Filmed over three years in China and the USA, Maineland is a multi-layered coming-of-age tale that follows two affluent and cosmopolitan teenagers as they settle into a boarding school in blue-collar rural Maine. Part of the enormous wave of “parachute students” from China enrolling in American private schools, bubbly, fun-loving Stella and introspective Harry come seeking a Western-style education and an escape from the dreaded Chinese college entrance exam. As Stella and Harry’s fuzzy visions of the American dream slowly gain more clarity, they ruminate on their experiences of alienation, culture clash, and personal identity, sharing new understandings and poignant discourses on home and country.
After losing his wife in the tsunami of the Great East Japan Earthquake, Yasuo Takamatsu dives every week to look for her and fulfil her final wish.
A coming-of-age tale following Faye who is about to attend the same college with her first love, Ben, only to discover his plan to pursue his studies overseas.
Fri, 21 Sep | 7.30pm
Ngee Ann Kongsi Auditorium, Education Resource Centre, UTown
Free with Registration
89 min | PG | English
Please be seated at least 15 minutes before the programme begins. Unclaimed seats may be given away to walk-in patrons. Limited walk-in spaces are available at the venue.
RegisterAfter losing his wife in the tsunami of the Great East Japan Earthquake, Yasuo Takamatsu dives every week to look for her and fulfil her final wish.
A coming-of-age tale following Faye who is about to attend the same college with her first love, Ben, only to discover his plan to pursue his studies overseas.