Eve & the Fire Horse at 2006 Sundance Festival

Eve & the Fire Horse – the debut feature by Vancouver writer/director Julia Kwan – has been selected to play in World Cinema dramatic competition at the 2006 Sundance Film Festival, which runs from January 19 to 29.

Kwan digs into her Chinese-Canadian roots to bring us a charming tale about a Chinese immigrant family that suffers misfortunes when mom (Vivian Wu of The Joy Luck Club) goes against superstition and cuts down a tree.  Eve and her sister (Phoebe Kut and Hollie Lo) decide to seek help by embracing both Buddhism and Christianity.  But will even that be enough?  Set in the’70s, shot in New Westminster, BC, and told through the eyes of young Eve, the story is revealed with fantastical images, including a singing goldfish (grandma reincarnated?).  Music is by Mychael Danna (Water, Capote). 

Kwan’s short film Three Sisters on Moon Lake played at the 2002 Sundance Film Festival and won the Audience Award at the 2001 Worldwide Short Film Festival.