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Nittan Nazyra C. Noer Interview: Working Girls
Working Girls is a touching and eye-widening assemblage of three documentary shorts countering the patriarchal image of women in Indonesian society. Part 3 of this project, Ulfie Goes Home, is directed by Nittan and documents a transgender woman, Ulfie, who is on a...
Vivid Wang: Red Light Revolution
Vivid Wang stars in a a film about a man, Shunzi who is thrown out of his house by his wife leaving him jobless, partner-less, and forced to start over. A run-in with an old schoolmate leads him to a flamboyant supplier of adult toys and marital aids, thus beginning...
Christine Yoo Interview: Wedding Palace
Christine Yoo has written and directed a film, Wedding Palace, that is masterful in the way it moves from comedy to romance by blending the two seamlessly. Although it is a film about Korean culture and traditions of parents whose son is a Korean-American raised in a...
Film Forum New York City: City of Life and Death
While we focus most of our attention on English language Asian/Pacific Islander films, there are some films produced and made outside of the English speaking world that sometimes capture our attention. Such is the case with the film City of Life and Death that will be...
Brian Tee Interview: Wedding Palace
Brian Tee talks about his role in Christine Yoo's film Wedding Palace which premiered at the Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival on April 29th. For more information about the festival and films being screened visit their website here: LAAPFF
Edison Chen Interview: Almost Perfect
Edison Chen's busy schedule kept him from the chair in front of our camera, but he still took time to send us some answers to questions regarding his career and his role in Almost Perfect. #1. While you made a conscious decision to step away from film for a period of...
Timothy Tau, Max Phyo, Hidekun Hah and Cyndee San Luis Interview: A Long Term Thing
In Part 2 of our interview with The Case Director Timothy Tau and his cast, we talked about projects they have recently completed and what they are working on now. Photographed and Edited by Eric Chenjie Pan
Richard Fung: Regent Park Film Festival Toronto
Since we are fully engaged in discussion of films and conducting interviews with artists involved in the Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival, it's a great time to mention our neighbor up north! Filmmaker Richard Fung contacted us about the Regent Park Film...
Ross Ching Interview: 3 Minutes
You wanna meet someone with an amazing creative mind? We did, his name is Ross Ching who is a director you can expect to see much more of in the future. Ross will be part of a panel discussion (C3: The Conference for Creative Content) at the Los Angeles Asian Pacific...
Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival Preview: Shorts Programs
Where is that soapbox...right...under my desk...let me pull it out and dust it off since it hasn't been used in a while...there we go...let me get on it and clear my throat. Ready...Set...Go! Digital cameras have allowed filmmakers in every city around the world the...
Vicky Shen & Jeanne Sakata Interview: Adultolescence
Vicky Shen, Writer/Director/Actress (also crazy for taking on so much!) finished her feature film Adultolescence with the very specific goal of having it premiere at the Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival. After editing over 60 hours of film, and reflecting back...