JOURNEY FROM THE FALL

Director Ham Tran is returning to Toronto to present his film JOURNEY
FROM THE FALL, the sold-out audience favourite from the 2006 Reel
Asian film fest, at a fund-raiser screening for the Vietnamese Boat
People Museum Project and Reel Asian.

Date: Saturday, January 20, 2007
Time: 7:00PM at Innis Town Hall
Place: 2 Sussex, U of T campus
Buy tix here: https://www. reelasian. com/boxoffice/

JOURNEY FROM THE FALL (Ham Tran, 2006, USA/Thailand)
English and Vietnamese with English subtitles
Director In Attendance
Tickets: $15 / $10 for students with valid ID.

Inspired by the mass exodus of millions of boat people in the wake of
war-torn Vietnam, Journey from the Fall is an epic tale about one
family's struggle for freedom. Choosing to stay in Vietnam and fight
for his beloved country, Long Nguyen could be separated from his
family forever. As his wife, son and mother reluctantly leave on a
tiny fishing boat bound for America, the city of Saigon falls under
communist rule. Long is imprisoned in a series of re-education camps,
where he endures the turmoil and deep despair in confinement.
Overwhelmed by violence, betrayal and guilt, the family's only chance
of survival lies in loyal friendship — and hope.

April 30th, 2005, marked the 30th anniversary of the fall of Saigon.
Many films of the Vietnam War have since been produced, but Journey
from the Fall is the first dramatic feature made from a
Vietnamese-American perspective. In this remarkable endeavour, after
three years of research, Tran skilfully recreates the thirty-year span
of political fall out. Looking back at the incredible struggles of the
Vietnamese people, he powerfully uncovers the human spirit and brings
their history to life with sensitivity and grace.

Official Sundance Film Festival Selection, winner of the Audience
Award San Francisco Asian American International Film Festival, Best
Cinematography Milan International Film Festival.

www.journeyfromthef all.com

Born in Saigon, Ham Tran immigrated to America with his parents
through the Orderly Departure Program in 1982. He recently graduated
from UCLA with a Master of Fine Arts degree in Film and Television,
where his short films won numerous accolades including the National
Finalist for the Student Academy Awards® for two years in a row (The
Prescription and Pomegranate) . Tran's thesis film The Anniversary won
the prestigious USA Film Festival award for Best Short Film,
qualifying it for the 2004 Academy Awards® for Best Live Action Short.