Carry Tiger To Mountain
A terminally ill jazz trumpeter cannot reconcile the differences between the two people he loves most: his compassionate caregiver and a neglected daughter who fights to get closer to him.
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Rajiv ShahDirectorRun the Tide
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Rajiv ShahWriterRun the Tide
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Jesse WangWriter
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Robert BergWriter
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Denise GraysonProducerThe Social Network
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Jesse WangProducer
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Benny TjandraProducer
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Harry NorthupKey Cast"Isaac Solomon"Taxi Driver, Silence of the Lambs, Mean Streets
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Jesse WangKey Cast"Tao Zhang"God's Not Dead, Code Black
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Denise GraysonKey Cast"Miriam Solomon"The Social Network
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Mindy ElliottEditorDownsizing, Nebraska, The Descendants
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Arturo CardelúsComposerIn a Heartbeat
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Project Type:Short
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Runtime:28 minutes 50 seconds
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Completion Date:February 2, 2019
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Country of Origin:United States
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Country of Filming:United States
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Language:English
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Shooting Format:RED
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Aspect Ratio:2.35:1
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Film Color:Color
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First-time Filmmaker:No
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Student Project:No
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USA Film FestivalDallas, TX
United States
FINALIST- Narrative Short Film Competition -
Motion Picture Television Fund (MPTF)Woodland Hills, CA
United States
March 30, 2019
World Premiere -
Nantucket Film FestivalNantucket, MA
United States
June 24, 2017
WINNER - Showtime Tony Cox Short Screenplay Award -
Lighthouse International Film FestivalLong Beach Island, NJ
United States
June 8, 2019 -
Louisville International Festival of FilmLouisville, KY
United States
October 12, 2019 -
Albany FilmFestAlbany, CA
United States
March 29, 2020
Bay Area Premiere -
Arizona International FIlm FestivalTucson, AZ
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BraveMaker Film FestRedwood City, CA
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City of West Hollywood (Screening sponsored by Chamber of Commerce & WeHo Cares)West Hollywood, CA
United States
May 1, 2019
Selected to raise awareness for seniors and caregivers in the city. -
Dumbo Film FestivalBrooklyn, NY
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Screencraft Shorts CompetitionLos Angeles, CA
United States
June 28, 2018
SEMI-FINALIST- For Short Screenplay "Carry Tiger to Mountain."
Rajiv Shah is a writer/filmmaker who is passionate about the power of story. His work often centers on familial love discovered as a result of life’s challenges.
Rajiv wrote and co-produced RUN THE TIDE, a feature film distributed by Orion/Momentum Pictures and released on DVD/VOD by Sony Pictures Home Entertainment. The film stars Taylor Lautner and Constance Zimmer. The screenplay won the Grand Jury Prize for Project Catalyst at the LA Asian Pacific Film Festival, placed in the top 10% of the Nicholl Fellowship and was a finalist in Final Draft's Big Break Competition.
He co-wrote the short film CARRY TIGER TO MOUNTAIN (formerly titled THE YAO OF TAO) that won Showtime Networks’ Tony Cox Screenwriting Award at the Nantucket Film Festival in 2017. Rajiv is an alumni of the Emerging Narrative Fellowship at the IFP in New York.
"Instead of looking oncoming death squarely in the face, we behave as it will never come. We lie to one another, we lie to ourselves, and instead of giving voice to the essential... we allow this final, essential, unique moment of life to be mired in silence and solitude."
-Marie de Hennezel
My own observations caregiving for a family member and Ms. Hennezel's quote is the unifying theme behind our film. I was surprised to find that exploring death allowed me to find an abundance of life and that life is the driving force of CARRY TIGER TO MOUNTAIN.