Chosen as one of four projects from hundreds of entries in Women in Media’s CAMERAderie Initiative, “Moon” premiered at the Micheaux Film Festival on July 12, and followed up at the 22nd Anniversary DC Asian Pacific American Film Festival on July 15. They return to the west coast with a triumphant screening at Comic-Con International: San Diego on July 21 at 12pm in Ballroom 6, and then at the Valley Film Festival on August 4 @ 5pm.
As writer/director/producer of the short film “Moon,” a project which took ten years to complete, Toy Lei was inspired by “the idea of someone having a lunch picnic on the moon and enjoying the quiet of the moment, but I didn’t know how to finish it,” she said. Fast-forward to Covid, George Floyd reckoning, riots, and in a serendipitous moment, I realized it was an allegory for all the senseless death that had happened but how hope and love could bring us back from the brink…by way of The Little Prince.”
The 22nd year of this fantastic event features 56 great films, from 7 different pop culture genres including Action/Adventure, Animation, Comics-Oriented, Documentary (Pop Culture-Oriented), Horror/Suspense, Humor, and Science Fiction/Fantasy. They have participating filmmakers from all over the world, including Canada, China, Egypt, Israel, Malaysia, Mexico, New Zealand, Spain, United Kingdom and the United States.