Vietnamese International Film Festival: April 4-7, 11-14

Vietnamese International Film Festival: April 4-7, 11-14

The Vietnamese International Film Festival (ViFF) is an eight-day event uniquely showcasing films made by Vietnamese and Vietnamese diasporic filmmakers. Presented biennially since 2003 by the two non-profit organizations Vietnamese American Arts & Letters...
Long Nguyen & Michael Krawic Interview: Christmas In Hanoi

Long Nguyen & Michael Krawic Interview: Christmas In Hanoi

EastWest Players newest production is about a mixed-race family returns to Vietnam for the first time since the war. One year after the death of their strong-willed mother, siblings Winnie and Lou travel with their Irish Catholic father and Vietnamese grandfather to...
Minh Duc Nguyen & Porter Lynn Interviews: Touch

Minh Duc Nguyen & Porter Lynn Interviews: Touch

Minh Duc Nguyen’s film Touch is about a Vietnamese manicurist at V.I.P. Nails named Tam (Porter Lynn) who has a new customer: Brendan (John Ruby), a shy mechanic who literally has a problem on his hands. He can never get rid of the oil stains around his nails,...