About the film A Drop Of Love: In such a multicultural city as Toronto, there are no boundaries for love; here we meet Joe—driven to find a deep connection not only with another individual but also another culture. Joe begins his journey beyond familiar boundaries by riding his bicycle to a beachside park, where he meets a Bangladeshi woman named Afrin. Joe’s enthusiasm for learning about other people is matched by Afrin’s utter openness and approachability. They strike up a conversation, and soon they’re strolling the park together. Being a deep, intellectual soul, Afrin thrives on knowledge, and for a moment she forgets common sense and is taken away by her fascinating company—intrigued as she is by the thought of a Torontonian so eager to learn about her culture. Their intimate discussion about life and imagination brings about feelings of nostalgia, and within the space of a few short hours, Joe’s mind steers a sharp course away from reality. Little does he know how far his journey will take him into the unknown. Director Golam Mustofa about the project, A Drop Of Love: "Love is a global language that converses on its own, intending to bring two souls together. A heart speaking through the language of love to another exists on a plane beyond even the spoken word, religion, race, colour, or professional and materialistic status. The movie “A Drop of Love” depicts a tale about the boundlessness of love, in which a Caucasian boy, Joe, struggles to win a South Asian girl’s heart. Joe’s human feelings become a metaphor—“A Drop of Love,” which can be dropped and absorbed anywhere from one heart to another. The journey of this project commenced a few years ago when my lovely wife shared with me a fun-loving true story, which afterwards was crafted into cinematic embroidery by many dexterous hands across the globe. More then two years of dedication by talented composers from New York, vocalists from London, Tokyo, NYU, Berkley, and UCLA, animation and VFX studios from Europe, the Middle East, and Toronto, and most importantly of all, the brilliant actors, actresses, and crew from across Canada are reflected through the projector onto the screen for a short 70 minutes." Filmmaking rules are not etched in stone; rather, filmmaking is a very fluid art, as reflected history in its history. In this project, the nature of our story—blurring the boundaries between reality and imagination—led us toward significant experimentation and intentional crossing of traditional lines. We hope our efforts and new perspectives in filmmaking will offer viewers an engaging, entertaining, and thought-provoking experience. As music is an essential ingredient of movies from the silent film era to CGI- centric motion pictures, the music in “A Drop of Love” plays an integral part of in the film—expressing characters’ emotion, heightening drama, establishing moods, and highlighting details within the storytelling. A year and a half was devoted to the nine original songs with astoundingly catchy tunes, versatile instrumentations, sweet vocals, and heart-touching lyrics. These songs have undoubtedly added significant value to the film and will certainly draw the viewers for quite a long time thereafter. Bios: Chris Rinaman, a freelance composer, arranger and trombonist in New York City, studied at the Manhattan School of Music and the University of North Florida. His experience ranges from jazz and orchestral arranging to composing for film. In 2002, while working as an assistant to Academy Award-winning film composer Howard Shore, Chris Rinaman was the head score consultant for the world premiere of "The Fellowship of the Ring for Symphony Orchestra and Chorus" at the Hollywood Bowl. He has been commissioned by the Riverside Opera Orchestra and created a concert of orchestral arrangements for leading Broadway vocalist William Michals. Chris was the arranger for "A Tribute to Jimmy Rushing" at the Tribeca Performing Arts Center, featuring Allan Harris, Eric Reed and Carl Allen, and has worked to create orchestral and big band arrangements for a variety of vocalists, including Micheal Castaldo and Giada Valenti. His composition credits include theme music for the travel series “Let’s Vacation” on the PAX-TV network, the score to the films, “The Watchers” and “Diamondz ‘n da Ruff,” and music for the documentary, “Battery Park City: Who Knew?” Jonathan Rabson, born in Rochester NY, but currently living in Canada, has been composing since the age of 7. He was the recipient of a number of awards as a high school student, including a BMI Student Composer Award at the age of 15. He studied with Samuel Adler, who at the time was chairman of the composition department at the Eastman School of Music. He also studied with Pulitzer prize recipients William Bolcom and Leslie Bassett at the University of Michigan, where he earned a Bachelors and Masters degree in composition. His music has been frequently used by the Christian dance group Pointes of Faith, and has been performed occasionally on local radio stations in Rochester, NY. His work includes hundreds of compositions for piano, orchestra, string quartet, brass quintet, vocal music, and various solo instrument and chamber music combinations. A pianist and skilled improviser, some of Mr. Rabson’s most successful works came to life as improvisations that he plays for his wife as she’s going to sleep. Golam Mustofa, Producer, Director, and Writer Golam Mustofa, born in Dhaka, Bangladesh and educated in the USA, is the director, writer, editor, and cinematographer of the “A Drop Of Love.” Mustofa utilizes film and video not only to entertain, but also to enthuse, empower, and educate the audiences. In addition, he has been a well-known actor in stage shows and popular Bengali folk theatre. Mustofa earned a B.S. in Accounting and an M.S. in Computer Science from the City University NY (CUNY), where he also studied Visual Communication Media, Computer Graphics, Indie Film Making, Photography, Computer Animation, and Computer Music, and made numbers of short films. He is also skilled in Screenwriting, Song writing, 3D Animation, Graphic Design, Sound Mixing, Special Effects Supervision, NLE Film Editing Supervision, Software Development and Performance Engineering, Software Verification & Validation Architecting, Teaching & Training - Software Development & Verification areas. He is currently the Director of Technology of Banzai Solutions Inc., an IT consulting company in North America. “A Drop of Love” is his first Indie feature film; currently he is also working on three feature films “Her American Dreams”, “The Grass that Grows”, and “360 Degree” and couple of shorts as well.