Kowloon Forest by Alexey Marfin

May 3, 2025

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Osage Art Foundation Presents: Kowloon Forest Cast: Toonyun Ming Lo Angie Kim Sara Beatriz Meredith Ainah Lágrimas Raghuram Shetty Writer/Director: Alexey Marfin Producer: Paul Krist Alexey Marfin Co-Writers: Toonyun Paul Krist Production Designer: Vivian Xin Zhen Cinematographer: Nate Nguyen-Le Add. Cinematography: Jerry Lam Tim Wei Makeup Artist: Stephanie G-M Script Consultants: Charmaine Chan Vivian Xin Zhen Fiona Ng Consultants: Insoo Hwang Aman Sheth Kiran Nayak Special Thanks: Greg Feingold Jake Falk Ruby Ng Carmen Cheng To Chun Man Leung Lai Chong To Shing Yau Tobias Klein Te-Hsing Lu Exhibition Curation: Alexey Marfin Jiaru Wu Runtime: 8 mins Language: Cantonese Tagalog Korean

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