Two Films Regarding for Growth

In our web site, parents, children, parent-child and family, all of them are the topics we have talking about. The following two films are being introduced which are totally matching to other contents. Actually, whatever you are, you still have to think of some topics as an ordinary guy. For instances, how to chase our dreams how to learn? How to grow? In our life lesson, those are the old, old, old –fashion themes but it’s easy for us to stray……

Nobody's Perfect

This film is good for parent-child activity, especially to the monster parents. Hope they could have think deeply after screening and to understand what is the real learning and growth of a child. A heartwarming story of a physically disabled teacher and his 28 students, NOBODY’S PERPECT depicts the interactions between new teacher Akao (Hirotada Ototake), who was born without arms and legs, and the 28 students in his 5th grade class, told from the vantage point of school board member Shiraishi (Taichi Kokubun). First day of school at Matsuura Nishi elementary school, who walked into 5th grade-class 3 was a physically disabled teacher with no arms and legs! Sighting Akao in his wheel chair, the students are so shocked that none of them spoke a single word. Akao soon get along with the class and understands that the students are facing multiple problems such as bullying and domestic discord.

With the help of Shiraishi, Akao help out the students with unusual and alternative ways of teaching! Akao and his 28 students’ year full of smile and tears has just begun. The film is based on Hirotada Ototake's autobiographical novel "Daijobu 3 Kumi"

Director : Ryuichi Hiroki

Cast : Taichi Kokubun, Hirotada Ototake, Nana Eikura

Duration : 116mins

Category : I

Language : Japanese (Chinese & English Subtitles)

Release Date:5 SEP 2013

Distributed: Edko Films Limited

First Position

Movie around seven different cultural backgrounds of the young dancers, ballet annual top stage "U.S. Youth Dance Grand Prix" (Youth America Grand Prix) for his ballet dreams struggle, with more than 5,000, aged 9 to 19, from around the world gathered the excellent dancers to compete for world-renowned Art Institute full scholarship and ballet employment contracts. "Blood ballet" recorded them before to after the final primaries between year history, and meet, acquaintance, love, because the love of the efforts and sacrifices have been, but also exposed the brutal world of ballet true - "ballet is expensive, hard and suffering areas on the threshold of physical requirements are high, very few people can fully meet the standards. "Did not fully comply with the standard, there are close to perfect performance. Who can stand out in the end with the strength?

One minute performance by ten year endeavors; ever dancing director Bess Kargman spent two years or more personal records of seven young dancers whose dreams have gone through the tragic history.The film proved to the world, full of blood and sweat behind the perfection which they did suffer, but the share of blood is sufficient stirring. "First Position" swept a number of international awards, including the San Francisco Documentary Film Festival Jury Prize "Best Film", the Toronto International Film Festival and the New York Documentary Film Festival "Audience Choice" award.

Director: Bess Kargman

Duration : 94mins

Category : I

Languages: English, Spanish, French and Hebrew(Chinese and English subtitles)

Release date: 12 Sep, 2013

Distributed: Edko Films Limited

If you are too busy, stay at home. It will also be presented as a co-release film on MOViE MOViE channel (now TV ch 132). Broadcast details are: 22:00 on Sunday SEP 29 and 20:00 on Tuesday OCT 1.

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