''The Seed'' is a 2006 short-film starring

Will Yun Lee William Yun Lee (born March 22, 1971) is an American actor and martial artist. He is best known for his roles as Danny Woo in the supernatural drama ''Witchblade'' and Jae Kim in the sci-fi series '' Bionic Woman''. He has also appeared in th ...

and

Peter Mensah Peter Mensah (born 27 August 1959) is a Ghanaian English actor, best known for his roles in the films '' Tears of the Sun'', '' Hidalgo'', '' The Incredible Hulk'', ''300'', and television series such as Starz' '' Spartacus: Blood and Sand'', '' ...

, produced and directed by

Joe Hahn Joseph Hahn (born March 15, 1977) is an American musician, DJ, director and visual artist best known as the DJ of the American rock band Linkin Park, doing the scratching, turntables, sampling, and programming for all seven of Linkin Park's ...

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and written by

Christopher Denham Christopher Denham is an American actor, screenwriter and director. He is perhaps best known for supporting roles in '' Argo'', '' Being the Ricardos'', ''Shutter Island'' and his role in the Sundance Film Festival cult phenomenon, ''Sound of My ...

. The film premiered at the 2006 Busan International Film Festival.

Synopsis

''The Seed'' follows the events surrounding a homeless veteran named Sung, who is portrayed by

. Living along the banks of the Los Angeles River, he is attacked by masked men in black vehicles, invisible to the eye. To any passers-by, Sung appears to have some sort of mental illness, but as he is chased throughout the city, it is revealed to the audience that he is not in fact paranoid, but rather the victim of a government conspiracy. Sung's adversaries are visible to him, yet only visible to the audience part of the time. At the end of the film, an alien ship is visible in the sky, watching the scene.

Release

''The Seed'' was first released at the Busan International Film Festival in 2006. It was also shown at the

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, Colorado where it won "Best Short Short" in 2008. ''The Seed'' was awarded the "Outstanding Cinematography" award at the 2007 Veneration Film Festival in Newport. Later in 2008, ''The Seed'' will be entered at various festivals including the Swansea Bay Film Festival in England, the

San Francisco International Asian American Film Festival CAAMFest, known prior to 2013 as the San Francisco International Asian American Film Festival (SFIAAFF), is presented every March in the San Francisco Bay Area in the United States as the nation’s largest showcase for new Asian American and Asia ...

, the

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, the Malibu Film Festival, and the Los Angeles United Film Festival.

Soundtrack

The soundtrack for ''The Seed ''featured three songs. One of them was "There They Go" by Fort Minor (originally from the B-side of " Believe Me") played during the credits, and the other two were untitled as they were played in the fighting scenes.

References

External links

* 2006 films 2006 short films Films about conspiracy theories Films about extraterrestrial life Films about homelessness Films about veterans Films directed by Joe Hahn Films set in Los Angeles County, California 2000s English-language films {{short-film-stub