HAPPY BIRTHDAY
© 1999 Wise Orchid Productions
A trance-inducing flicker of super-8, gothic chant, and a woman preparing herself as the ultimate birthday gift for her lover.
"It was so stirring and moving and sensual. I loved the moodiness of the light and darkness, how it was so sexy and sad."
~ Margaret Cho, margaretcho.com
Director Kao "puts a litmus test to audience's interpretations of the film, as she shoots this otherwise warm gesture with an eerie tonality."
~ Jay Tan, www.theworkshop.org
CAST AND CREW
Director: Antonia Kao
Gift Girl: [Anonymous]
Birthday Boy: Oliver Nan Mateo
Production Assistant: Diep Khac Tran
Thanks: Angel Angeles
Antonia Kao
Director
>>biography
[Anonymous]
Actor (Gift Girl)
is not under-age. She likes rain, vegetarian
food, and non-vegetarian food. She hates malls and cockroaches.
Oliver Nan Mateo
Actor (Birthday Boy)
received his B.F.A. from University of California at Santa Cruz
and hopes to receive his M.F.A. soon and continue his work in the arts and
entertainment fields. He currently lives in Los Angeles and develops programs
for a community-based organization.
Diep Khac Tran
Production Assistant
is a board member of O Moi, a Vietnamese lesbian, bisexual, and transgender network.
She is also a member of the Snazzy Writer's Workshop in Los Angeles.
SCREENINGS
The San Francisco International Asian-
American Film Festival
The Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film and
Video Festival
The San Francisco International Lesbian
and Gay Film Festival
The Austin Gay and Lesbian Film Festival
QUEST, Highways Theater, Los Angeles
Film Fatale, Los Angeles
Michigan Womyn's Music Festival
The Rochester Gay and Lesbian
Film Festival
Diversity Film Festival
Immaginaria, Lesbian Film Festival, Italy
Wicked Play Party
The New York S/M Film Festival
Kinko De Mayo
Available in the Leather Archives and Museum.
SALES/RENTAL
DV from Super 8