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Sam Luk

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Sam Luk

Canadian writer-director Sam Luk makes narrative films about inner life and human connection, exploring the poetic nature of memory and the imagination under the mutability of spacetime and identity. His first short film, INVINCIBLE SPRING, was inducted into the permanent film catalogue at ARTos Cultural and Research Foundation in Nicosia, Cyprus, in 2016. His second short film, YOU ARE MY PRESENT…

Known For

Pieces WithinPieces Within · 2024
Pieces Within
2024
MovieDrama
A poet's muse calls on his inner child to save their relationship.
You Are My PresentYou Are My Present · 2015
You Are My Present
2015
MovieDramaRomance
Wounded from his past, Sam is a self-doubting dreamer who discovers a rare and intense attraction to a stranger on a bus. He fantasizes about different scenarios of approaching the girl but never finds the courage to actually do so. Conflicted, Sam takes the audience into his own mind, where he confronts his long-time ex-girlfriend, Marie, face to face.
Invincible SpringInvincible Spring · 2015
Invincible Spring
2015
MovieDrama
James, a sensitive young artist, is torn between nostalgia for his childhood and a longing for success in modern society. Modified memories of his lost love as a child are clashed with scenes from his current infatuation with an unfaithful businesswoman.
Wisemen, God, and WednesdayWisemen, God, and Wednesday · 2020
Wisemen, God, and Wednesday
2020
MovieDocumentary
Samwise and Stevie grew up with homelessness in BC and Nova Scotia. Ianos is a gender-queer Greek. Kwaku is a single father who came from extreme poverty and famine.
Dream of Water and SongDream of Water and Song · 2020
Dream of Water and Song
2020
MovieFantasy
The water-like nature of life and death is juxtaposed against a woman's inner voice in search of its own identity. She travels deep into her residual memories of an ancient and foreign land, with which she shares a mysterious familiarity like a past life. She witnesses its destruction, before seeing its resurrection unfold in the present.

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