{"id":22275,"date":"2021-01-07T11:58:57","date_gmt":"2021-01-07T18:58:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/santafefilmfestival.com\/index\/?post_type=film&#038;p=22275"},"modified":"2021-12-26T12:50:47","modified_gmt":"2021-12-26T19:50:47","slug":"an-object-of-merit","status":"publish","type":"film","link":"https:\/\/santafefilmfestival.com\/index\/film\/an-object-of-merit\/","title":{"rendered":"An Object of Merit"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/xerb.tv\/channel\/shorts\/virtual-events\/1793\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-21003\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/santafefilmfestival.com\/index\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/buy-300x79.png?resize=100%2C26\" alt=\"\" width=\"100\" height=\"26\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/santafefilmfestival.com\/index\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/buy.png?resize=300%2C79&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/santafefilmfestival.com\/index\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/buy.png?w=456&amp;ssl=1 456w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 100px) 100vw, 100px\" \/><\/a><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-23062\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/santafefilmfestival.com\/index\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/OOM_CP1_.00_12_08_05.Still010-300x113.jpg?resize=500%2C188\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"188\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/santafefilmfestival.com\/index\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/OOM_CP1_.00_12_08_05.Still010.jpg?resize=300%2C113&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/santafefilmfestival.com\/index\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/OOM_CP1_.00_12_08_05.Still010.jpg?resize=1024%2C384&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/santafefilmfestival.com\/index\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/OOM_CP1_.00_12_08_05.Still010.jpg?resize=768%2C288&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/santafefilmfestival.com\/index\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/OOM_CP1_.00_12_08_05.Still010.jpg?resize=1536%2C576&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/santafefilmfestival.com\/index\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/OOM_CP1_.00_12_08_05.Still010.jpg?resize=770%2C289&amp;ssl=1 770w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/santafefilmfestival.com\/index\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/OOM_CP1_.00_12_08_05.Still010.jpg?w=1920&amp;ssl=1 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>A short documentary about a young ceramic artist exploring the Canadian and Korean influences on his functional wares. The film examines themes of cross-cultural identity, beauty in utility, and finding purpose in one&#8217;s art.<\/p>\n<div class=\"tiled-gallery type-rectangular tiled-gallery-unresized\" data-original-width=\"1290\" data-carousel-extra='null' itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageGallery\" > <div class=\"gallery-row\" style=\"width: 1290px; height: 244px;\" data-original-width=\"1290\" data-original-height=\"244\" > <div class=\"gallery-group images-1\" style=\"width: 645px; height: 244px;\" data-original-width=\"645\" data-original-height=\"244\" > <div class=\"tiled-gallery-item tiled-gallery-item-large\" itemprop=\"associatedMedia\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/santafefilmfestival.com\/index\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/OOM_CP1_.00_05_25_17.Still007.jpg?ssl=1\" border=\"0\" itemprop=\"url\"> <meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"641\"> <meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"240\"> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" data-attachment-id=\"23063\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/santafefilmfestival.com\/index\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/OOM_CP1_.00_05_25_17.Still007.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1920,720\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"OOM_CP1_.00_05_25_17.Still007\" data-image-description=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/santafefilmfestival.com\/index\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/OOM_CP1_.00_05_25_17.Still007.jpg?fit=300%2C113&#038;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/santafefilmfestival.com\/index\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/OOM_CP1_.00_05_25_17.Still007.jpg?fit=1024%2C384&#038;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/santafefilmfestival.com\/index\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/OOM_CP1_.00_05_25_17.Still007.jpg?w=641&#038;h=240&#038;ssl=1\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/santafefilmfestival.com\/index\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/OOM_CP1_.00_05_25_17.Still007.jpg?w=1920&amp;ssl=1 1920w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/santafefilmfestival.com\/index\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/OOM_CP1_.00_05_25_17.Still007.jpg?resize=300%2C113&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/santafefilmfestival.com\/index\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/OOM_CP1_.00_05_25_17.Still007.jpg?resize=1024%2C384&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/santafefilmfestival.com\/index\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/OOM_CP1_.00_05_25_17.Still007.jpg?resize=768%2C288&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/santafefilmfestival.com\/index\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/OOM_CP1_.00_05_25_17.Still007.jpg?resize=1536%2C576&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/santafefilmfestival.com\/index\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/OOM_CP1_.00_05_25_17.Still007.jpg?resize=770%2C289&amp;ssl=1 770w\" width=\"641\" height=\"240\" loading=\"lazy\" data-original-width=\"641\" data-original-height=\"240\" itemprop=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/image\" title=\"OOM_CP1_.00_05_25_17.Still007\" alt=\"OOM_CP1_.00_05_25_17.Still007\" style=\"width: 641px; 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height: 240px;\" \/> <\/a> <\/div> <\/div> <!-- close group --> <\/div> <!-- close row --> <\/div>\n<h4 class=\"Projects-sidebarHeader show\" role=\"heading\" aria-role=\"heading\">Director Biography &#8211;\u00a0<span data-press-kit-director-name=\"\">Amanda Ann-Min Wong<\/span><\/h4>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/santafefilmfestival.com\/index\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/An-Object-of-Merit-Amanda.jpg\" data-lbwps-width=\"800\" data-lbwps-height=\"652\" data-lbwps-srcsmall=\"https:\/\/santafefilmfestival.com\/index\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/An-Object-of-Merit-Amanda-300x245.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-0\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-22276 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/santafefilmfestival.com\/index\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/An-Object-of-Merit-Amanda-300x245.jpg?resize=300%2C245\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"245\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/santafefilmfestival.com\/index\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/An-Object-of-Merit-Amanda.jpg?resize=300%2C245&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/santafefilmfestival.com\/index\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/An-Object-of-Merit-Amanda.jpg?resize=768%2C626&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/santafefilmfestival.com\/index\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/An-Object-of-Merit-Amanda.jpg?resize=770%2C628&amp;ssl=1 770w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/santafefilmfestival.com\/index\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/An-Object-of-Merit-Amanda.jpg?w=800&amp;ssl=1 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>Amanda Ann-Min Wong is a filmmaker, writer, and musician. &#8220;Swim Low&#8221; (2016), her directorial debut in fiction short film, was nominated for a Best Canadian Short Award at VAFF. A film school graduate who studied under Atom Egoyan, her film pitches &#8220;Rosa&#8217;s Flowers&#8221; and &#8220;Nonya&#8221; both landed finalist spots in national pitch competitions. In addition, she has worked on many TV productions airing on networks such as Reelz, Travel Channel, and the Oprah Winfrey Network.<\/p>\n<p>Originally from Singapore, she now lives in Toronto. In her free time, she loves jamming out with her queer alt-rock band, cutsleeve.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A short documentary about a young ceramic artist exploring the Canadian and Korean influences on his functional wares. 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