Canada has partnered with the International Film
Festival of India (IFFI) to be the ‘Country Focus’ for the 48thedition
of the Festival.
The Press Conference related to the Canadian movie
Meditation Park was attended by the Consul General of Canada Jordan Reeves, and
the cast and crew of the film including producer Stephen Hegyes, director Mina
Shum, and actors Cheng Pei Pei, Tzi Ma and Don McKellar. Besides talking about
Meditation Park, the panelists spoke about the India - Canada collaboration and
dealing with a movie budget model in countries as well as the stereotypes
Asians often face.
Jordan says, “One of the things that really
impressed the Canadians was the encouragement, the warm welcome and the
hospitality. Some of the discussions we've had this week have been very
exciting. Canada had a couple of things that we wanted accomplished here. First
was to provide a platform for Canadian films, artists and filmmakers and the
other was to increase collaboration between our two main industries.”
Director Mina Shum adds, “The inspiration for the
film, the character in many ways comes from the idea that we live in a world
where citizens feel completely powerless. We can't do anything about the
environment or the corporation. So I wanted to create a character that was
powerless within a family structure.”
About Asians battling stereotypes in the film
business, Tzi Ma said, "We have challenged and fought against the
portrayals of who we are. We also want to be participatory in terms of the
shaping, the image and the way the world sees us. I think it is changing
slowly. Within the parameters of Hollywood, we as actors need to take a more
proactive position into what they see and what we see."
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