The Curse of Willow Song

The Curse of Willow Song
Film poster
Directed byKaren Lam
Written byKaren Lam
Produced byKaren Wong
Karen Lam
StarringValerie Tian
Simon Chin
Elfina Luk
CinematographyThomas Billingsley
Edited byJeanne Slater
Music byPatric Caird
Production
companies
Opiate Pictures
RNR Media
Distributed byUncork'd Entertainment
Release date
  • September 24, 2020 (2020-09-24) (VIFF)
Running time
90 minutes
CountryCanada
LanguageEnglish

The Curse of Willow Song is a 2020 Canadian horror thriller film written, directed and co-produced by Karen Lam.[1] The film stars Valerie Tian as Willow Song, a young woman in Vancouver who has recently been released from prison, blending both social realism and supernatural horror as Willow grapples with choices about her life.[1] Its cast also includes Simon Chin, Elfina Luk and Ingrid Nilson.[1]

Lam has described The Curse of Willow Song as inspired by Japanese horror films, in particular the 1926 film A Page of Madness.[1]

The Curse of Willow Song premiered at the 2020 Vancouver International Film Festival, where it won the award for Best British Columbia Film.[2]

References

  1. ^ a b c d Dana Gee, "Genre-loving director is back with some good, creepy fare for this year's VIFF". Vancouver Sun, September 25, 2020.
  2. ^ Craig Takeuchi, "VIFF 2020: Vancouver's Karen Lam and Capilano University grad Jessie Anthony win B.C. film awards". The Georgia Straight, September 27, 2020.


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