All That We Love
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Α study on how cinema can transform even the most mundane into the exceptional meticulously capturing the everyday situations of urgent emotional need. After the death of the family dog, a woman on the threshold of middle age is confronted with the pull of the void: The once familiar warm nest has been left bereft, its temperature changed, the satellites of her life have altered course, and she is forced to take a closer look at the relationships that have been left on ice. Her estranged ex-husband returns to the USA when his career in Singapore collapses, moving in with his sister; their young daughter falls in love and decides to follow her beloved to Australia, without waiting for her mother’s approval; her best friend copes with his own grief through a lifestyle makeover, even if it doesn't align with any sense of moderation; as for one of her colleagues who fosters animals, she offers her another four-legged friend to soothe her woes. A heartfelt yet poignant portrayal of the melancholy that accompanies every new beginning, introducing us to a wonderful bunch of characters and dissecting universal themes with insightful humor: aging, friendship, parenthood, mortality, past loves, second chances and the profound connection to the non-human. A film that teaches us precisely how to love "all that we love."
Screenings
Stavros Tornes
Frida Liappa
Cast and crew
Yen Tan
Yen Tan is a Malaysian-born American independent film director and screenwriter. Tan emigrated from Malaysia at the age of 19 and is based in Dallas, Texas. He is known for award-winning films Happy Birthday (2002) and Deadroom (2005). He also directed the gay-themed Ciao (2008), co-written with the film's lead actor Alessandro Calza. His screenplay Pit Stop was selected by the Outfest Screenwriting Lab. The film also screened at the 2013 Sundance Film Festival. He was also a finalist for the prestigious Vilcek Prize for Creative Promise.
2002 Happy Birthday
2008 Ciao
2013 Pit Stop
2015 The Outfit (short)
2018 1985
2024 All That We Love
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