Coby and Stephen Are In Love
2019, Single-channel HD Video, 30'41''
Produced and Directed by Carlo Nasisse and Luka Yuan Yuan Yang | Featuring: Coby Yee and Stephen King | Edited by Maria Luisa Santos and Alex Winker | Cinematography by Carlo Nasisse | Sound Recorded by Luka Yuanyuan Yang | Colored by Alex Winker | Sound Design by Dan Rosato | Contributing Producers Screening Room, Points North Institute, Jigsaw Productions | Film Consulting by Ruth Somalo | Supported by Tang Huanhuan, Rockbund Art Museum, Screening Room, Points North Institute, Jigsaw Productions
“Coby and Stephen are in Love” is a love story between Coby, a 92 year old retired nightclub dancer and icon from San Francisco Chinatown’s golden age and Stephen, a man 20 years her junior who has aspired to be an experimental filmmaker since the 1960s anti-war movement. They fell in love at a seniors dance, and like two opposite ends of a magnet, they have been held together by an invisible force. They have created a glamorous world together through matching handmade outfits, dancing, and collage.
Awards
New Orleans Film Festival- Honorable Mention, Best Documentary Short
Atlanta Film Festival- Honorable Mention, Best Documentary Short
Indie Grits Film Festival- Honorable Mention, True Grit Awards
Screenings
Camden International Film Festival, Camden, ME, Sept, 2019
Big Sky Documentary Film Festival, Missoula, Montana, Feb, 2020
Indie Grits Film Festival, Columbia, SC, Mar, 2020
Athens International Film and Video Festival, Athens, Ohio, April, 2020
Ashland Independent Film Festival, Ashland, OR, April, 2020
Houston Asian American Pacific Islander Film Festival, Houston (Online), June, 2020
Film Festival 1895, Beijing (Online) , May, 2020
CineCina – Project Horizon 2020, Hangzhou, Shenzhen, Nanjing, Beijing, July-Oct, 2020
Sidewalk Film Festival, Birmingham, AL, Aug, 2020
Dumbo Film Festival, NYC (Online) , Sept, 2020
Atlanta Film Festival, Atlanta, GA (Online) , Sept, 2020
Hot Springs Documentary Film Festival, Hot Springs, Arkansas(Online), Oct, 2020
43rd Asian American International Film Festival, NYC (Online) , Oct, 2020
Westlake IDF, Hangzhou, Oct, 2020
Women Make Waves, Taiwan, Oct, 2020
Indie Memphis, Memphis, TN Oct, 2020
New Orleans Film Festival, New Orleans, LA, Nov, 2020
Hi Shorts Film Festival, Xiamen, China, Dec, 2020
Feminism Reading Room, Beijing, China, July 2021
bc+pick: Infinitely Close, female director's shorts corner, Shenzhen, China, July 2021
Gaotai Xinjianng Film Festival, Urumqi , China, August 2021
Cat's Corner, Beijing, Aug 2021
Downtown Swing, Shanghai, Sep 2021
Allers Retours Film Festival, Paris, Sep 2021
Exhibitions
