Requiem is a narrative

Fictional film

Fictional film or narrative film is film that tells a fictional story or narrative. Narrative cinema is usually contrasted to films that present information, such as a nature documentary, as well as to some experimental films...

 short film directed by actress Elizabeth Sung

Elizabeth Sung

Elizabeth Fong Sung is an Asian American actress and film director.From 1994-96, she appeared on the American soap opera The Young and the Restless as Luan Volien....

, made in the American Film Institute

AFI Conservatory

The AFI Conservatory is a division of the American Film Institute founded in 1969, located in Hollywood's Griffith Park. The school is the only existing Master of Fine Arts conservatory in advanced film education...

's Directing Workshop for Women

Directing workshop for women

-Origins:In the 1970s, though many women acted in major motion pictures, almost none directed them. In 1974, Mathilde Krim, a scientist and Rockefeller Foundation board member, approached the American Film Institute about using her influence with the foundation to help women in film...

. Based on Sung's childhood in Hong Kong and her journey to New York City as a ballet student, it tells the story of a struggling dancer who loses a brother to AIDS

AIDS

Acquired immune deficiency syndrome or acquired immunodeficiency syndrome is a disease of the human immune system caused by the human immunodeficiency virus...

.

The film won a CINE

CINE

CINE is a consortium formulated to depict American life and thought realistically for a global audience. CINE recognizes and fosters the highest quality of non-theatrical film and video production through its semi-annual film competitions....

 Golden Eagle Award in 1996.

Plot Outline

A waitress/dancer remembers her loving brother and their bittersweet childhood in Hong Kong.

Cast

• Tamlyn Tomita
  Tamlyn Tomita
  Tamlyn Naomi Tomita is an actress, who has appeared in many Hollywood films and television series.-Early life:Tomita was born in Okinawa, the daughter of Shiro and Asako Tomita. Her father then later became a Los Angeles Police Officer, rising to the rank of sergeant. He succumbed to cancer in...
  
   as Fong
• Chris Tashima
  Chris Tashima
  Chris Tashima is a Japanese American actor and director. He is co-founder of the entertainment company Cedar Grove Productions and Artistic Director of its Asian American theatre company, Cedar Grove OnStage. He is the son of U.S. Circuit Judge A. Wallace Tashima...
  
   as Philip
• Brenda Song
  Brenda Song
  Brenda Song is an American actress, film producer, and model. Song started in show business as a child fashion model. Her early television work included roles in the shows Fudge and 100 Deeds for Eddie McDowd...
  
   as Young Fong
• Binh Nguyen as Young Philip
• Dana Lee as Father
• Elizabeth Sung
  Elizabeth Sung
  Elizabeth Fong Sung is an Asian American actress and film director.From 1994-96, she appeared on the American soap opera The Young and the Restless as Luan Volien....
  
   as Mother
• Mary Chen as Hong Kong Teacher
• Revel Paul as New York Teacher
• Malcolm Moorman as Boyfriend