Bella Vista


83:00, HD video, 2014

A film about place and belonging, set in Missoula, Montana. Official site.
Now available on Fandor, iTunes, YouTube Movies, Google Play, and IFFR Unleashed.

“An emotional, meditative work.” –Art in America

“An affecting study of the American psyche.” –The Oregonian

“[Vera Brunner-Sung] will certainly be a strong voice in the new American independent cinema.” –FIPRESCI Festival Reports

Credits
KATHLEEN WISE HIROKA MATSUSHIMA
edited by PETRA DEMAS and VERA BRUNNER-SUNG
cinematography by ALEXANDRA CUESTA
sound by DIGITAL SORCERY
produced by VERA BRUNNER-SUNG, JERI RAFTER and BROOKE SWANEY
written and directed by VERA BRUNNER-SUNG

Awards
Winner, George C. Lin Emerging Filmmaker Award, 15th San Diego Asian Film Festival
Nominee, Friedrich Ebert Political Film Prize, Filmfest Hamburg

Selected Screenings
2016 Michigan Theater, Ann Arbor, MI
2016 Wexner Center for the Arts, Columbus, OH
2016 Micro Minicinema at The Carnegie Theatre, Covington, KY
2015 Austin Film Society
2015 Korean American Film Festival New York
2015 Myrna Loy Center, Helena, MT
2015 Flathead Lake International Cinemafest, Polson, MT
2015 Los Angeles Filmforum
2015 Unknown Pleasures American Independent Film Festival, Berlin
2014 San Diego Asian Film Festival
2014 Northwest Filmmakers’ Festival, Portland, OR
2014 Filmfest Hamburg
2014 Northwest Film Forum Local Sightings Film Festival, Seattle
2014 International Film Festival Rotterdam