Archive for August, 2012

Written and starring Derek Ting and Directed by Simon Yin, $upercapitalist is about a maverick New York hedge fund trader (Derek Ting) with uncanny analytic abilities who moves

When we interviewed Shawn Bernal and Manny Manzanares they had just won awards for "Best Fight Choreography" and "Best Martial Arts Action Sequence" for their short film Yo

Vancouver, Canada native Paul Wu, parlayed a chance visit to a Jackie Chan set in Vancouver into a stunt and acting career that has allowed him to work

The world of those who do stunt work in film and television is fascinating to most and yet this aspect of acting often seems to be overlooked much

Director Jason Z. Wong's short film Reunion is about a reunion between two long lost childhood friends that uncovers secrets and give the suicidal daughter of a dying

Some of the cast members of the Steven G. Lowe's new series One Warm Night (Sean Michael Afable, Ryan Tsang, Koko Laimana, Anthony Kongphan and Justin Lee) got

Developer United Front Games original action game Sleeping Dogs releases on August 14th for PC, Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 and is set in the underbelly of

New York based Writer/Director/Producer Eddie Shieh caught up with us while he was in L.A. to talk about his widely acclaimed film Tu & Eu that attempts to

Born in Vienna, studied in China and now living in Los Angeles working as an actress, Singer/Dancer/Actress Ina-Alice Kopp has had film opportunities that have allowed her

A new series in development, Mr. Wang Goes to Hollywood is about a rich Chinese businessman (Jesse Wang) who, after living like an emperor in China, decides to

Nelson Cheng's documentary film The Magic Life chronicles the journey of three magician hopefuls: a 17-year-old from Beijing who travels to the U.S. to attend magic school, a

A comedy with a dark twist, Things You Don't Joke About finds a burglar stuck in a bedroom closet when the wife of the house unexpectedly comes home

Funny and totally entertaining, Jerell Rosales' film Born to Dance This Way is the story of Joo Si (Russell Argenal) who auditions for the opportunity of a lifetime

Diane Namm's documentary film SaSa is the story of a young Burmese boy's extraordinary journey out of the jungle and his evolution into a leader. At the age

KAFFLA will be presenting a special program marking the 20th anniversary of the 1992 L.A. riots. The riots or “429” (“Sa-I-gu”) a Korean nomenclature denominated for the date

The making of Wedding Palace is often said to be “just as crazy as the film itself.” This film documents the triumphs and struggle of financing and

Festival Director KJ Park sat down with us to talk about how KAFFLA evolved out of the idea to mark the 20th anniversary of the Los Angeles riots

Filmmaker Michael Thai talks about his working relationship with fellow filmmaker Ken Ochiai and his film One Night Stand shot in Bejing. The film is about Liu and

Jake Choi interrupted a basketball career to pursue acting and his performances have already shown why he made the right choice. We caught up with him in L.A.