by Brian Brooks (September 11, 2007)
Director
Jessica Yu's (third from right) "
Ping Pong Playa" is the story of a son who reluctantly finds himself working for the family's ping pong business. While passing time unenthusiastically in the job, he falls in love with a girl and decides to try his hand at winning a ping pong championship to win her over... The film is currently playing in TIFF's Vanguard section, and the group threw themselves an afternoon party in Toronto to celebrate... Left to right: actors
Scott Lowell and
Smith Cho, producer
Anne Clements and Yu, as well as producer
Joan Huang and the film's main star (and co-writer),
Jimmy Tsai.