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Peter Jin & Janice Pak Interview: Portrait of Leonore
Writer/Director/Actor Peter Jin and Actress Janice Pak talk about the film Portrait of Leonore. Stylish and autobiographical, it incorporates painting and animation with the film to tell a "what if" story about a brother and a sister that never was, but might have...
Joyce Liu Interview: Acting & Producing
Joyce Liu is an amazing, focused woman who produces and acts which to her are two very different ways to have a voice. She is also involved in so many projects we wondered when she had time to do it all! During our interview, Joyce talked about the new stage...
Emily Chang Interview: nightdreamblues
Emily Chang wrote and stars in the short film Mouthbreaker being screen at the Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival on May 12th @ 10:00PM. We talked to her about another film she can be seen in, the upcoming feature nightdreamblues written and starring West Liang,...
Mye Hoang Interview: Viette
Mye Hoang has been a staple in the Asian-American film festival circuit and she has finally decided to step beyond short films and her role as administrator to a feature film which she wrote, directed and starred called Viette. We sat down to talk about the long...
Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival 2012: May 10th – 20th
The 28th Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival will run from May 10 – May 20, 2012 at the Directors Guild of America; CGV Cinemas; and The Art Theatre of Long Beach. Since 1983, the festival has presented over 3000 films and videos by Asian international and Asian...
Michelle Chen 陈苗 Interview: Son of the Stars 星星的孩子
We met with Michelle at the Directors Guild to talk about her new film Son of the Stars that is a story about a young mother of an autistic child traveling a great distance looking for her husband. Unable to find him and needing to provide for herself, she finds...
Akie Kotabe Interview: Mad Men, Midgets, Pornography & the Boogeyman
Akie has had a number of interesting and diverse roles in film and TV including the upcoming feature film from Jenny Januszewski, The Boogeyman. We talked to Akie about his career before he heads off to London to conquer the UK film industry! Video streaming by...
Rosanne Liang Interview: My Wedding and Other Secrets
We managed to catch New Zealand Writer/Director/Filmmaker Rosanne Liang as she was passing through Los Angeles to talk about her award winning film My Wedding and Other Secrets. We also did a review of the film (no spoilers) which you can read here: MWAOS Film Review...
Mike Ginn Interview: My Wedding and Other Secrets
Mike Ginn co-stars in Rosanne Liang's award winning New Zealand film My Wedding and Other Secrets. We sat down with Mike to talk about the film. And if you wanna hear Mike telling us how a New Zealand accent can be a problem in America check out his outtake here: Fun...
Celeste Wong Interview: My Wedding and Other Secrets
New Zealand actress Celeste Wong is currently living and working in London, but we were able to catch her for an interview while she was in Los Angeles. We sat down to talk about Rosanne Liang's wonderful film My Wedding and Other Secrets and her upcoming projects in...
Shaun Kim Interview: Ballet of Unhatched Chicks
Shaun Kim recently arrived from South Korea to study animation at USC. His work has already received tons of recognition via screenings and awards and even got the attention of a producer allowing him to do animation work on the closing credits of the recent Captain...
Celia Au Interview: Distraktion
The Soho International Film Festival is underway and screened actress Celia Au's new short film Distraktion. Celia took a detour from acting to write, direct and produce it, her first film. Thanks to actor Jake Choi who caught up with her for us in NYC to talk about...