Food for the Gods

Food for the Gods often referred to online as FFTG is a 2007 Canadian short, science fiction, romance film from awardwinning writerfilmmaker H. Scott Hughes. The film stars Yvette Lu and Danny Dorosh as two starcrossed lovers in a plot reminiscent of stories of Pocahontas and Captain John Smith. The film is based on a short story by Patricia C. Hughes. It is set in the year 2057.

Featuring a majority Asian cast, Food for the Gods premiered on Canadian cable, Shaw Multicultural Channel, Sunday, May 25, 2008, as part of SMCs and ExplorASIANs a Vancouverbased Asian heritage organization salute to Canadas Asian Heritage Month, which takes place each May. It aired at approximately 1000 PM Pacific Time as part of a twohour block, 900 PM to 1100 PM the Sunday Movie of the Week timeslot, under the program title, Filmmakers Showcase Roots amp Passagesan anthology of short films selected by ExplorASIAN and Shaw Multicultural Channel for their reflections on Asian history and culture either historical or fictional. SMC aired an encore of the showcase at Midnight the following morning.Food for the Gods has also been an Official Selection of the 2008 New Asia Film Festival in Richmond, British Columbia, an Official Selection of the 2008 Route 66 Film Festival in Springfield, Illinois, and an Official Selection of the Vancouver Asian Film Festival in downtown Vancouver, British Columbia on November 8, 2008. The film has garnered critical praise. During a May, 2008 QampA session with three of the films stars, Yvette Lu, Beverly Wu, and Yuki Morita, panelists at the New Asia Film Festival compared Food for the Gods to the romantic feature film, 2046, from acclaimed Hong Kong filmmaker Wong Karwai. The New Asia Film Festival describes Food for the Gods on their official Website ........

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