Competition Programme
GRAND CANAL
China | 2013Johnny Ma
Director:
Johnny Ma
Screenplay:
Johnny Ma
Director of photography:
Wang Yifan
Film Editing:
Mike Long
Film School:
Columbia University
Producer:
Jie Chen,
Sarah Stallard
Production Company:
Maktub Films
Cast:
Mei Song Shun,
Du Xiao Ming,
Wang Hong Sheng
Duration:
19’
Synopsis
Greek tragedy told in a Chinese love song. Tragic events of a Chinese boat captain trying to collect a debt to save his fleet of boats, as remembered by his ten year old son.
Director Biography
Johnny Ma
Johnny was born as Nan Ma in Shanghai China and immigrated to Toronto Canada at age of ten, where he learned his first English sentence “Can I play?”
He is a DGA and National Board of Review student award winning director. Other than filmmaking, Johnny enjoys teaching cats how to play catch like dogs.
Filmography:
2013 Grand Canal
2011 O Genio de Quintino