Orange County Register

A courtyard scene from “Shadow House,” directed by Laura Yilmaz. Screening Wednesday at Regency South Coast Village.

The ongoing “Ancient Paths, Modern Voices” Chinese festival is presenting another film screening this Wednesday, Oct. 28 at 8 p.m.

“Documenting the Global City: Beijing” is a project by students from the USC School of Cinematic Arts and Beijing’s Communication University of China.The students shot seven short films exploring Beijing and Los Angeles as global cities.

The titles of the short films, filmmakers and descriptions are as follows:

• “Two Brushes” by Chera Kee: Chinese and American filmmakers find a unique answer to the challenge of collaboration.
• “Lessons of America” by Wen Jing: A Chinese exchange student gets a tough greeting on her first day in America.
• “Children of the Sun” by Justin Feldman: In an orphanage for children of incarcerated parents, a young boy misses his mother.
• “Big Red Heart” by Nahil Sharkasi: A Beijing performance artist wears a signboard declaring his love for his fiancé, but she has other ideas.
• “Shadow House” by Laura Yilmaz: Visual ode to an odd commune of shadow players who struggle to keep this dying art alive.
• “Invisible Wall” by Adan Avalos: A family is forced to leave Beijing and move back to the country in order for their children to get an education.
• “Turn of the Harvest” by Tani Ikeda: A married couple who are simple farmers lead a complicated life.

Mark Jonathan Harris, a three-time Oscar winner for best documentary film and professor at USC’s School of Cinematic Arts, will be in attendance, along with the six student filmmakers, for a Q&A session.

The screening is also sponsored by USC’s US-China Institute and the Orange County Film Society.

You may recall that the O.C. Film Society and “Ancient Paths, Modern Voices” presented the West Coast premiere of John Woo’s action epic “Red Cliff” on Oct. 15.

“Documenting the Global City: Beijing” will play at Regency South Coast Village, 1561 W. Sunflower Ave., Santa Ana. Tickets are $10 and are available online and at the theater box office.

For more information, call 714-557-5701 or visit www.orangecountyfilmsociety.com.

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