published by ANBM on Sat, 05/29/2010 - 14:24
Meeting new people can make anyone a little nervous. Asian CineVision is here to help! We're launching the 33rd Asian American International Film Festival and your new romance all in one event. Up for speed dating? Here is your chance to enjoy the happy hour specials at Forbidden City, meet your cinema soulmate (or a really good movie buddy) and win festival tickets for that first real date.
If you happen to be a pair of film aficionados, then the sparks of romance will already be flying. Register if you're seeking a fling with the ultimate lovers: film and culture.
Pre-registration is required. Limited spaces available.
Sign up today! http://aaiff.wufoo.com/forms/cinemamore-aaiff-speed-dating-fundraiser/
published by ANBM on Mon, 10/24/2011 - 20:06
Quentin Lee's "Today Has Been Weird"
World Premieres on Friday 11/4/2011 @ 9:15PM
At Vancouver Asian Film Festival and on Youtube worldwide!
Vanouver/Los Angeles - In May 2005, a young Xanga blogger Simon Sek Man Ng's final blog entry shocked the internet community and helped the New York police solve his own murder. As a fellow Xanga blogger and filmmaker at that time, Quentin Lee was simultaneously shocked, saddened and moved by his murder.
When offered to do a CAN$500 commissioned short for the Vancouver Asian Film Festival, Quentin decided to adapt Simon's story into a short as an ironic love story to the collection of "Love Letters to Vancouver" celebrating the 15th anniversary of Vancouver Asian Film Festival, the oldest North American Asian festival in Canada, that screened Quentin Lee and Justin Lin's first feature Shopping for Fangs as their closing night feature in VAFF's very first edition in 1997.
Inspired by a true story, "Today Has Been Weird" chronicles an unexpected day of a vlogger. It's a mystery that portrays a truly mysterious true crime in memoriam of Sek Man Ng, a young Chinese immigrant teenager whose unexpected death has faded in our memory.
published by ANBM on Sat, 09/10/2011 - 16:27
A Glimpse of our ANBM Source Press going backstage at the AAIFF festival, they got to meet some of the Festival seeing and short film directors. Enjoying the event and working experience the lively atmosphere.
A Special thanks to Amy Guo and Shuchun and another unamed contributor for the fantastic media coverage on the event. Also a special thanks to Juliana Wang, the marketing manager for AAIFF looked after our crew.
Movies Reviewed: Love Comes, 72 Hour Shootout, A Day Less Ordinary, The Lulu Sessions, Saigon Electric, Quattro Hong Kong, Cuny Shorts, Never Stop Believing, Love Doesn't Live Here Anymore, and the Wedding Palace.
Photo by Amy Guo and Shuchun Wang.
published by ANBM on Wed, 08/31/2011 - 22:42
The One to Watch Award was presented to director Namgyal Wangchuk Trichen Lhagyari for his short film MY COUNTRY IS TIBET. Eligible films screened in the FOR YOUTH BY YOUTH: AGE AIN’T NOTHING BUT A NUMBER shorts program, which featured films directed by young adults ages 15-21. Lhagyari, a seventeen-year-old Tibetan refugee and descendant of the first Tibetan Dharma King, is fueled by a sense of responsibility to his people to present his message through film.
The Audience Choice Award for Documentary Feature was presented to TALES OF THE WARIA, directed by Kathy Huang. This humorous and touching documentary explores a unique community of men in Indonesia who live openly as women. Known as warias, these individuals must balance their identity with intimacy, and their Islamic faith.
published by ANBM on Thu, 08/11/2011 - 19:25
Be sure to check this film out! the film Wedding Palace wins Best Feature & Best Cinematography at Cine Gear Expo! Written by Christine Yoon.
Starring Jean Yoon and Stephen Park, Charles Kim plays the "Professor Uncle"
Reviews by Scott Eriksson
"Christine Yoo has written and directed a film that is masterful in the way it moves from comedy to romance by blending the two seamlessly. That's the good news...the bad news is that by virtue of the fact that it is a film with an Asian cast and a few subtitles thrown in, it will probably not receive the wide release and the sold out American audiences it deserves. Although it is a film about Korean culture and traditions of parents whose son is a Korean-American raised in a very different world than his immigrant parents, the comedy is ultimately about generational differences among family members, something everyone can understand. While every good film starts with a great script, without the right director and cast it can't succeed.
published by ANBM on Tue, 08/09/2011 - 20:29
Workshops
Surviving the Independent films Landscape: A conversation with Mimi Taksue.
Museum of Chinese in America | August 14, 2011 | 5:00PM
Waiting for that call to get your dream project off the ground? Wondering how to continue to make film and maintain a sustainable lifestyle as an independent filmmaker? Emerging director Kimi Takesue is the recipient of numerous awards. Her commissioned works include WHERE ARE YOU TAKING ME? (Rotterdam International Film Festival) and THAT WHICH ONCE WAS (ITVS).
Kimi Takesue is the recipient of a 2005 John Simon Guggenheim Fellowship in Filmmaking, as well as a 2005 New York Foundation for the Arts in Film. Her award-winning films E=NYC2, SUMMER OF THE SERPENT, HEAVEN'S CROSSROAD, ROSEWATER AND BOUND have been televised in the U.S. and screened at over 200 film festivals and museums.
published by ANBM on Tue, 08/02/2011 - 22:33
R&B / hip hop trio AZIATIX made waves at the iTunes music charts in the week of May 20. The group’s AZIATIX EP hit the #4 spot on the US iTunes R&B/Soul album chart and climbed the international charts too. Soompi reported seeing the Nocturnal album at the 10th spot in the Top 10 iTunes Soul/R&B Charts.
Made up of rapper Flowsik from New York, Eddie Shin from Boston and Nicky Lee from Los Angeles, AZIATIX launched their first teaser MV and single Go in March. It was well received worldwide (No. 72 in Australia, No. 56 in New Zealand, No. 79 in Norway, No. 20 in Sweden and No. 38 in the United States).
Aziatix has already released three single albums, which all showed remarkable results on iTunes. This time Aziatix’s title track, “Slippin’ Away” was released with the potential to enter the top ten on iTunes charts to further show that their music is being recognized all over the world.
published by ANBM on Sat, 07/16/2011 - 21:35
That's right people, the Asian American International film festival is coming soon and the last event turned out to be a success. This year's films will begin screening in August.
Be sure to checkout their schedule with the film titles and screen times becasue the list is huge. Please check out their website for the most up to date information
CLICK HERE
ANBM will be posting some the trailers a selection of these Films.
published by ANBM on Tue, 06/14/2011 - 01:49
Let me begin by firstly admit to my personal skepticism of any mainstream movie that attempts to portray Asian people positively, in particular Hollywood movies.
We are about to see an upcoming release titled 'Snow Flower', an adaptation to the original story. We have been informed that this is not a rehash of the old pain known as 'Joy Luck club', perhaps the Asian Americans may feel relieved.
However this has yet to be confirmed as the question still poses as to whether this movie be end up as another Hollywood-ized packaged disappointment for the Asian audience.
The big question, will this movie differ to it's evil predecessor 'Joy Luck Club' film, as we had already known to draw criticism from many Asian Americans, as a fabrication of Chinese culture to entertain the masses.
All thanks (but no thanks) to Tan and her "Joy Luck club" co-writers, our Asian American youths could only ever grow up misguided by false representations of identity.
published by ANBM on Sun, 03/27/2011 - 17:07
Leading Community and Japanese Lifestyle Site to Develop Free Phone Application, Onsite Mobile Scavenger Hunt, Photo Studio and Convention Livecast for AM2 LOS ANGELES, Calif. (March 25, 2011) The summer¹s most anticipated Anime, Japanese music and manga event, AM2 announces a partnership with leading community and Japanese lifestyle site Ani.ME to develop a free phone application for attendees which will have voting capabilities (i.e. film festival and competition, Masquerade, World Cosplay Summit, AMV¹s), instant convention schedule updates and additional convention information on Guests and other activities.
In addition, the popular fan community will also have a physical convention presence with a Livecast and a onsite photo studio for cosplayers. More info and attendee registration can be found at www.am2con.org <http://www.am2con.org>
published by ANBM on Tue, 03/08/2011 - 22:10
Nyanchala/Nyan-Chan Official Mascot for this Summer¹s Hottest Convention Focusing on Anime, Music and Manga This July 1-3, 2011 at the Anaheim Convention Center
LOS ANGELES, Calif. (March 8, 2011) Based on the common Japanese Maneki Neko (Lucky Cat), the summer¹s most highly anticipated convention, AM2, focusing on anime, music and manga announces Nyanchala/Nyan-Chan (in ³chibi²
form) as the official mascot for its 2011 year. More info and attendee registration can be found at
www.am2con.org
published by ANBM on Thu, 01/20/2011 - 22:36
It's the year 4709, and time to welcome the Year of the
Rabbit! The "Chinese Zodiac" has a cycle of 12 animals, and 2011 is the
Year of the Rabbit, or Hare.
Chinese New Year is a wonderful
opportunity for travelers to see spectacular parades and other (free!)
festivities. Many major cities around the world stage events, thanks to
their Chinese communities; and of course China and Hong Kong have huge
celebrations.
Chinese New Year: Background
Chinese New Year
-- also known as the "Spring Festival"-- falls on a different date each
year, ranging from late January to mid-February (based on the second
new moon after the winter solstice.) Unlike our western New Year,
celebrations aren't tightly focused on one date. The big day itself may
be
February 3 2011 but festivities often occur on weekends before or after that date.
published by ANBM on Thu, 01/20/2011 - 21:55
SAN FRANCISCO, CA: Gung Hay Fat Choy! And a “Happy New Year” it promises to be as the mild mannered hare ushers out the ferocious and volatile Year of the Tiger.
Confrontation and mass upheaval promises to give way to peaceful negotiation and easy prosperity as the Year of the Hare begins on February 3, 2011.
As the fourth of twelve animals in the Chinese horoscope, the hare represents success and independence.
YEAR OF THE HARE JANUARY 29 -FEBRUARY 20, 2011
LUNAR YEAR 4709
SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
(415) 986-1370 or (415) 982 -3000
www.chineseparade.comJanuary 29 Southwest Airlines Mini-Procession & Ribbon CuttingSaturday, 10:30 am Grant Avenue from California St. to Pacific Ave. FREE
Come help us kick off the new year with a procession that gives a taste of what the larger
Lunar New Year parade will bring. The procession begins at historic St. Mary’s Square,
published by ANBM on Thu, 01/20/2011 - 21:12
Chinese New Year ParadeThe Chinese New Year Parade, Vancouver Chinatown's signature event, will return on February 6th, 2011. With lion dances, cultural dance troupes, marching bands and more, this parade is a cultural extravaganza not to be missed. Come see the sights, sounds and festivities of Chinese New Year to celebrate the Year of the Rabbit!
2011 Parade Highlights
published by ANBM on Sun, 01/09/2011 - 22:45
Come join the Asian American International Film Festival (AAIFF) Team! The AAIFF is the first and longest running film festival of its kind in the U.S. that honors works by and about Asian and Asian Americans. We are now hiring for spring and summer internships. Interns will have the opportunity to work closely in producing the Festival through various positions. All internships are equivalent to entry-level job positions, and require persons with initiative, dedication, and the ability to think outside the box. Preference will be given to candidates who can commit to staying on for the Festival. The AAIFF'11 is scheduled for July 13 to July 23, 2011 in New York City.
Design/Web Assistant (ASAP or January to August)
Help manage and regularly update the ACV and Festival sites. Work closely with Festival staff on various levels of production. Big plusses: experience in interactive, graphic, or web design and knowledge in HTML.
Outreach Coordinator (ASAP to August)
published by ANBM on Tue, 12/21/2010 - 20:12
ID Film Fest Survey--What is the best APIA Feature Film of all Time?
The organizers of ID Film Fest at the Japanese American National Museum want to know what your choice is for the most significant/impactful/well-made/best Asian Pacific Islander American feature film of all time.
The #1 film will be screened at ID Film Fest 2011, and the filmmakers and people involved will be invited to attend.
Survey can be found here at this link
http://www.kwiksurveys.com/online-survey.php?surveyID=HNHENO_1562cef9
ID Film Fest 2010 included Los Angeles and World Premieres; an Asian American Independent Features Conference; Filmmaker's crash courses; and a live screenplay pitch competition.
published by ANBM on Thu, 11/11/2010 - 22:28
Last month was exciting in terms of entertainment news. Musicians made Asian American history, San Diego hosted its annual Asian Film Festival, Jon M. Chu’s career took off, Yao Ming returned to the basketball court, and Brenda Song received an award. Let’s get started!
Making beautiful music — for the mainstream!
For the week of Oct. 30, members of Far East Movement became the first Asian Americans to hit the top of the Billboard charts. Even more exciting was the fact that the number two spot was held by singer-songwriter Bruno Mars, who is of Filipino and Puerto Rican descent.
Far East Movement is made up of Kevin Nishimura “Kev Nish,” James Roh “Prohgress,” Jae Choung “J-Splif,” and Virman Coquia “DJ Virman.”
In a New York Daily News story, Oliver Wang, an assistant professor of sociology at California State University-Long Beach, said, “Far East Movement and Bruno Mars didn’t come just out of nowhere. There’s been a slow push to make it happen through social media. It’s finally hit that tipping point.”
San Diego’s Asian Film Festival: action-packed!
published by ANBM on Tue, 10/26/2010 - 17:50
On Sunday, Asian-American actors Daniel Dae Kim (”Hawaii Five-O”), C. S. Lee (”Dexter”), Harry Shum Jr. (”Glee”), Ellen Wong (”Scott Pilgrim vs. The World”), and Aaron Yoo (”Friday the 13th”) talked casting, graduate school and stereotypes at the Asian Americans in Hollywood panel at the San Diego Asian Film Festival.
In particular, each of the actors stressed that their current status as recognizable faces didn’t happen overnight. Lee and Kim both studied acting at graduate school (Lee at Yale and Kim at NYU; the former even asked latter for advice about where he should go), and Shum Jr explained that he first moved to Los Angeles in 2001 to act. After realizing he could “kinda dance,” he built up his skills and his dancing ultimately took over. (For “Glee” fans, he added: No, he doesn’t really sing as badly as Mike Chang does, and yes, there will a continuing storyline for his character this season).
published by ANBM on Tue, 10/26/2010 - 17:11
Over the weekend, the San Diego Asian Film Festival invited actors like Lost alumnus Daniel Dae Kim, Glee's Harry Shum Jr., Ellen Wong (Scott Pilgrim vs. The World), and Aaron Yoo (Friday the 13th) to a panel entitled "Asian Americans in Hollywood" (we checked to see if the panel was also subtitled "Best-Looking Actors You Can Think Of," but results were inconclusive). While Kim had plenty of success to share with the audience, he said that even now, his race is still an issue on his current show, Hawaii Five-0; in fact, it's affecting who he gets to knock onscreen boots with.
Speakeasy columnist Michelle Kung was on the scene:
published by ANBM on Thu, 07/15/2010 - 01:21
China Daily - BEIJING, July 14 (Xinhaunet) -- Looking good trumps health concerns as cosmetic lenses attract the eyes of the trendy, Todd Balazovic and Wang Wen report
published by ANBM on Thu, 07/01/2010 - 18:14
Bruce Beresford's Mao's Last Dancer to Screen
at 33rd Asian American International Film Festival
NEW YORK (June 28, 2010) -- Oscar-nominated Australian director Bruce Beresford (Driving Miss Daisy, 1989) will showcase his most recent feature Mao's Last Dancer at the 33rd Asian American International Film Festival (AAIFF10) in New York City. The AAIFF10 is the longest running festival dedicated to showcasing the latest works created by filmmakers of Asian descent in addition to films that explore new constructs of Asian and Asian-American cinema.
published by ANBM on Tue, 06/15/2010 - 22:39
AAIFF'10 LAUNCH PARTY
Thursday, June 17, 7:30pm - 12:00am
Gaslight Lounge
(400 West 14 St. 9th Ave)
ACV invites you to celebrate the launching of our 33rd Asian American International Film Festival.
Come mingle with the staff and volunteers of AAIFF'10 and hear more exciting news about this year's lineup and special events. Bring friends and families for a night of awesome drinks, music and the best company and be the first to buy tickets to your favorite films!
** $5 Drink specials from 8pm- 9pm **
published by ANBM on Mon, 06/14/2010 - 22:23
New York (June 14, 2010) --- Asian CineVision (ACV) and the Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in New York (TECO) have announced a special presentation on New Taiwanese Cinema. The program will be presented during the 33rd Asian American International Film Festival from July 15 through July 24, 2010 throughout various venues in New York City. This unique showcase consists of four feature length films and two short film programs that bring together the works of Taiwan's new generation of filmmakers. TECO continues its commitment to promoting cross-cultural exchanges between Taiwan and the United States by joining ACV in presenting a program that highlights Taiwan's burgeoning independent film community.
published by ANBM on Fri, 05/14/2010 - 23:39
MAY is ASIAN HERITAGE MONTH in CANADA! CELEBRATE AT THE 14th ANNUAL explorASIAN FESTIVAL – MAY 2010
Some event descriptions/website links pending – please check back for updates.
All events are subject to change without notice. Please confirm performance times and ticketing information with the presenter of the event.
Festival 2010 Calendar http://explorasian.wordpress.com/2010-festival-calendar/
Explorasian Website http://explorasian.org/
published by ANBM on Tue, 05/04/2010 - 23:02
The federal government, which barred a grieving daughter in China from coming to British Columbia for her mother's funeral, has since denied her two subsequent requests to visit the gravesite.
Xiu Lan Huang's nephew said her Canadian relatives are baffled and outraged over what they see as an unjustified lack of compassion.
"How is it that they are not able to feel a daughter's pain?" asked her nephew Jason Ma, who lives in Richmond and works as a support analyst for Worksafe BC.
"There is tremendous shame for her not to be able to be at her mother's funeral."
published by ANBM on Fri, 03/26/2010 - 20:24
Announcing the Asian Pacific Islander TV Pilot Shootout
Mavericks of Asian Pacific Islander Descent announces the 1st Asian Pacific Islander TV Pilot Shootout sponsored by FOX Diversity. The winner will receive the opportunity to pitch a TV executive at FOX.
Writers will submit a synopsis, logline, and sample pages from a completed original television pilot script as well as submit a video of a two minute television pilot pitch. The top five pitch ideas chosen by judges will be matched with directors who will also be selected by submission process. The directors will be given seed money partially derived from the entry fees and work with the writer to develop a 1 minute teaser of the pilot. Actors and production crew are also encouraged to apply to be considered for the chosen projects. Submission deadline for writers is June 9.
published by ANBM on Sat, 02/06/2010 - 15:01
This year, Saturday, February 14th, isn't only Valentine's Day but also the start of the Year of the Tiger, year 4708 of the Chinese lunar calendar. Chinese New Year is celebrated around the world in unique and varied ways, wherever a significant Chinese population has taken root. North America is no different; in fact, in the U.S. alone, people of Chinese extraction constitute the
third largest immigrant group and the largest Asian ethnicity, numbering about 2.7 million according to the 2000 Census.
published by ANBM on Sat, 01/30/2010 - 12:34
The Moustache Brothers Burmese comedy troop, a tribute to Asian American activist Chris Ijima, Taiwan’s ”foreign brides,” America’s Next Top Immigrant, a mock game show and a fresh look at eyelid surgery, a rite of passage for Korean American women are among the subjects realized by filmmakers at the 32nd Asian American International Film Festival 2009 (AAIFF09).
Asian CineVision proudly presents the 2009/10 National Festival Tour featuring the year’s best independent cinema - narrative and documentary features and shorts - from AAIFF09. The National Festival Tour offers institutions and organizations the rare opportunity to bring many Asian and Asian American films to local communities across the country.
published by ANBM on Sat, 01/30/2010 - 10:11
Since the Asian American film burst onto the scene thirty something years ago, many of those filmmakers, such as, Christine Choy, Wayne Wang, Mira Nair, Ang Lee, Justin Lin and among others are now comfortably part of the American cinematic mainstream.
Each year, hundreds of filmmakers from around the Asian Diaspora submit their short films to Asian American film festivals. They have given us stories of immigration and assimilation, adversity and triumph, motivation and inspiration of all genres: narrative, documentary, experimental, animation, music video.
Common reoccurring themes include identity politics, alienated youth, hypersexualization, math nerds, over-achievers, stereotypes, suburban alienation, and kung-fu waiters.
Been there? Done that?
Tell us YOUR Asian American story.
published by ANBM on Wed, 01/20/2010 - 00:01
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