Short Film (co-production)

Based on the Japanese legend and poet, Ono no Komachi, who, through poetry, challenged social constraints and found love and passion.

Ninth century Japan. The poet and renowned beauty Ono no Komachi visits the court of Emperor Ninmyo and hears lord and poet Fukakusa no Shosho reciting poetry to the crowd. Their eyes meet and Komachi feels an immediate and intense attraction, despite the fact that Shosho is notorious for his charm and way with women. Shosho seeks out Komachi and attempts to prove his love and fidelity through poetic verse. A literary foreplay that entices Komachi yet ceases to win her unyielding trust. To prove his devotion to her, Komachi challenges Shosho to visit her at her home for 99 nights. Only then, on the 100th night, will she accept him as her lover. As the days advance, Komachi and Shosho write beautiful poetry together. They challenge each others conceptions of love, trust, and independence. As Shosho says goodbye on the 99th night, Komachi cannot contain her excitement. She has at last found true love. The next day, Shosho races through a snowstorm to see Komachi. His horse trips causing him to fall, fatally wounded. Komachi wakes up on the morning of the 100th day and reaches for Shosho. He's not there. She crawls to her writing desk and composes a poem, the ink spilling and her bonsai's lone persimmon falling to the parchment. She has come to terms with her fate. She walks out into the forest, snow falling on her eyelashes. She will visit her one true love in her dreams.

2017 / 25 mins / HD

Path of Dreams Official Website

WINNER

"Best Short Film" - Los Angeles Women's International Film Festival

"Director's Choice Award" - Cinema on the Bayou Film Festival

"Best Short Film" & "Award of Excellence" - Winter Film Awards

"Best Film" (2nd Place), Best Director (Nominated), Best Actor (Nominated) - California Women's Film Festival

"Gold Remi Award" - WorldFest - Houston

"Best Director" (Nominated), "Best Cinematography" (Nominated - Kew Gardens Festival of Cinema

"Jury Award" (Nominated), "Best Cinematography of a Foreign Language Film" (Nominated) - Amsterdam International Filmmaker Festival

"Best Female Filmmaker" (Honorable Mention) - Lonely Seal Film Festival 

OFFICIAL SELECTION

• California Women's Film Festival
• Cinema on the Bayou Film Festival
• Winter Film Awards
• Charlotte Asian Film Festival
• Los Angeles Women's International Film Festival
• WorldFest - Houston
• Kew Gardens Festival of Cinema
• Amsterdam International Filmmaker Festival
• Louisville International Festival of Cinema
• Lonely Seal Film Festival
• Directors Circle Festival of Cinema