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Actor in photo: Dora Lo Shoe Story steps off this month to its Italian première! The short comedy is an official selection of the Venice Film Week, an annual event showcasing independent films with an edge. The Venice Film Week runs during but is independent from the Venice Film Festival (Mostra Internazionale d’Arte Cinematografica). In the words of planners, the Venice Film Week ‘focuses on the unconventional, the unusual, the underground, the intuitive, the innovative, and the minimalistic,’ seeking to spotlight ‘the true artists of our time.’ Screenings take place at La Casa del Cinema and on Campo San Polo in Venice. All selections receive The Tarkovski Grant, a film festival submission fee-waiver package that enables wider distribution for the work. A Cannes Film Week© qualifying festival, the Venice Film Week is generously supported by the Città di Venezia and Circuito Cinema, and by media partners such as Evenice, VeneziaToday, Venezia360, La Voce Di Venezia, and Il Gazzettino...

Celebratory publicity image upon selection for the Zagreb International Film festival. Shelby Lau in Shoe Story , played by actress Dora Lo, makes a video of her dog Lilina. The Zagreb International Film Festival has selected  Shoe Story , our new short comedy from Taiwan, for inclusion in its program. Organisers say a key spark for the creation of ZIFF is the conviction that ‘Zagreb can become an important point of the cultural heritage of cinema.’  All of us connected with Shoe Story are honoured to be part of this new cinematic tradition in the beautiful country of Croatia! Zagreb festival program http://zagrebfilmfestival.tilda.ws/officialselectionsprogram1 Shoe Story at IMDb https://www.imdb.com/title/tt15797158/

 今年十二月 Arriving 12.16 in limited festival release . . . 梅樂蒂 Melodia (MEL·o·DJI·a) 本短片採迴旋曲式結構 a short film in rondo form News facebook.com/melodia.shortfilm Media youtube.com/@atbeaune

 Oh, my. It’s time to get our shoes bronzed! Thanks to film lovers in Chicago for honouring Shoe Story in this year’s Blow-Up International Arthouse Filmfest slated for January. The new minimalist comedy from Taiwan starring Dora Lo, James C H Lo and Wen-Chieh Chi as a trio of bohemian flatmates has been named a semi-finalist in the competitive category of International Narrative Short.  From the Beautiful Isle, greetings and appreciation to our friends in the Windy City. Shoe Story trailer (English version):