GLENDALE INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL 2018

Screenwriters of GIFF 2018

(Un)Known Encounters

20 Bullets

25 Steps

A Brief History Of Dick Moves

A Line Between

A Midwestern Methamphetamine Fairytale

A Side Of Fries

Affliction

AKA

Allegedly

America

Anthems: A Journey Around The World

At Your Disposal

Autistic America

Baby Steps

Backpedals

Because We Can

Before Petrichor

Being Good

Binding Destiny

Books Are My Weapon

Bottled Up

Breakers

Can’t Take My Eyes Off You

Cancer Can Be Killed

Coming from the Shadows: The Aida K. Story

Control

Cowboy

Cuban Heart

Fear Of Shadows

Filling Her Shoes

Flikker

Fly Trap

Forthcoming Life In America

Free Advice With Adam Chernick

Ghost In The Family

Ghost In The Yellow House

Grandpa is Missing

Guatemala: On The Edge

Hourglass

House Hunting

I Promised Her Life

Icons

In This Gray Place

In Transit

Jasmine Stung

Jasper

Juice Truck

Keep Calm and Tampon

Kill Ben Lyk

Killing Bonsai Tree

Let Me Be

Letting Go

Light In The Darkness: Living Well After Trauma

Like Last Night

Little Giver

Love Over Distance

Love Possibly

Love, Zoe - An Alzheimer’s Documentary

Make America Italian Again

Metallic Blue

Mother Of All Secrets

My Dear Banquet

November 10th(Battle of Surabaya)

Occam

Odyssey

On Some Strange Mornings

One

One Dark Night

Open Roads

Orbis

Out Of Town

Over And Out

Paradise

Paranoid

Parts And Labor

Protectress

Randy's Canvas

Release

Richard

Rose & Katz

Shabu

She

Simon

SkyChaos - The Big Shot

Solitude

Speech

Stones

Stroop- Journey Into the Rhino Horn War

Sunshine Underground

Susanne And The Man

The 17

The Assassin’s Apprentice

The Bug

The Candlelight Witch

The Emoji Song

The Event

The Flashback

The Light

The Little Dictator

The Passing Parade

The Pursuit

The Rocket

The Special Gift

The Spirit Room

The Thing From The Hallway

The Wagon

This Business Of Autism

Three Days and Three Nights

Tin Can

Trickster

Type

Unexpected Company

When the Music Stopped: Live In Concert

Who Will Remember

Wild Woman

Working It Out

Worlds of Ursula K. Le Guin

You And Me

You Go To My Head

Zoe+Ari

MILLION LOVES IN ME

Directed by Sampson Yuen, Written By John Yiu

Inspired by a true story and a headline case in Hong Kong, MILLION LOVES IN ME follows the story of a wealthy mother and daughter who suffer from the psychological issues of obsessive- compulsive disorders, and their controversial private lives are exposed to the public through a charge of their animal hoarding behavior by the police. The topic of animal hoarding, to our knowledge, has not been shot into a movie in cinematic history.

Inspired by a true story and a headline case in Hong Kong, MILLION LOVES IN ME begins when Katy, the 45-year old daughter, is charged with animal cruelty after the police discovers more than a hundred dogs and cats being hoarded at her apartment. Following her trial at the court, the abnormal lives of Katy and her mother arouses the attention of their neighborhood reporter who starts to investigate into their lives. After he finds out about the animal hoarding situation at their apartment, he discloses the matter to the public for the sake of justice. However, after seeing Katy being caught by the police and devastated by the intense public criticism, he begins to doubt the morality of his own actions......

In the story, Mrs. Fong, Katy's mother, has developed the psychological illness of Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder after being abandoned by her husband and son. Consequently, she has an obsessive need for control over her daughter's life. On the other hand, Katy has been living in an invisible cage set up by her dominant mother since childhood, without enjoying any normal life of a child. Being physically and emotionally abused by her mother, she has developed symptoms of Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder in her early age. At the age of 45, the poor woman only has the intellect of a 15 year-old child, and her gullible character makes her easily fall for men who cheat her out of money. Although her life is miserable under her mother's domination, Katy is indeed unable to live an independent life as a normal person. Likewise, in order to cope with her compulsion to control, her mother is unable to detach herself from her daughter. The two inseparable women seek relief from their respective disorders through excessive shopping, ending up in the hoarding of pets at their home. The pets are almost the only object in which Katy can find her comfort and trust. She treats them as her best friends, but on the contrary everyone blames her for being cruel to them.

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SPONSORS OF THE FESTIVAL

And a Very Big Special Thanks to our Amazing Sponsors for 2017!

JK Holdings Limited

Panera Bread

Hampton Inn & Suites

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Adam Carolla's Mangria Cocktail

Capital One, Glendale

Menchie's Glendale

Glendale Hills Living

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Frank's Famous Kitchen & Catering

Glendale Arts

Whole Foods Market, Glendale

PACIFIC GLENDALE 18

and a very Special Thank You to

Thank you for making this year happen!