in the prejudiced West. Such seems to be the case with the young actors in Kyung Son Kim’s short “Daytime Moon.”

“Daytime Moon” is screening at NewFilmmakers Los Angeles Film Festival

During an audition for a movie that casts Asian actors without an Asian accent, Dehyung (played by Yun Jeong), a Korean actor living in America, meets his ex-girlfriend Rebecca (played by Vivian Ahn) by chance. While rehearsing with one another, aspects of their shared past and views on being Asian...