Podcasts about Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival

Well, the life of a professional Asian American is never easy, and this is especially true in May. Because of several professional Asian obligations overlapping (as well as Jess' birthday week which is a holiday in itself), we've decided to take the week off to gather ourselves. In place of a regular episode, Marvin dug into the way back machine to bring you another throwback from the Fresh Creatives podcast, this time it's an episode we recorded live at the LA Asian Film Festival during Heritage Month 2017 and featuring one of the first times Jess and Marvin podcasted together, along with a very special guest.Please enjoy and tune back next week for a new episode of Good Pop!If you like what you hear, check out the other episodes at https://freshcreatives.captivate.fm/---Live from the 2017 Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival, Marvin is joined by special guests Jess Ju, Director of Programs & Ops at CAPE, and Andrew Ahn, award winning director of Spa Night for a special live episode of Fresh Creatives. Together, our creative dream team develops "Merit," an thrilling heist story filled with brave girl scouts, shady tech bros, and Ja Rule.Part of the Potluck Podcast CollectiveProduced by HappyEcstatic Media

Want to see the video version of this podcast? Please visit Youtube here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=10QCeF45aWk Support us on Patreon here - http://www.patreon.com/filmcourage. Byron Q. is a Chinese American writer/director originally from the San Francisco Bay Area. His first film Bang Bang won the Best 1st feature jury award at the 2011 Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival. The film went on to gain a cult following within the Asian American street culture. His last feature, Las Vegas Story, starred Eric Roberts, is distributed by Indie Rights. He is repped by Housefire Management. Byron recently completed a successful $25,000 Kickstarter campaign for a short sci-fi film entitled Killing of a Machine which plans on using Virtual Production workflows and Unreal Engine. SUBSCRIBE TO BYRON Q's YOUTUBE CHANNEL https://www.youtube.com/beyondcinema CONNECT WITH BYRON Q. http://www.beyondcinemaproductions.com https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3336371 https://www.youtube.com/beyondcinema https://www.instagram.com/byronbcp https://www.facebook.com/beyondcinema https://twitter.com/byronbcp VIEWERS ALSO WATCHED Filmmaking: How Bad Do You Want It - https://youtu.be/lcn7D2DRtPU Beginners Guide For Script Development And Feature Film Production - https://youtu.be/rrfwtZA-8S8 Don't Quit Your Day Job To Make Movies - https://youtu.be/C3T4coC882A A Director's Journey And Motivational Guide For Beginners - https://youtu.be/NbUJlosxhTM Beginners Guide To Making Movies That Make Money - https://youtu.be/1B9k3b_StaA CONNECT WITH FILM COURAGE http://www.FilmCourage.com http://twitter.com/#!/FilmCourage https://www.facebook.com/filmcourage https://www.instagram.com/filmcourage http://filmcourage.tumblr.com http://pinterest.com/filmcourage SUBSCRIBE TO THE FILM COURAGE YOUTUBE CHANNEL http://bit.ly/18DPN37 SUPPORT FILM COURAGE BY BECOMING A MEMBER https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCs8o1mdWAfefJkdBg632_tg/join SUPPORT FILM COURAGE BY BECOMING A PATRON https://www.patreon.com/filmcourage LISTEN TO THE FILM COURAGE PODCAST https://soundcloud.com/filmcourage-com (Affiliates) SAVE $15 ON YOUTUBE TV - LIMITED TIME OFFER https://tv.youtube.com/referral/r0847ysqgrrqgp ►WE USE THIS CAMERA (B&H) – https://buff.ly/3rWqrra ►WE USE THIS SOUND RECORDER (AMAZON) – http://amzn.to/2tbFlM9 Stuff we use: LENS - Most people ask us what camera we use, no one ever asks about the lens which filmmakers always tell us is more important. This lens was a big investment for us and one we wish we could have made sooner. Started using this lens at the end of 2013 - http://amzn.to/2tbtmOq AUDIO Rode VideoMic Pro - The Rode mic helps us capture our backup audio. It also helps us sync up our audio in post https://amzn.to/425k5rG Audio Recorder - If we had to do it all over again, this is probably the first item we would have bought - https://amzn.to/3WEuz0k LIGHTS - Although we like to use as much natural light as we can, we often enhance the lighting with this small portable light. We have two of them and they have saved us a number of times - http://amzn.to/2u5UnHv *These are affiliate links, by using them you can help support this channel.

Check out this new 'Kiss My Mike' podcast episode featuring ACHIM MENDOZA.Achim is queer ex-Filipino-soap-opera-translator-turned-filmmaker, Achim's passion for film started in his teens, when Marilou Diaz-Abaya, a renown Filipino director and National Artist, offered to mentor him. As a teenager, Achim would fly back and forth between his hometown of Davao and Manila to attend her classes. Back in the Philippines, he helped create “Stages Sessions,” a YouTube channel that focuses on indie Filipino musicians and poets. His 2021 musical short “Connection” was screened at the 38th Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival and was nominated for Best Short at the 2023 FilAm Creative Film Festival. His next short “A Karaoke Space Odyssey” is a sci-fi rom-com karaoke musical that recently had its world premiere at the LA Shorts International Film Fest. He is also the editor of “ALOK,” a short documentary on queer and gender- nonconforming artist Alok Vaid-Menon, which premiered at Sundance Film Festival 2024. Achim's works focus on the radical power of joy to change the world, especially the joy experienced by his fellow Filipinos and queer persons of color. In his spare time, Achim likes to perfect his family's longsilog recipe.Only on Kiss My Mike!

There are few things more satisfying than taking an idea and turning it into a reality. Some call that manifesting (ahem, like Minji) and some call it just taking simple actions to achieve a goal. Potato, po-tah-to. Whatever you call it, there's SO much that gets in the way, all the imposter syndrome (bleh), the self-sabotage (ugh), the literal years of procrastinating (yeesh), legit life/time/money challenges, and so on and so forth. In this episode, Minji celebrates the creation of her first COMPLETED short film "HONESTLY" that she wrote and starred in with the film's director and her beloved homie Scott Sayasithsena. Together they share what they can about their tiny film project sans spoilers - the idea, the genesis of the collab, the internal hurdles, the logistical nightmares, and the incredible reception they received premiering the short at the Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival in May 2023 alongside some stellar filmmakers. It's one tiny gigantic step that might've taken a long *** time to take, but it's 100% worth commemorating to remind us every path is unique, be kind to yourself, and to keep on keeping on. Follow Our Guest Scott Sayasithsena:Instagram (@scottsayasithsena)Follow Minji On:Instagram (@minjeezy)Instagram (@firstofallpod)▫️ Music featured in this episode include "Uzutrap"▫️ NEW!!: Subscribe to First Of All on YouTube & check out our S4 episodes on video!▫️ Follow the show on Instagram and Twitter and support our Patreon▫️ This podcast is part of Potluck: An Asian American Podcast CollectiveAudio Engineer @marvinyuehProducer Da Eun Kim @daeunkmSocial Media Manager @JulianaDeer

Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3. box office talk plus reviews of Fool's Paradise, Polite Society, Hypnotic, Book Club: The Next Chapter, Squaring the Circle, Blackberry and a Gore Rant! And a report from the Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival.

Much has changed from the 1990s to now in the film industry for the AANHPI community. Chris Chan Lee is a key proponent that has inspired many Asian Americans to pursue filmmaking since his groundbreaking feature, "Yellow." On this episode, Chris and Rasha talk about his journey, how the film landscape has changed, and how it can still be improved.   Chris is a Korean-American filmmaker based in Los Angeles, C He graduated from the USC School of Cinematic Arts and has spent his career of over 25 years developing and producing Asian-American content. His debut feature film as writer/director was "Yellow" (1997), a coming of age movie about a group of teens in Los Angeles. The film features the first performances of John Cho and Jason Tobin, and re-envisioned the American teen comedy with an ensemble of Asian-Americans in the lead roles. "Yellow" world premiered at the 1997 CAAMFest Film Festival (then called NAATA) with three sold-out screenings, and was selected for more than a dozen film festivals including Raindance U.K., Slamdance, Singapore International, Hawaii International, and the Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival. The film won the Gold Carp 1st Place Audience Award for Best Feature Film and the Golden Reel Award for Best Independent Feature Film. "Yellow" had a successful limited national theatrical release including a 5-week run in Southern California across 9 screens. He served twice as a judge for the Filmmakers Media Fund Initiative at CAAMFest, and was an independent filmmaker panelist at events hosted by KASCON (Korean American Students Conference), WGA (Writers Guild of America), LA Asian Pacific Film Festival, and a number of other professional and community organizations. The film is considered a milestone in Asian American filmmaking.

Raul, Brad, and Luis come together to cap off their Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival coverage by reviewing three movies they saw at the festival! Support us on Patreon for tiers as low as a dollar: https://www.patreon.com/thenerdcorps Visit our website for reviews: https://www.thenerdcorps.com Follow us on Twitch: https://twitch.tv/thenerdcorps Subscribe to us on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/TheNerdCorps Follow us on Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/thenerdcorps_ Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thenerdcorps Follow us on Letterboxd: https://letterboxd.com/thenerdcorps/ Follow our designer Alex Almeida: https://www.twitter.com/Zans_Zone Theme music by https://moamanofaction.bandcamp.com/album/fall-sampler https://www.twitter.com/circuitbird --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/thenerdcorps/support

Episode 305."Old Henry"Cinematographer: John Matysiak.John Matysiak Born of third generation Polish immigrants and raised in Houston, Texas. John Matysiak graduated from Emerson College in Boston, MA with a B.A. in film production.In addition to his study at Emerson, he was selected to study at the Czech National Film School, FAMU, in Prague.His work has been shown in over 50 film festivals around the world including; Festvial de Cannes and the Berlin International Film Festival. John was recognized for his achievements in cinematography at the 25th Los Angeles Asian-Pacific Film Festival where he was awarded "Best Cinematography" for his work on the feature films, TWO SHADOWS and MODEL MINORITYJohn's most current work is "Old Henry", which Monday Morning Critic Podcast considers one of the top 5 Westerns of the last 22 years. John's Cinematography is nothing short of stunning.John's next two projects include "Acidman" and "Heart of a Lion" which is about the life of George Foreman.Welcome, John Matysiak.Instagram: Monday Morning Critic Podcast.Facebook: Monday Morning Critic Podcast.Twitter:@mdmcriticEmail: Mondaymorningcritic@gmail.comYouTube: Monday Morning Critic Podcastwww.mmcpodcast.com

Hi Yin & Young listeners! We're back finally with a conversation with artist, creative director, and new father Geoffrey Oki! Follow Geoff Oki: * Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/gokid/ * Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/gokid * Yellow Peril Podcast: https://www.facebook.com/YellowPerilPod/ HIGHLIGHTS: * James met Geoff at the Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival years ago and was able to help score him some tickets. * Geoff was born and raised in Sacramento * Moved to LA for school, majored in design and worked at different ad agencies as creative director * Lived in Taiwan for a couple of years in the mid 2010's for a change of pace. * Recently lived in Taiwan for a short time and then moved back with his wife and newborn. * As a college student, it was definitely a big change from Sacramento to LA in terms of the number of Asians. * Explored his Asian American identity more in LA. * Helped a friend shoot/co-produce a few movies: Wait For Me, Broken Kingdom. * Geoff relives how he met his wife in Taiwan. * What it's like being a new dad. * Discussion turns to the Atlanta spa shootings a year ago and anti-Asian attacks earlier this year. * Thoughts on living in the U.S. vs Taiwan, especially as a new father. * Geoff likes vintage shirts and has had t-shirt parties in LA Chinatown. Language Corner (01:20:41): * Taiwanese: 你是佗位的人？ - lí sī tó-ūi ê lâng? - where are you from? * Japanese: * ばかうまい - baka umai - crazy delicious. (I mispronounce it in the podcast) * ホーム - hōmu - platform * 班長 - hanchō - team leader. The term “head honcho” is often mistakenly referred to as Spanglish but actually comes from Japanese. * Mandarin: * 婊子 - biǎozi - a spiteful woman * 馬馬虎虎 - mǎmahūhū - so-so, not so bad, careless * Korean: 미국 - mi-gug/mi-guk - America, literally “beautiful country” (美國）. “Guk,” which means country, was used as a derogatory term towards Asians after the Korean war. ———— Follow us on Facebook & Instagram: @yinyoungpodcast. Please like and comment, it helps others find our work. This episode was produced by James Y. Shih and Daniel Yin. Support Yin & Young on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/yinyoungpodcast Follow Yin & Young: * Website: http://www.jamesyshih.com/yin-young-podcast * iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/yin-young-podcast-jys/id1185421015?mt=2 * Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/yinyoungpodcast/ * Spotify: https://tinyurl.com/rkrynzq * Stitcher: https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/yin-young-podcast email us: yinyoungpodcast[at]gmail.com

Luis sits down virtually with the director of the film, The World's Greatest, for the Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival. Judy Lei discusses the intricacies of making her film, so check out this awesome interview! Support us on Patreon for tiers as low as a dollar: https://www.patreon.com/thenerdcorps Visit our website for reviews: https://www.thenerdcorps.com Follow us on Twitch: https://twitch.tv/thenerdcorps Subscribe to us on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/TheNerdCorps Follow us on Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/thenerdcorps_ Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thenerdcorps Follow us on Letterboxd: https://letterboxd.com/thenerdcorps/ Follow our designer Alex Almeida: https://www.twitter.com/Zans_Zone Theme music by https://moamanofaction.bandcamp.com/album/fall-sampler https://www.twitter.com/circuitbird --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/thenerdcorps/support

ロス在住の手島里華さんが西海岸のニュースや、地域のディープな話題を取材します！ ４月２９日放送：今週はロサンゼルス　アジアン・フィルム・フェスティバルに参加が決まっている映画『おもいやり』の主演・ディレクターを務めるKishiBashiさんのインタビューです。 OMOIYARI: A SONG FILM BY KISHI BASHI – 2022 Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival (vcmedia.org) https://festival.vcmedia.org/2022/movies/omoiyari-a-song-film-by-kishi-bashi/

Christina Anthony, Kenny Leu and Von Decarlo visit Friends and talk about the changing  career paths, American history, and the importance of inclusivity with host Marina Franklin. Kenny Leu is an actor, who is becoming one of the leading Asian American performers in the industry. He is widely recognized as Gohan from the webseries Dragon Ball Z: Light of Hope (34 million views). He is the son of Chinese immigrants and grew up in the San Francisco Bay Area, where he graduated from UC Berkeley with an engineering degree. After founding several startups in the Silicon Valley, competing in martial arts tournaments around the world, joining the United States Wushu team, and selling one of his startups to Google, Kenny decided to pursue film and television. He quickly landed roles on NCIS, NCIS: Los Angeles and The Player, performing all of his own stunts. Kenny has since starred in NatGeo's The Long Road Home (2017), Roland Emmerich's Midway (2019), and Yakuza Princess (2021). He also was invited to appear in the popular Chinese series The Impossible (奇迹) (2019).Kenny's breakout role will be as the lead in A Shot Through the Wall (2022), which just had its theatrical release Jan 21 in North America and Jan 24 in the UK.. He plays a young Asian-American cop who is responsible for accidentally shooting and killing an innocent Black man, through a wall. Both Kenny and the film earned nominations for Best Actor & Best Narrative Feature at Beaufort International Film Festival. The film premiered to rave reviews at the New York Asian American Film Festival, Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival, Bentonville, and Whistler, to name a few.  Christina Anthony is a multi talented actress, writer, vocalist, and improviser. She is originally from the Chicago comedy scene and is best known as an alum of the Second City Chicago's resident e.t.c. stage, where she co-wrote three original sketch revues and performed thousands of shows for Chicago audiences. Most recently, Christina starred opposite Kristen Bell in the Netlix series, The Woman in the House Across the Street from the Girl in the Window, which dropped Jan. 28th. Christina is also a series regular on ABC's Mixed-ish, a Black-ish spinoff. Her favorite on-camera roles as an actress include Key & Peele (Comedy Central), Mash Up (Comedy Central), Bajillion Dollar Propertie$ (Seeso), Take My Wife (Seeso), Bunk'd (Disney), Why Women Kill (CBS All Access), ER (NBC) and The Dilemma (Universal). A charismatic theater performer and vocalist, she has also been seen off-Broadway in Found (Atlantic Theatre), Second City's Romeo + Juliet Musical (Chicago Shakespeare), The Art of Falling (Hubbard Street Dance Chicago + Second City – LA & Chicago), among many other credits.  Von Decarlo is a New York based stand up comedian with global ad campaigns, and national commercials for Disney, GNC, Match, and Carnival Cruise Lines. She performed at the Just For Laughs comedy festival for Kevin Hart's LOL Network, as well as, the Lil' Rel and Friends show, and has been a featured comedian on HBO's innovative talk show Pause with Sam Jay, Laff Mobb's Laff Tracks on Tru TV and HBO Max, CNN's talking head year end wrap up special, BuzzFeed, The Jerry O Show on FOX, Fox Soul, The Breakfast Club, and more. In addition to hosting The Power Hour and The Godfrey Complex on Sirius XM‘s Urban View, she was also the first woman, and first comedian, to host her own show on the SiriusXM NBA channel. Von Decarlo is the Executive Producer of the Patrice O'Neal documentary, Killing Is Easy, on Comedy Central, and the producer of three posthumous comedy albums Mr. P, Unreleased, and The Lost Files. Her debut comedy album, A Draggable Offense, is available on all major platforms, and can be heard on the She So Funny and Laugh Out Loud radio stations on Sirius XM. Always hosted by Marina Franklin - One Hour Comedy Special: Single Black Female ( Amazon Prime, CW Network), TBS's The Last O.G, Last Week Tonight with John Oliver, Hysterical on FX, The Movie Trainwreck, Louie Season V, The Jim Gaffigan Show, Conan O'Brien, Stephen Colbert, HBO's Crashing, and The Breaks with Michelle Wolf.

“What frame, what scene, ultimately what story is going to capture the most emotion to make you feel something? Because those are the films that have always resonated the most with me. Those films that actually make you feel. They stop you and they make you feel and make you think. They really jar you.”Director of photography John Matyśiak's career has focused on shooting internationally recognized independent films, which have screened at over 50 festivals worldwide, including the Festival de Cannes. Matyśiak is widely admired for his arresting, contemporary images, which evocatively support and amplify his directors' vision.He recently shot Meet Cute, a genre-defying dark comedy starring Pete Davidson and Hayley Cuoco, directed by Alex Lehmann and produced by Akiva Goldsman. Prior to shooting Old Henry, which premiered at TIFF 2021, Matyśiak achieved the Best Cinematography award at the 25th Los Angeles Asian-Pacific Film Festival for his work on the feature films, Two Shadows and Model Minority. His commercial clients include: Audi, Jameson, Nissan and Lexus. Matyśiak studied film at the Czech National Film School, FAMU, in Prague and Emerson College in Boston, MA. He is a member of the International Cinematographers Guild, Local 600. He is based in Los Angeles, CA. · www.johnmatysiak.com · www.creativeprocess.info

“What frame, what scene, ultimately what story is going to capture the most emotion to make you feel something? Because those are the films that have always resonated the most with me. Those films that actually make you feel. They stop you and they make you feel and make you think. They really jar you.”Director of photography John Matyśiak's career has focused on shooting internationally recognized independent films, which have screened at over 50 festivals worldwide, including the Festival de Cannes. Matyśiak is widely admired for his arresting, contemporary images, which evocatively support and amplify his directors' vision.He recently shot Meet Cute, a genre-defying dark comedy starring Pete Davidson and Hayley Cuoco, directed by Alex Lehmann and produced by Akiva Goldsman. Prior to shooting Old Henry, which premiered at TIFF 2021, Matyśiak achieved the Best Cinematography award at the 25th Los Angeles Asian-Pacific Film Festival for his work on the feature films, Two Shadows and Model Minority. His commercial clients include: Audi, Jameson, Nissan and Lexus. Matyśiak studied film at the Czech National Film School, FAMU, in Prague and Emerson College in Boston, MA. He is a member of the International Cinematographers Guild, Local 600. He is based in Los Angeles, CA. · www.johnmatysiak.com · www.creativeprocess.infoImage: Tim Blake Nelson in Old Henry

Director of photography John Matyśiak's career has focused on shooting internationally recognized independent films, which have screened at over 50 festivals worldwide, including the Festival de Cannes. Matyśiak is widely admired for his arresting, contemporary images, which evocatively support and amplify his directors' vision.He recently shot Meet Cute, a genre-defying dark comedy starring Pete Davidson and Hayley Cuoco, directed by Alex Lehmann and produced by Akiva Goldsman. Prior to shooting Old Henry, which premiered at TIFF 2021, Matyśiak achieved the Best Cinematography award at the 25th Los Angeles Asian-Pacific Film Festival for his work on the feature films, Two Shadows and Model Minority. His commercial clients include: Audi, Jameson, Nissan and Lexus. Matyśiak studied film at the Czech National Film School, FAMU, in Prague and Emerson College in Boston, MA. He is a member of the International Cinematographers Guild, Local 600. He is based in Los Angeles, CA. · www.johnmatysiak.com · www.creativeprocess.info

Director of photography John Matyśiak's career has focused on shooting internationally recognized independent films, which have screened at over 50 festivals worldwide, including the Festival de Cannes. Matyśiak is widely admired for his arresting, contemporary images, which evocatively support and amplify his directors' vision.He recently shot Meet Cute, a genre-defying dark comedy starring Pete Davidson and Hayley Cuoco, directed by Alex Lehmann and produced by Akiva Goldsman. Prior to shooting Old Henry, which premiered at TIFF 2021, Matyśiak achieved the Best Cinematography award at the 25th Los Angeles Asian-Pacific Film Festival for his work on the feature films, Two Shadows and Model Minority. His commercial clients include: Audi, Jameson, Nissan and Lexus. Matyśiak studied film at the Czech National Film School, FAMU, in Prague and Emerson College in Boston, MA. He is a member of the International Cinematographers Guild, Local 600. He is based in Los Angeles, CA. · www.johnmatysiak.com · www.creativeprocess.info

“What frame, what scene, ultimately what story is going to capture the most emotion to make you feel something? Because those are the films that have always resonated the most with me. Those films that actually make you feel. They stop you and they make you feel and make you think. They really jar you.”Director of photography John Matyśiak's career has focused on shooting internationally recognized independent films, which have screened at over 50 festivals worldwide, including the Festival de Cannes. Matyśiak is widely admired for his arresting, contemporary images, which evocatively support and amplify his directors' vision.He recently shot Meet Cute, a genre-defying dark comedy starring Pete Davidson and Hayley Cuoco, directed by Alex Lehmann and produced by Akiva Goldsman. Prior to shooting Old Henry, which premiered at TIFF 2021, Matyśiak achieved the Best Cinematography award at the 25th Los Angeles Asian-Pacific Film Festival for his work on the feature films, Two Shadows and Model Minority. His commercial clients include: Audi, Jameson, Nissan and Lexus. Matyśiak studied film at the Czech National Film School, FAMU, in Prague and Emerson College in Boston, MA. He is a member of the International Cinematographers Guild, Local 600. He is based in Los Angeles, CA. · www.johnmatysiak.com · www.creativeprocess.infoImage: Tim Blake Nelson in Old Henry

Haven Everly joins the TwoOhSix Podcast during the 2021 Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival to talk about her movie The Girl Who Left Home. We talk about how she got the role, making a movie focused on Filipino culture, and Haven even graced the podcast with her amazing singing voice. Thank you for watching this video, look for more interviews both here on Youtube and on the official TwoOhSix Podcast page anchor.fm/thetwoohsix. Look for Haven Everly on her social media pages: Instagram: @haven_everly TikTok: @haven_everly youtube.com/haveneverly You can also visit the official website for The Girl Who Left Home for more information on the movie and where it can be seen next. TwoOhSix.com Review of The Girl Who Left Home TwoOhSix Podcast interview with Mallorie Ortega TwoOhSix.com coverage of the 2021 LA Asian Pacific Film Festival TwoOhSix.com Facebook Instagram Twitter Special thank you to Will, Vince, and David at David Magdael and Associates for helping to make this interview possible and to the staff at the Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival for putting on another amazing event.

Patricio Ginelsa joins the TwoOhSix Podcast during the 2021 Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival to talk about his movie Lumpia with a Vengeance. We talk about how the film was crowd funded and wouldn't have been possible without community support, making a movie focused on Filipino culture, and growing up with comic books and super heroes. Thank you for watching this video, look for more interviews both here on Youtube and on the official TwoOhSix Podcast page anchor.fm/thetwoohsix. Look for Patricio Ginelsa on his social media pages: Instagram: @kidheroes Twitter: @kidheroes You can also visit the official website for Lumpia with a Vengeance for more information on the movie, where it can be seen next, and the comic books that expand the Lumpia Man story. www.LumpiaMovie.com TwoOhSix.com review of Lumpia with a Vengeance TwoOhSix.com coverage of the 2021 LA Asian Pacific Film Festival TwoOhSix.com Facebook Instagram Twitter Special thank you to Will, Vince, and David at David Magdael and Associates for helping to make this interview possible and to the staff at the Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival for putting on another amazing event.

Aimee Long joins the TwoOhSix Podcast during the 2021 Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival to talk about her movie A Shot Through the Wall. We talk about releasing a movie that dives right into the heart of some of the more culturally relevant topics of our time, putting together an amazing cast, and the difference between virtual and in person film festivals. Thank you for watching this video, look for more interviews both here on Youtube and on the official TwoOhSix Podcast page anchor.fm/thetwoohsix. Look for Aimee Long on her social media pages: Instagram: @theaimeelong Instagram: @ashotthroughthewallfilm Twitter: @ASTTWFilm Facebook: @ashotthroughthewall TwoOhSix.com review of A Shot Through the Wall TwoOhSix.com coverage of the 2021 LA Asian Pacific Film Festival TwoOhSix.com Facebook Instagram Twitter Special thank you to Will, Vince, and David at David Magdael and Associates for helping to make this interview possible and to the staff at the Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival for putting on another amazing event.

This is a special podcast episode in celebration of FILIPINO AMERICAN HISTORY MONTH and to kickoff Halloween month!Featuring:Fil-Am Director Randal Kamradt and actor Jake Macapagal from THE MONSTERS WITHOUT movie, which is an official selection of the Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival and is set to make its world premiere on October 1st alongside films such as 'The Fabulous Filipino Brothers' and 'Lumpia with a Vengeance'. Listen to this podcast to learn more about the film, Philippine mythological characters, and what it means for Randal and Jake to be Filipinos.Logline:An action-packed adventure through the Philippines featuring terrifying and amazing creatures from Filipino Mythology

125: “When you find authenticity & kindness in a person, keep them close.” Drive thru balut, Filipinos in show business, and turning childhood dreams into cathartic professional opportunities with Emy Coligado This conversation is also available on YouTube: https://youtu.be/xytpYt2mBMY (https://youtu.be/xytpYt2mBMY) Dog mom, Actress & Executive Producer Emy Coligado tells her story; a girl who leaves her hometown in Borger, TX to pursue her childhood dream in the performing arts in the Big Apple. Fast forward to today, Emy has secured a decorated resume for herself including the show that inspired it all - Miss Saigon - in the Broadway company. Bringing it back full circle, she recently finished filming & producing one of her favorite projects yet, titled ‘The Girl Who Left Home', that features a plot emulating one of the most difficult times she's had to face in real life: the loss of her dad. Playing the role of the nanay in a Filipino-lead film offered her a unique, cathartic opportunity to work through her grief. She dedicates this pride point in her life to her late father, and considers it an homage to her mother.  Emy shares the beauty of Filipinos in show business, and explains why the quality of your community is more important than its quantity. Learn more about Emy & her work at https://www.emycoligado.com/ (https://www.emycoligado.com/) or catch her on Instagram/YouTube @emycoligado. Watch The Girl Who Left Home now at https://www.girlwholeft.com/ (https://www.girlwholeft.com/) The Girl Who Left Home is an Official Selection and Encore Presentation of the Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival. Our film's LA premiere in-person screening is at Regal LA Live on Friday, October 1st at 6pm PT. For info or tickets visit https://linktr.ee/GirlWhoLeftHome (https://linktr.ee/GirlWhoLeftHome) -- LOVE OUR SHOW? Show your support and get exclusive access to the "Tsismis with Jen & Nani" podcast by visiting http://www.buyusboba.com/ (http://www.buyusboba.com/) Read what's new with our show: https://mailchi.mp/740c7aaedd09/tfawproject-7962173 (https://mailchi.mp/740c7aaedd09/tfawproject-7962173) FREE ONLINE COMMUNITY: Receive the latest stories and life lessons from our community by subscribing to our newsletter: http://eepurl.com/cO0bif (http://eepurl.com/cO0bif) WE ARE NOW ACCEPTING GUESTS FOR 2021! Apply today: https://forms.gle/6cyCnXdNQMDznFt58 (https://forms.gle/6cyCnXdNQMDznFt58) ABOUT US: Welcome to the Filipino American Woman Project - A Podcast Show that shares stories and life lessons told by individuals living (or have lived) in America, that are of Filipino descent and identify as female or non-binary. UPCOMING BOOK: Special thanks to the Bulosan Center for Filipino Studies at UC Davis for the opportunity to present our academic paper, Pinay Podcasters: Building a Self-Sustaining Community Through Storytelling, Collective Healing & Learning, and Collaboration. The initial draft is now available! Read more at http://pinaypodcasters.com/ (http://pinaypodcasters.com/) RECOGNITION: December 2020, we were nominated and received an Honorable Mention at the Asian American Podcaster's Inaugural Golden Crane Podcast Awards. August 2020, Jen Amos participated as a speaker on behalf of TFAW Project for PodFest Global, which now holds the GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS™ title for Largest Attendance for a Virtual Podcasting Conference in One Week. May 2020, we were recognized as “Amplifying Asian Women Voices” on Spotify during AAPI Heritage Month. We've also been featured in Realtime Community Oakland, Mochi Magazine, Ossa Collective, SUPERBANDS, Chopsticks Alley, FoundHer by Entrepinayship, Spotify, PodFest Expo, Philippine American Foundation for Charities, When In Manila, You Are Collect;ve, San Diego Union Tribune, NBC 7 San Diego, and much more! Read more at: https://linktr.ee/tfawproject.featured (https://linktr.ee/tfawproject.featured) CONTACT US: Find us on social...

Woot woot! We are back with this episode with Amrit Kaur one of the creators of Brown Girl Joy! Amrit is a sister, filmmaker, and creative! They are a first-generation queer undocumented person. Their film, “Udhaare Supne,” (Borrowed Dreams) was featured at the Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival (check it out!) This episode is all about what inspired Amrit to become a storyteller and how people along the way have changed their life--including joining the undocumented filmmakers collective. There is so much love in this episode!

Abraham Ferrer is the Archives and Distribution Manager for Visual Communications, a non-profit media arts organization based in downtown Los Angeles. They host the annual Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival. Because of the pandemic, the festival was moved to September this year. Send your entries now! Volunteer, sign up for classes, or even get some seasonal work at Visual Communications if you wanna help get our voices heard. We chat about the history of Visual Communications and the state of Asian American cinema now.  Visual Communications: vcmedia.org Asian CineVisions and the Asian American International Film Festival: asiancinevision.org Center for Asian American Media (nee National Asian American Telecommunications Association): caamedia.org San Francisco International Asian American Film Festival (now CAAMFest): caamedia.org/caamfest/ Pacific Arts Movement (presenter of the San Diego Asian Film Festival): pacarts.org Vancouver Asian Film Festival: paff.org Asian American Film Lab (presenter of the 72 Hour Film Shootout): asianamericanfilmlab.com   Report hate crimes to: https://stopaapihate.org   Abe also mentioned the D word (diversity) and the R word (representation).    Check out earlier episodes with Dr. Grace and Dr. Nathan, as we discuss specific issues growing up Asian in America: model minority myth, anxiety/depression, how Asian women and men are seen in America.    Produced and hosted by Angie Suh  twitter: @asian_fail  www.asianfail.com  Music by Purple Planet Royalty Free Music: https://www.purple-planet.com Do you wanna start your own podcast?  Record via Squadcast.fm  Host with Podbean.com   Tell them Asian Fail with Angie Suh referred you. Elbow taps all around!

Dublab x FEMMEBIT Present: The Art of Performance – W/ Nailah Hunter and Anna Luisa Petrisko. Nailah Hunter is a Caribbean American experimental composer and multi-instrumentalist based in Los Angeles. Inspired by high fantasy & nature magic, she creates immersive sonic worlds for rest and rumination with harp, layered vocals, glistening synths, and pedals. Anna Luisa Petrisko is an interdisciplinary artist in Los Angeles. Her mediums include experimental opera, analog video art, sound design, textiles and sculpture. Her recent project is a sci-fi opera and collaborative multimedia VR installation VIBRATION GROUP. Working with many artists and friends, she sees the shared practice as a way to nourish relationships and create communion. Anna Luisa has worked with many artist-led and non-profit organizations in LA including Coaxial Arts Foundation, Femmebit, Dublab, Los Angeles Performance Practice, LACE, CultureHub, SASSAS, Mutant Salon, Human Resources, KNOWLEDGES, Echo Park Film Center, Pilipino Worker’s Center, and the Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival. She teaches Video Art and Sound Design at California State University San Marcos. http://annaluisapetrisko.com​ The performances aim to create a physical and conceptual space that enriches and promotes the practice of Los Angeles musicians and visual artists. Funding from this grant, has enabled both organizations to pair six visual artists with six musicians to create 6 new collaborative audiovisual performances. Each performance consists of an original, A/V set. The performance will be broadcast on Dublab’s webstream this Saturday 19th at 4pm. This grant received from mediaThe foundation inc, supports DUBLAB and FEMMEBIT’s shared aim to promote and support our community of LA-based filmmakers, musicians, animators, and creative coders. The project’s all-female roster also aligns with FEMMEBIT’s mission to create a platform for female-identifying artists working in video and new media. By providing diverse talent from DUBLAB and FEMMEBIT’s communities with technical resources, physical space, and a wide-reaching web platform, The Art of Performance provides a unique opportunity for the dynamic, synesthetic aspects of live audiovisual performance to flourish and be shared with an audience now and for years to come.

A Thousand Cuts is a documentary that is currently being featured virtually in several film festivals around the country including the 2020 Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival which is how I had the opportunity to see it. Director Ramona Diaz generously took the time to talk about her movie and her amazing career. Thank you for listening to the TwoOhSix Podcast where we talk about movies with the people who make them.

Recorded live from the Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival, Jeff Yang and Phil Yu of the They Call Us Bruce podcast join Andrew to discuss Netflix’s Death Note, raising children in the current political landscape, Tikki Tikki Tembo, and much more. As always, leave us a message about anything you think is racist at (323) 389-RACE.

Finding Yingying is a documentary that is currently being featured virtually in several film festivals around the country including the 2020 Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival which is how I had the opportunity to see it. Director Jenny Shi generously took some time to talk about her movie and what it meant to her and to Yingying's family to document the life of a young woman who meant so much to so many.

Vietnamese American director, producer, and actor Hieu Gray joins BAO for some Vietnamese coffee and food and a conversation about her immigrant story, her creative process as a visual storyteller, and the challenges and goals she has as a woman in entertainment. Hieu's food documentary "Quan 13" is screening at the Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival until October 31, 2020. It features a soundtrack by BAO. Get passes at https://festival.vcmedia.org Find Hieu Gray at http://hieugray.com or find her Instagram at http://instagram.com/lapetitebelle_eats Coffee with BAO is a series of casual conversations with Vietnamese American songwriter and producer Bao Vo exploring creative process, cultural identity, and personal growth. Coffee with BAO is also available as a podcast. Support the show at http://coffeewithbao.com --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/baovomusic/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/baovomusic/support

the Furious, and in between, explores issues of documentary filmmaking, emerging media, and Asian-American identity. The episode features Sue Ding...We begin our discussion of Ding’s recent film, The Claudia Kishi Club, by exploring how and why the character of Claudia from The Babysitters Club franchise spoke to a generation of Asian-American youth and inspired many to enter the arts, helping to pave the way for more recent representations of Asian-American characters in YA media and beyond. We consider what it means that a new generation of youth are coming of age in a world of more diverse and inclusive representations. Ding tells us about efforts by BIPOC documentary artists to form networks for mutual support and collaboration that are responding to their historic exclusion. Discussing her role programming emerging media for the Los Angeles Asian-Pacific Film Festival, Ding describes how Covid-19 and Zoom are changing what we mean by emerging media as well as why augmented reality, mixed reality, and other emerging forms offer potential to tell new kinds of stories. We close with some of her reflections on the importance of The Fast and the Furious franchise and its evolving representations of race and gender.  Baby Sitter’s Club phenomenonClaudia KishiClaudia and Asian American womenWhich Baby-Sitters Club character are you?Velvet UndergroundThe Claudia Kishi Club includes interviews with:Naia CucukovGale GalliganSarah KuhnCB LeeYumi SakugawaPhil YuThey Call Us Bruce episode on Claudia KishiBaby-Sitters Club author Ann MartinThe Baby-Sitters Club on NetflixSome other current YA TV we mentioned:Pen15Sex EducationTo All the Boys I’ve Loved BeforeNever Have I EverAsian characters in YA fictionBechdel TestManzanar National Historic SiteSue’s sound installation for ManzanarGrandmother MimiMulan controversyIndieWire – Documentary films have a race problemBrown Girls Doc MafiaAsian American Documentary NetworkEmerging Media Program – Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film FestivalFilm festivals go virtualVR for a mass audience:The VoidStar Wars VRVR pornFor more discussion on VR, check out Episode 10: Nonny De La Peña on Ready Player One and the ethics and aesthetics of virtual reality The Fast and the Furious:Box office successGlobal fan baseWesley Morris on Race in The Fast and the Furious franchiseThe Rock – Samoan background in Hobbes and ShawVin Diesel as racially ambiguousSue’s episode of KCET’s Artbound: Light & Space George Takei:The TerrorThey Called Us EnemyStacy Smith Annenberg Inclusion Initiative researchLovecraft CountryShare your thoughts via Twitter with Henry, Colin and the How Do You Like It So Far? account! You can also email us at howdoyoulikeitsofarpodcast@gmail.com!Music:“In Time” by Dylan Emmett and “Spaceship” by Lesion X.

How do you define a "friend"? Have you ever broken up with one? Or just drifted apart? Does ghosting apply here? Realized someone that used to be a best friend no longer is? Had an unrequited friend love? Friends means a lot to us at every phase in life from the time we're wee little ones. They support us in hard times, inspire us to be better, hold us accountable, cover for us in crisis mode, share secrets and strange interests, and see us through our best and our worst. And also.. friendships change. As we become adults, our priorities shift, we relocate, we gain new interests, meet new people. Making and maintaining meaningful friendships remains just as important to our well-being, but our connections evolve. To discuss one complex topic, Minji sits down with her friend, creative producer and alternative rapper Dan Matthews. Their friendship started and deepened over the years through collaborative projects in their community and then with intentional heart to hearts. In this open conversation, Dan breaks down his views on how people can fall under different categories of friend intimacy, and even how to deal with drifting apart over time and straight incompatibility. Celebration, rejection, bonding, jealousy, confusion, love, loyalty...FRIENDSHIP. This week's guest:Dan Matthews (@DanAKADan)---This episode is brought to you by HBOThe finalists for the 2020 HBO APA Visionaries Short Film Competition have been announced! HBO Visionaries will be celebrating its 4th class of emerging Asian and Pacific Islander American filmmakers on Friday, September 25 during the virtual Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival.Tune in at 5pm PT/8pm ET, Friday, September 25 via www.hbovisionaries.com to meet this year’s Visionaries, watch the films, and see some familiar faces!  All three Visionary 2020 shorts will also be available to stream on HBO Max on Tuesday, September 29.---Follow Minji on:Twitter (@minjeeeezy)Instagram (@minjeezy)Music in this episode includes "Uzutrap" from by UzuhanFollow the show on Instagram and Twitter and support our PatreonThis podcast is part of Potluck: An Asian American Podcast CollectiveProduced by @marvinyueh

Strange things are afoot on this episode of Good Pop as the crew discuss the new film Bill & Ted Face the Music, but really, it's just an excuse to talk about how Keanu Reeves is great. Check out our discussion of this light-hearted time travel adventure and don't forget, be excellent to each other! What's Popping? - The Great Pottery Showdown, Alisha Rai, Steins;Gate---This episode is brought to you by HBOThe finalists for the 2020 HBO APA Visionaries Short Film Competition have been announced! HBO Visionaries will be celebrating its 4th class of emerging Asian and Pacific Islander American filmmakers on Friday, September 25 during the virtual Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival.Tune in at 5pm PT/8pm ET, Friday, September 25 via www.hbovisionaries.comto meet this year’s Visionaries, watch the films, and see some familiar faces!  All three Visionary 2020 shorts will also be available to stream on HBO Max on Tuesday, September 29.---Follow our hosts:Marvin Yueh - @marvinyuehJess Ju - @jessjutweetsHanh Nguyen - @hanhonymousFollow the show and engage with us at @goodpopclubPart of the Potluck Podcast CollectiveProduced by HappyEcstatic Media

On our September 2020 mid-month check-in, we go over the latest book and publishing news in Asian American literature, including going over the Asian American writers shortlisted for the National Book Awards, and react to the latest controversy on Asian Lit Twitter.---This episode is brought to you by HBOThe finalists for the 2020 HBO APA Visionaries Short Film Competition have been announced! HBO Visionaries will be celebrating its 4th class of emerging Asian and Pacific Islander American filmmakers on Friday, September 25 during the virtual Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival.Tune in at 5pm PT/8pm ET, Friday, September 25 via www.hbovisionaries.com to meet this year’s Visionaries, watch the films, and see some familiar faces!  All three Visionary 2020 shorts will also be available to stream on HBO Max on Tuesday, September 29.---Follow our hosts:Reera Yoo (@reeraboo)Marvin Yueh (@marvinyueh)Follow us:FacebookTwitterGoodreads GroupThe Books & Boba September 2020 pick is  Minor Feelings: An Asian American Reckoning by Cathy Park HongThis podcast is part of Potluck: An Asian American Podcast Collective

If there's anything that 2020 has taught us thus far, it's that health is wealth, tomorrow is not guaranteed, community and connection keep us afloat, and there are crucial issues that require our humanity's conscious attention and action. Even for those who have been aware and passionate about activism, representation, and civic participation prior to 2020, this year is undeniably significant. Time feels both endless and fleeting, our energy is zapped, our nerves fragile, and stakes for both society and the planet are high. In this episode, Minji sits down with Commissioner & contributing #HateIsAVirus host Sam Hyun to talk about why and how this generational & global rally for action matters so much. They dive into their backgrounds, the importance of the 2020 Census + voting, and how Sam found his passion for politics through the inspiring bad@$$ leaders before him, including his strong Korean American mother. Sam sheds light on how embracing our identities can help us understand how our voices matter in big and small ways. We can take space, exercise our power, hold leaders accountable, demand better, take responsibility for our communities, become leaders and reimagine a better future.  This one goes out to the millennial and zoomer generations who are now in full inheritance of guarding our future. We got this so let's handle it. ---This episode is brought to you by HBOThe finalists for the 2020 HBO APA Visionaries Short Film Competition have been announced! HBO Visionaries will be celebrating its 4th class of emerging Asian and Pacific Islander American filmmakers on Friday, September 25 during the virtual Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival.Tune in at 5pm PT/8pm ET, Friday, September 25 via www.hbovisionaries.comto meet this year’s Visionaries, watch the films, and see some familiar faces!  All three Visionary 2020 shorts will also be available to stream on HBO Max on Tuesday, September 29.---Follow Minji on:Twitter (@minjeeeezy)Instagram (@minjeezy)Follow guest Sam Hyun (@samueljhyun)Music in this episode includes "Uzutrap" from by UzuhanFollow the show on Instagram and Twitter and support our PatreonThis podcast is part of Potluck: An Asian American Podcast CollectiveProduced by @marvinyueh 

We get the gang back together one more time to reflect on another season of the Korean Drama Podcast. So how did we end up rating Secret Garden? Listen in as we cope for our feelings.Thank you to all our listeners who have joined us over the past few weeks. We'll see you all again for Season 3!---This episode is brought to you by HBOThe finalists for the 2020 HBO APA Visionaries Short Film Competition have been announced! HBO Visionaries will be celebrating its 4th class of emerging Asian and Pacific Islander American filmmakers on Friday, September 25 during the virtual Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival.Tune in at 5pm PT/8pm ET, Friday, September 25 via www.hbovisionaries.comto meet this year’s Visionaries, watch the films, and see some familiar faces!  All three Visionary 2020 shorts will also be available to stream on HBO Max on Tuesday, September 29.---Follow us on twitter at @koreandramapodSubscribe to the podcast on Apple Podcasts, Google Play, Spotify, or our RSS Feed!Korean Drama Podcast is a part of the Potluck Podcast CollectiveProduced by @marvinyueh

As California burns, we turn to some good pop to get us through these tough times. This week the crew chats about their experiences with Martial Arts films and TV, a genre that whether we like it or not, is a major cultural touchpoint on how people see us as Asians. We also ask, does a good martial arts film need plot?What's Popping? - Interior Design Masters, Wings, The Paradise We're Looking For---This episode is brought to you by HBOThe finalists for the 2020 HBO APA Visionaries Short Film Competition have been announced! HBO Visionaries will be celebrating its 4th class of emerging Asian and Pacific Islander American filmmakers on Friday, September 25 during the virtual Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival.Tune in at 5pm PT/8pm ET, Friday, September 25 via www.hbovisionaries.comto meet this year’s Visionaries, watch the films, and see some familiar faces!  All three Visionary 2020 shorts will also be available to stream on HBO Max on Tuesday, September 29.---Follow our hosts:Marvin Yueh - @marvinyuehJess Ju - @jessjutweetsHanh Nguyen - @hanhonymousFollow the show and engage with us at @goodpopclubPart of the Potluck Podcast CollectiveProduced by HappyEcstatic Media

For this week's episode of Saturday School, where we're exploring Asian American interracial cinema, we have a special guest: Josslyn Luckett, assistant professor of cinema studies at New York University! We've invited her to our podcast to tell us about her research, which explores the beginnings of an affirmative action initiative at UCLA's film school in the late 1960s and early 1970s called Ethno-Communications. Before there were organizations created to center each racial group's specific experience (some of these students branched off to create Visual Communications, which produces the Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival), aspiring filmmaking students of color in L.A. studied together, ventured out into different ethnic communities together, protested injustice together, got arrested together and made films about it all together. Laura Ho's 1970 short film "Sleepwalkers" explores the headspace following an arrest for protesting on behalf of an unjustly fired Black food worker. Duane Kubo's 1975 "Cruisin' J-Town," which we covered in Season 3, ends with a cross-cultural rendition of El Teatro Campersino’s “America de los Indios.” And Alan Kondo's 1974 "...I Told You So" documents Japanese American poet Lawson Inada, who grew up in a Chicano community, was influenced by Black music and later became one of the co-editors of a 1974 anthology on Asian American literature (published by Howard University Press). Brian and I often joke that accessibility is not a requirement when it comes to the films we talk about in Saturday School. Many of these films are only available in college libraries or in the archives of Visual Communications in their Little Tokyo office in downtown Los Angeles. But even if we can't watch all of them, Josslyn wants us all to know that there is a long history of Asian American, Black, Latino American and Native American filmmakers working in solidarity to document and illuminate each others' music, poetry and struggles.

Alice Ko is an actress and singer.  The Hong Kong-born American actress is known for her subtle dramatic roles in independent films. She has starred in festival darlings that have screened at the New Orleans Film Festival, Denver Film Festival, Seattle Asian American Film Festival, RiverRun International Film Festival, and Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival among others. Her short film, "The Shuttle", is part of Cannes Court Metrage 2018.  Alice graduated from University of California, Berkeley with a degree in Chemical Engineering. She began to pursue her career in acting while working as a professional singer with San Francisco Symphony Chorus and a piano teacher. She has studied Meisner Technique at American Conservatory Theatre and Comedy Technique at Lesly Kahn & Company.  In 2014, she landed a supporting role in TV movie "Exposed" directed by Patty Jenkins and has since worked on various film and TV projects, including HBO's hit show "Silicon Valley". She is a member of SAG-AFTRA and the American Guild of Musical Artists. Alice shares how she was able to quit her full-time job in the tech industry to pursue a career in acting and singing even when she was offered $5000 more dollars from her boss.  She shares how she was able to trust her innate self to do what she loves today. Check out https://thetaoofselfconfidence.com for show notes of Alice's episode, Alice's website, resources, gifts and so much more.

For My Father's Kingdom, In Conversation With The Director Vea Mafile'o Vea Mafile'o (Tongan/Maori/Scottish/English) is a freelance television and film director and artist who has worked and exhibited extensively throughout the Pacific. Her debut feature, ‘For My Father’s Kingdom’, had its World Premiere at the prestigious Berlin Film Festival 2019, and won a Jury Award at the Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival, recently securing 3rd place for the Melbourne International Documentary audience awards. It is the first Pacific Island feature documentary funded by the NZFC, directed & produced by Tongan females. Her short film ‘Toaipuapuaga - Strength in Suffering’ also had an international Premiere in Berlinale 2019 and won her the Moana Best Pasifika Non- Fiction Director award at the Wairua Film Festival this year. She co-founded the production company Malosi pictures and produced and co-directed Digital Fananga, three legends filmed in Tonga, of which the award-winning Aho`eitu won the Breakthrough Award at the Sydney Pasifika Film Festival in 2016.  She is also the co-founder of The Nuku`alofa Film Festival in Tonga and founder of the Okalani Film Festival, the first Tongan film festival in Aotearoa. Last year, she was also selected for the Script to Screen Film Up programme and awarded the mentorship of Pietra BrettKelly (Yellow is forbidden). In 2017, she won a Southside shorts programme which secured yearlong hubs and a mentorship with Miriam Smith (The Ground We Won).  She is currently working on her next film and has received development funds from the New Zealand Film Commission for her feature documentary: Toa, The Stigmata of Samoa  

On this special presentation of On Story, we’re taking a closer look at some of the incredible films chosen to screen at the 26th Annual Austin Film Festival and the filmmakers behind these films. We spoke with filmmakers whose work represents some of the most original voices in filmmaking from around the world and the challenges they faced in their creative process as well as the breakthroughs that led them to Austin Film Festival. On this week’s On Story, writer/director Van Ditthavong discusses his feature film Sleeping in Plastic. The film tells the story of a high school wrestler who becomes ensnared by an alluring drifter. Desperate to escape her sadistic lover, he is drawn deeper into the dangerous underside of his small Texas town.   Van Ditthavong was born in Vientiane, Laos and immigrated to the US when he was 4-years-old. He began his career as an award-winning still photographer before transitioning to filmmaking. His short films have been screened at the Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival, The Independent Filmmakers Showcase, The Atlanta Shortsfest, and The Pasadena International Film Festival.  Sleeping in Plastic stars Alex MacNicoll, Addison Timlin, Nick Chinlund, and Dash Mihok and is produced by Red Entertainment and goPOP FILMS. This is Van Ditthavong's first feature directing debut.    

CELEBRITY GUEST: Kaitlyn Fae HOSTS: Cat McGuire, Salvador Madrigal, Samson Lancaster  We had the absolute pleasure of interviewing Director, Actor,Writer, and Host of Pangeekery Podcast, Kaitlyn Fae! We talk in depth about Board games, Tiddies and Hentai, nuff' said. Music: n8bit   Become a Patron of STR CAST Kaitlyn Fae Biography Kaitlyn Fae is a Filipina-American film writer, director, actor, and singer who hails from Los Angeles, California. Kaitlyn graduated from the University of California, Santa Barbara in 2012 with a degree in English. Despite having originally intended to become a musical theater actress, in recent years Kaitlyn has turned to writing and directing for both theater and film. Her movie directorial debut, Madeira, premiered at the Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival in 2017. In 2018, Madeira won "Best Music" at the Feedback Female Film Festival. Kaitlyn continues to write, direct, and produce her own original shorts. - IMDb Mini Biography By: Kaitlyn Fae

Presenting part 2 of our coverage from the 2019 Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival! On this installment, we chat with more Asian American actors, producers, and filmmakers about their projects that screened at LAAPFF, including catching up with some old friends! Featured on this episode are: Bao Nguyen & Jeff Chang from We Gon' Be Alright Kevin Kreider, Doris Yeung, Bianca Kuijper, & Bing Wang from The Ugly Model Mandi Li, Celia Au, & Yi Liu from In a New York Minute Kulap Vilaysack from Origin Story Learn more about Visual Communication’s 2019 Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival at festival.vcmedia.org As always, send us your listener emails at podcast@kollaboration.org Learn more about the KollabCast and listen to past episodes here Follow the films featured on this episode: We Gon' Be Alrightbealright.netWatch now on Facebook Watch The Ugly Modelwww.uglymodeldoc.com @uglymodeldoc In a New York Minute IMDB Page Origin Storywww.originstorydoc.com @originstorydocWatch Now on Amazon Prime Follow our hosts at: @marvinyueh@minjeeeezy Subscribe to us on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Stitcher, Spotify, Radio Public or via our RSS feed (http://kollaboration.libsyn.com/rss) The KollabCast is a podcast about pop culture and the creative life from an Asian American perspective

On this special episode of the KollabCast, we bring you part one of our interviews from the 2019 Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival which took place over the first week of May in LA. We chat with some amazing Asian American filmmakers about their films and what it means to be screening at one of the largest Asian American film festivals in the nation. Featured on this episode are: Elizabeth Ai from A Woman's Work: The NFL's Cheerleader Problem Andrea A Walter, Osric Chau, Dante Basco, Brian Merrick, Madeleine Humphries, JoAnn Banaga, Iya Yujuico, & Robert Ouyang Rusli from Empty by Design Emily Ting & Lynn Chen from Go Back to China Learn more about Visual Communication’s 2019 Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival at festival.vcmedia.org As always, send us your listener emails at podcast@kollaboration.org Learn more about the KollabCast and listen to past episodes here Follow the films featured on this episode: A Woman's Work: The NFL's Cheerleader Problem www.awomansworkdoc.com @AWomansWorkDoc Empty By Designwww.emptybydesignmovie.com @EmptybyDesign Go Back to China www.gobacktochinafilm.com  @GoBacktoChinafilm Follow our hosts at: @marvinyueh@minjeeeezy Subscribe to us on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Stitcher, Spotify, Radio Public or via our RSS feed (http://kollaboration.libsyn.com/rss) The KollabCast is a podcast about pop culture and the creative life from an Asian American perspective

Our interviews with filmmakers from the Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival continue in part two of our coverage. Alan Ng chats with Kevin Kreider and Doris Yeung of The Ugly Model; Julian Kim, Peter S. Lee, and Hyanghwa of Happy Cleaners; Sergio M. Rapu of Eating Up Easter; Tim Tsai and Dr. Thao Ha of Seadrift; and Ximan Li, Celia Au, and Yi Liu of In A New York Minute.

The 35th anniversary of the Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival marks a special occasion with so many terrific films and filmmakers. Film Threat managing editor Alan Ng spoke to several LAAPFF filmmakers in attendance including Thien Pham, Thien Nguyen, Long Nguyen of Actress Wanted; Andrea Walter, Dante Basco, Osric Chau of Empty By Design, Diane Paragas of Yellow Rose; and Chris Gore talks to Anna Akana about Go Back to China.

Another interview from the Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival! The documentary "Seadrift" looks at the small fishing town of Seadrift, Texas in the 1970s, when incoming Vietnamese immigrants received racist backlash from the community. Conor interviewed director Tim Tsai and consultant Dr. Thao Ha about telling this town's story and how the community has evolved over the past 40 years. Hosted by Carlos Aguilar & Conor Holt. Music by Kevin MacLeod at www.incompetech.com

We're at the Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival this week! The documentary "Eating Up Easter" looks at the island of Rapa Nui, aka Easter Island, and how the rampant tourism and overwhelming garbage is threatening the future of the island's native people. Conor interviewed director Sergio Rapu about his people's side of the story and hopefully reaching a worldwide audience. Hosted by Carlos Aguilar & Conor Holt. Music by Kevin MacLeod at www.incompetech.com

The world is enriched by the diversity represented through the collaboration and connection between people of different races and cultures. The media should also be a reflection of that, of what we see in our world on a daily basis. My guest today is Laarni Dacanay who I also serve with as members of the PBS Southern Callifornia Asian Pacific Islander Community council to help promote diversity and inclusion within PBS Socal’s Programming. We talk about our own individual paths that led us to be activists who are passionate about promoting diversity in our culture and helping to be change agents in the entertainment industry so that it is a true reflection of our world and our unique stories. Join us for this fun and fascinating conversation about inspired us to continuing doing work to make a difference in our communities, taking risks, the state of affairs for Asian Pacific Islanders in entertainment, and living life with passion and purpose which includes being activists in the entertainment and Asian Pacific Islander Community. (Note: In the episode, Panney is referenced as attending Temple, but she actually attended Tufts Univ.) Connect with Panney Wei at: Instagram: @seethewaywithpanneywei Facebook: www.facebook.com/seethewaywithpanneywei Twitter: @panneywei Website: www.panneywei.com

Host Paul Booth and Co-EP Carolyn Booth will review the indie-film IN A NEW YORK MINUTE. IN A NEW YORK MINUTE will have its World Premiere at the 2019 Newport Beach Film Festival on Sunday, April 28, 2019 and a Los Angeles premiere at the 2019 Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival. IN A NEW YORK MINUTE follows three strangers as they accidentally discover the solution to their problems lies in a single pregnancy test. Amy is haunted by a past breakup that has manifested into an eating disorder. Angel is caught between a loveless marriage to an American business man and a passionate affair with a Chinese writer. Nina moonlights as an escort in order to support herself. Based on a Chinese short story, IN A NEW YORK MINUTE takes a slice-of-life look at relationships highlighted by its Asian and Asian American-led cast. First time writer/director Ximan Li leads a female driven production crew to create an intimate character study that interprets love from three different points of view. The film stars Celia Au, Amy Chang, Yi Liu, with Ludi Lin, and Cheng Pei Pei.

On this episode, the AHSIA team speaks with author, model, and fitness guru, Kevin Kreider! Kevin speaks out about being a Korean adoptee, an ex-actor, and the importance of recognizing self hatred, and helping empower many Asian Americans to find the beauty in themselves and challenging beauty standards. Kevin also talks about his experience in being the focal point of the documentary, The Ugly Model, featured in the 2019 Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival! Farial shakes her head at Parimal and Debesh's jokes. Again.

On this week's KollabCast, we bring you our Filmmakers Panel from last month's 2019 EMPOWER Creative Leadership Conference. Moderator William Yu leads a fascinating discussion with four amazing Asian American film directors. Featuring panelists Andrew Ahn (Spa Night, Driveways), Lulu Wang (The Farewell), Tanuj Chopra (Staycation, Punching at the Sun), & Diane Paragas (Yellow Rose)! Learn more about Visual Communication’s 2019 Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival at festival.vcmedia.org Intro & outro music for this episode is “Uzuhan” by Kollaboration AltantaAlum, Uzuhan As always, send us your listener emails at podcast@kollaboration.org Learn more about the KollabCast and listen to past episodes here Subscribe to us on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Stitcher, Spotify, Radio Public or via our RSS feed (http://kollaboration.libsyn.com/rss) Follow our panelists at: William Yu @its_willyu Andrew Ahn - Director of Driveways @andrewahnfilms Lulu Wang - Director of The Farewell @thumbelulu Tanuj Chopra - Director of Staycation @Chopsfilms Diane Paragas - Director of Yellow Rose @dianeparagas   Follow our hosts at: @marvinyueh @minjeeeezy The KollabCast is a podcast about pop culture and the creative life from an Asian American perspective A proud member of the Potluck Podcast Collective

The closing night film of the 2019 Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival is Empty by Design, a story of two filipino millenials who return home after some time abroad and find themselves drawn together through their mutual loneliness. On this episode of the KollabCast, we chat with director Andrea A. Walter, Producer/Actors Osric Chau and Chris Pang, and editor Brian Merrick about their work on the film, their challenges as indie filmmakers, and their thoughts as they prepare to world premiere their film at LAAPFF. Learn more about Visual Communication’s 2019 Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival at festival.vcmedia.org Intro & outro music for this episode is “Uzuhan” by Kollaboration Altanta Alum, Uzuhan As always, send us your listener emails at podcast@kollaboration.org Learn more about the KollabCast and listen to past episodes here Subscribe to us on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Stitcher, Spotify, Radio Public or via our RSS feed (http://kollaboration.libsyn.com/rss) Follow our guests at: Empty By Design @EmptybyDesign Follow our hosts at: @marvinyueh The KollabCast is a podcast about pop culture and the creative life from an Asian American perspective A proud member of the Potluck Podcast Collective

On this episode of the KollabCast, we begin the road to APA Heritage Month with a preview of one of the month's biggest events, the Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival, hosted by our community friends at Visual Communications. Deadline Hollywood editor Dino-Ray Ramos joins the podcast along with Festival programmers Eseel Borlasa and Lindy Leong to talk about why Asian American film festivals are important, as well as give us a preview of the hottest films coming to LAAPFF 2019. Learn more about Visual Communication's 2019 Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival at festival.vcmedia.org Intro & outro music for this episode is “Uzuhan” by Kollaboration AltantaAlum, Uzuhan As always, send us your listener emails at podcast@kollaboration.org Learn more about the KollabCast and listen to past episodes here Subscribe to us on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Stitcher, Spotify, Radio Public or via our RSS feed (http://kollaboration.libsyn.com/rss) Follow our guests at: Dino-Ray Ramos @dinoray Eseel Borlasa & Lindy Leong @vcmediaorg Follow our hosts at: @marvinyueh@minjeeeezy The KollabCast is a podcast about pop culture and the creative life from an Asian American perspective A proud member of the Potluck Podcast Collective

On this special episode of the KollabCast, we chat with the newly minted 2019 HBO APA Visionaries finalists at the EMPOWER 2019 kickoff event at RED Studios in Hollywood. Minji chats with Julie Zhan, Nirav Bhatka, and So Young Shelly Yo about their making their films and being named finalists by HBO. Stream all three finalist films on HBO Now and HBO Go in May and catch the premiere on May 3rd at the Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival!   Intro & outro music for this episode is “Star in my Eyes” by Kollaboration Seattle Alum, Gowe As always, send us your listener emails at podcast@kollaboration.org Learn more about the KollabCast and listen to past episodes here Subscribe to us on Apple Podcasts, Google Play Music, Stitcher, Spotify, Radio Public or via our RSS feed (http://kollaboration.libsyn.com/rss) Follow our guests at: Julie Zhan @dancejujudance Nirav Bhakta  @Nirav521 So Yun Shelly Yo IG: @soyoungie.yo Sujata Day @sujataday Follow our hosts at: @marvinyueh@minjeeeezy The KollabCast is a podcast about pop culture and the creative life from an Asian American perspective A proud member of the Potluck Podcast Collective

Recorded at C3: Conference for Creative Content at the Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival, Jeff and Phil moderate a panel discussion with director Jon M. Chu, screenwriter Adele Lim, and cast members Nico Santos and Chris Pang of CRAZY RICH ASIANS.

This episode is all about the next generation of visionaries! Earlier this month at the 2018 Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival, we attended the premiere of the 2018 HBO APA Visionaries Short Films. Three directors, chosen out of thousands of submissions, will have their films showcased on HBO during the month of May and available to stream on HBO Go and Now apps. The KollabCast was able to sit down with the three directors, Huay-Bing Law, Fiona Roan, and Maritte Go, to talk about their films as well as their experiences as Asian American film directors. We also chat with representatives from HBO Leonardo Nam, Sujata Day, and Jackie Gagne. Learn more about the HBO APA Visionaries Program This is the last of our 3 episodes covering Visual Communication's Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival 2018. Featured guests in this episode: Leonardo Nam (@leonardo_nam) - 2018 HBO APA Visionaries Ambassador Sujata Day (@sujataday) - 2019 HBO APA Visionaries Ambassador Jackie Gagne - HBO VP of Multicultural Marketing   Huay-Bing Law (@huaylaw) - 2018 APA HBO Visionaries Finalist, Director of June Feng-I Fiona Roan - 2018 HBO APA Visionaries Finalist, Director of Jie Jie Maritte Go (IG: martygo) - 2018 HBO APA Visionaries Finalist, Director of Remittance  This week’s intro & outro music is “Calling For You” the new single from Kollab Alum Travis Atreo Also, help us improve the KollabCast by filling out this survey! As always, send us your listener emails at podcast@kollaboration.org Learn more about the KollabCast and listen to past episodes here Subscribe to us on Apple Podcasts, Google Play Music, Stitcher, Spotify, Radio Public or via our RSS feed (http://kollaboration.libsyn.com/rss) Follow our hosts at: @minjeeeezy @marvinyueh The KollabCast is a podcast about pop culture and the creative life from an Asian American perspective A proud member of the Potluck Podcast Collective

This episode is a special shoutout to all the immigrant babies out there and an inside look for those who are not! Fresh off of attending the 2018 Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival, Minji chats with her friend So Yun Um, who just premiered her short film "Liquor Store Babies" as part of the festival's Armed with a Camera Fellowship. Inspired by the themes of the documentary short, Minji and So discuss growing up the children of immigrant parents working in the service industry as small business owners and the untold stories of middle class Asian American families. This week's guest: So Yun Um (@ssoyunum) Follow Minji on: Twitter (@minjeeeezy) Instagram (@minjeezy) Our theme song is "Yellow Ranger" by Awkwafina Follow the show on Instagram and Twitter and support our Patreon This podcast is part of Potluck: An Asian American Podcast Collective Produced by @marvinyueh

We continue on with the KollabCast's coverage of the 2018 Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival. On this episode, host Marvin Yueh chats with the filmmakers behind Kuleana, In the Life of Music, Waru, and ULAM: Main Dish. Stay tuned, this is part 2 of 3 episodes of our coverage of LAAPFF 2018. In this episode: Kuleana – Brian Kohne (Writer/Director), Branscombe Richmond (Producer/Actor), Adi Ell-Ad (Editor) & Moronai Kaneoka (actor) In the Life of Music – Caylee So (Co-Director), Visal Sok (Co-Director), Neardey Trinh (Producer) & Prach Ly (Producer) Waru – Chelsea Winstanley (Director) ULAM: Main Dish - Alexandra Cuerdo (Director) & Rey Cuerdo (Producer) This week’s intro & outro music is “Calling For You” the new single from Kollab Alum Travis Atreo Also, help us improve the KollabCast by filling out this survey! As always, send us your listener emails at podcast@kollaboration.org Learn more about the KollabCast and listen to past episodes here Subscribe to us on Apple Podcasts, Google Play Music, Stitcher, Spotify, Radio Public or via our RSS feed (http://kollaboration.libsyn.com/rss) Follow our hosts at: @minjeeeezy @marvinyueh The KollabCast is a podcast about pop culture and the creative life from an Asian American perspective A proud member of the Potluck Podcast Collective

On this special episode of the KollabCast, host Marvin Yueh brings you interviews from the 2018 Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival with the filmmakers behind festival films Fiction & Other Realities, It's a Party, and Searching. Stay tuned, this is part 1 of 3 episodes of our coverage of LAAPFF 2018 coming out this week In this episode: Fiction & Other Realities - Bobby Choy (Writer/Director/Lead), Sejin Park (Producer) & Todd Goble (actor) It's a Party - Weldon Wong Powers (Director) & Lamar Woods (Co-Producer/Writer/Actor) Searching - Aneesh Chagantay (Director) & Sev Ohanian (Co-Producer) This week’s intro & outro music is “Calling For You” the new single from Kollab Alum Travis Atreo Also, help us improve the KollabCast by filling out this survey! As always, send us your listener emails at podcast@kollaboration.org Learn more about the KollabCast and listen to past episodes here Subscribe to us on Apple Podcasts, Google Play Music, Stitcher, Spotify, Radio Public or via our RSS feed (http://kollaboration.libsyn.com/rss) Follow our hosts at: @minjeeeezy @marvinyueh The KollabCast is a podcast about pop culture and the creative life from an Asian American perspective A proud member of the Potluck Podcast Collective

On the May 4, 2018 episode of /Film Daily, /Film editor-in-chief Peter Sciretta is joined by senior writer Ben Pearson, and writer Hoai-Tran Bui to talk about the new Fast and Furious Supercharged ride at Universal Studios Orlando, an update on the future of the Fast and the Furious franchise, and more Avengers: Infinity War discussion including details on a deleted scene, Peter's guess about an Ant-Man and the Wasp end credits tie-in, and we'll talk about a bunch of fan theories for Avengers 4 including one that has been confirmed by the directors.   You can subscribe to /Film Daily on iTunes, Google Play, Overcast, Spotify and all the popular podcast apps (here is the RSS URL if you need it).   Opening Banter: Peter returns from a trip to Orlando, severely sunburnt   At The Water Cooler: Peter rode the new Fast and the Furious Supercharged ride at Universal Studios in Orlando Florida. Ben saw Searching at the Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival. HT got to YEAR 2 of the Harry Potter Hogwarts Mystery game.   In the News: Ben - Justin Lin Returning to Direct ‘Fast 9' and ‘Fast 10', Says Vin Diesel Spoiler Warning for Infinity War and Avengers 4 speculation The Russo Brothers Reveal ‘Infinity War' Deleted Scene Peter's Ant-Man and The Wasp theory ‘Avengers: Infinity War' Director Joe Russo Confirms the Soul Stone Theory   In Our Feature Presentation: 7 ‘Avengers 4' Fan Theories That Deal With The Fallout of ‘Infinity War' Does Death Even Matter in the Marvel Cinematic Universe? Other articles mentioned: 12 Iconic Marvel Comics Moments That ‘Avengers: Infinity War' Brings to Life ‘Search' Review: An Electrifying Thriller That Unfolds On Computer Screens   All the other stuff you need to know:   You can find more about all the stories we mentioned on today's show at slashfilm.com, and linked inside the show notes.   /Film Daily is published every weekday, bringing you the most exciting news from the world of movies and television as well as deeper dives into the great features from slashfilm.com.   You can subscribe to /Film Daily on iTunes, Google Play, Overcast, Spotify and all the popular podcast apps (RSS).   Please feel free to send your feedback, questions, comments and concerns to us at peter@slashfilm.com. Please leave your name and general geographic location in case we mention the e-mail on the air.   Please rate and review the podcast on iTunes, tell your friends and spread the word!   Thanks to Sam Hume for our logo.

Fourteen-year-old Eleanor (ADELINA AMOSCO) is tormented at school because of the large red birthmarks across her face. Eleanor’s devoted teacher Ms. Gutierrez (KATHLEEN CHANGHO) encourages her to ignore her bullies and focus on her studies. But when things get really bad, Eleanor runs away from school to work in a restaurant run by Alex (ROD RODRIQUEZ), a grown man with whom she is having a casual affair. At home, Eleanor is raised by her grandmother (SHIRLEY CUYUGAN O’BRIEN), who dotes on her granddaughter even though she does not understand her. Eleanor prefers to be alone. At night, if she gazes at the water stains on her bedroom wall, they transform into mountains, leading into a vast, desolate landscape. In this world, Eleanor is alone and free. One day the kids start to tease Eleanor, “who’s the father?” and she discovers a baby crying alone in her dreamed landscape. When another student, Carly (VANESSA CARMONA) asks Eleanor what happened to her baby, Eleanor breaks down and attacks her. Eleanor is arrested and confined until Ms. Gutierrez is able to get her released and enrolled in a new school. Eleanor wants to succeed there, but the pressure of her impending assault trial and the increasing complexity of her life in her dreamed world may push this hope out of her reach. Director Cath Gulick joins us to talk about her haunting, lyrical portrait of a young woman searching for her own place in a hostile world. For news and updates go to: thefeverandthefret.com * For news and updates on the Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival go to: Festival.VConline.org/2018

This week, we have a megapodcast with artists whose films made it into the 2018 Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival.  Director Alexandra Cuerdo and producer Rey Cuerdo of "ULAM: Main Dish" documentary about Filipino food.  Jeremy Sistoso, director/writer/actor of "Fakepino" a short film that explores the complexities of being half Filipino and half Caucasian.  Cath Gulick, the director of "The Fever and the Fret" a feature film with a majority Filipino American cast. The movie is about a troubled young woman. We learn about the films, their unique perspectives, and the process of filmmaking in the jam packed megapodcast episode! To learn more about the films, visit festival.vconline.org  

    On this bonus episode of TFAL podcast we talk to Filipino American filmmaker Alexandra Cuerdo and producer Rey Cuerdo about their film ULAM: Main Dish, which will be screening at the Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival on Sunday, May 6th, 2018 at 4pm. How hungry did they get while making the documentary?...

Bonus episode of Saturday School this week, as we speak with director Bing Liu and producer Diane Quon about their Sundance Award-winning documentary Minding the Gap. In the film, Bing Liu documents the stories of a couple of his skateboarding friends from Rockford, Illinois, and they bond over their volatile relationships with their fathers. We talk about Bing's route into filmmaking through his experimentation within the skateboarding video form, how he expands beyond it into traditional documentary, and how he worked with Steve James' Kartemquin Films to bring his story to life. It's playing this Saturday, May 5 at the Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival - and since they're on a nation-wide, world-wide festival run, it's very likely coming to a film festival near you.

Visual Communications, the nation’s premier Asian Pacific American media arts center, announced its outstanding program of films and events for the upcoming 34th edition of the Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival (LAAPFF) running MAY 3 – MAY 12, 2018. The all encompassing annual film celebration is presented across Los Angeles in West Hollywood, Downtown LA, Little Tokyo, Koreatown, and Hollywood. Visual Communications proudly celebrates the Film Festival’s 34 years as Southern California’s largest and most prestigious film festival of its kind.  LAAPFF launches the celebration of Asian Pacific Heritage Month through this year’s slate of over 100 films from both Asian Pacific American and Asian international artists.  For over three decades, the Festival has presented nearly 5,000 films by Asian Pacific American and Asian International talent. This year, 39 feature films and 79 shorts from the over 800 submissions will be showcased during the ten-day fest. The Festival opens with the Los Angeles premiere of Aneesh Chaganty’s feature debut  SEARCHING starring John Cho and Debra Messing giving audiences an early chance to see the movie that took the NEXT audience award and the Alfred P. Sloan award at the 2018 Sundance Film Festival. Other programs include  CENTERPIECE FILMS will feature two outstanding world premieres with IN THE LIFE OF MUSIC and FICTION & OTHER REALITIES. Centerpiece Films will be presented on Saturday, May 5th at the Aratani Theatre at the Japanese American Community and Cultural Center (JACCC) in Little Tokyo – Downtown Los Angeles.  The CLOSING NIGHT FILM will be the Los Angeles premiere of the acclaimed 2018 Sundance World Documentary Special Jury Award winner MATANGI/ MAYA/ M.I.A., directed by Stephen Loveridge.  Inspired by her roots, M.I.A. created a mashup, cut-and-paste identity that pulled from every corner of her journey; a sonic sketchbook that blended Tamil politics, art school punk, hip-hop beats and the voice of multicultural youth. Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival Co-Director David Magdael will join us to talk about this years’s exciting line up. For news and updates on the Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival go to: Festival.VConline.org/2018

Live from the 2017 Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival, Marvin is joined by special guests Jess Ju, Director of Programs & Ops at CAPE, and Andrew Ahn, award winning director of Spa Night for a special live episode of Fresh Creatives. Together, our creative dream team develops "Merit," an thrilling heist story filled with brave girl scouts, shady tech bros, and Ja Rule. Have an idea for the Fresh Creatives team? Submit it by filling out this form: http://bit.ly/PitchFC Like what you hear? Connect with us on Facebook or Twitter (@freshxcreatives) Follow our hosts at: @chrisdinh @porterduong @marvinyueh Follow our special guests at: @jessjutweets @AndrewAhnFilms Fresh Creatives is a part of Potluck: An Asian American Podcast Collective

The team is back together as Minji returns to the KollabCast fresh from her brother's college graduation in Michagan. Just in time too as we head into one of the busiest (and first) weeks of Asian Pacific American Heritage month. This episode we bring you recording from the field at two major APA events, the closing night of the Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival, and the Identity LA music festival! In addition we also discuss graduation, Guardians of the Galaxy vol. 2, and the debace known as the Fyre Festival. Happy #APAHM! This week’s intro & outro music is “North Cack” from G Yamazawa’s new full length album, “Shouts to Durham” As always, send us your listener questions at podcast@kollaboration.org Learn more about the KollabCast and listen to past episodes here Subscribe to us on iTunes, Google Play Music, Stitcher, or via our RSS feed (http://kollaboration.libsyn.com/rss) In ADDITION, you can now subscribe and listen to the KollabCast on Spotify! Don't forget to check out the Spotify APAHM  hub. Follow our hosts at: @minjeeeezy @marvinyueh The KollabCast is a podcast about pop culture and the creative life from an Asian American perspective A proud member of the Potluck Podcast Collective

Congratulations, you've won a special bonus episode of the KollabCast! This episode is a compilation of Kollaboration's coverage of the 2017 Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival organized by our friends at Visual Communications. We're excited to bring you additional coverage of Asian American events in the future that we can't fit into a single KollabCast episode and hope you enjoy listening to our interviews with the amazing filmmakers from the festival! This Episode's Segments Opening Night Red Carpet interviews w/ the cast of Better Luck Tomorrow Interview with Ashley Duong, director of the documentary, A Time to Swim Interview with Randall Okita, writer/director of the feature film, The Lockpicker Highlights from the HBO APA Visionaries screening event Interview with Angie Wang, writer/director of the feature film, Cardinal X Interview with Doris Yeung, writer/director of the feature film, Taxi Stories Learn more about the films from the festival at festival.vconline.org Interested in HBO APA Visionaries? learn more at hbovisionaries.com -------------------------- This week’s intro & outro music is “All Bets are Off” from Big Phony’s album, “Long Live the Lie” Let us know what you think about this bonus episode at podcast@kollaboration.org Learn more about the KollabCast and listen to past episodes here Subscribe to us on iTunes, Google Play Music, Stitcher, or via our RSS feed (http://kollaboration.libsyn.com/rss) Follow our hosts at: @minjeeeezy @marvinyueh The KollabCast is a podcast about pop culture and the creative life from an Asian American perspective A proud member of the Potluck Podcast Collective

We kick off our first episode on our new Monday release schedule with a live podcast recorded at the 2017 Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival with guests Jess Ju of CAPE, actor Justin Lee of the HBO APA Visionaries short "Toenail," and Australian Writer/Director Matthew Victor Pastor of the short film "I am Jupiter, I am the Biggest Planet." It's a super-sized roundtable discussion as we chat about the 1992 LA Riots, acting and directing in films, seeing Better Luck Tomorrow 15 years later, and more! This week’s intro & outro music is “All Bets are Off” from Big Phony's album, “Long Live the Lie” As always, send us your listener questions at podcast@kollaboration.org Learn more about the KollabCast and listen to past episodes here Subscribe to us on iTunes, Google Play Music, Stitcher, or via our RSS feed (http://kollaboration.libsyn.com/rss) Follow our guests at: Jess Ju @jessjutweets Justin Lee @justinleeactor Matthew Victor Pastor Facebook Page   Follow our hosts at: @minjeeeezy @marvinyueh The KollabCast is a podcast about pop culture and the creative life from an Asian American perspective A proud member of the Potluck Podcast Collective

Jason Y. Lee of Jubilee Media returns to the KollabCast to chat about the imminent premiere of his first feature documentary Save My Seoul this weekend at the Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival. In addition to talking about the film, we also chat APA Heritage Month, buffet best practices, finding diversity in unexpected places, and Minji's latest obsession with S-Town. This week’s intro & outro music is “Beautiful Deception” from Travis Atreo’s latest EP, “Keep Hope Alive” As always, send us your listener questions at podcast@kollaboration.org Learn more about the KollabCast and listen to past episodes here Subscribe to us on iTunes, Google Play Music, Stitcher, or via our RSS feed (http://kollaboration.libsyn.com/rss) Come watch a LIVE recording of the KollabCast next Saturday, April 29 at 3pm as part of the Potluck Podcast Lounge at the Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival. The recording is open to the public and is taking place at the Far East Lounge at 353 E 1st St, Los Angeles, CA 90012. Come say hi! Follow our guest at: Jason Y. Lee @jasonylee_ Follow our hosts at: @minjeeeezy @marvinyueh The KollabCast is a podcast about pop culture and the creative life from an Asian American perspective A proud member of the Potluck Podcast Collective

This week, we bring you the best reason to watch Netflix's new series 13 Reasons Why, our guest actress Michele Selene Ang! We talk to Michele about how she got her part, her acting background, and also how she became the #1 spokesperson for the Asian AF comedy series. In addition Minji recaps her trip to Michigan for Kollaboration Detroit, we debrief on the United debacle from last week, and gush about Star Wars. Also! Come watch a LIVE recording of the KollabCast next Saturday, April 29 at 3pm as part of the Potluck Podcast Lounge at the Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival. The recording is open to the public and is taking place at the Far East Lounge at 353 E 1st St, Los Angeles, CA 90012. Come say hi! This week’s intro & outro music is “Beautiful Deception” from Travis Atreo’s latest EP, “Keep Hope Alive” As always, send us your listener questions at podcast@kollaboration.org Learn more about the KollabCast and listen to past episodes here Subscribe to us on iTunes, Google Play Music, Stitcher, or via our RSS feed (http://kollaboration.libsyn.com/rss) Follow our guest at: Michele Selene Ang @MicheleSelene Follow our hosts at: @minjeeeezy @marvinyueh The KollabCast is a podcast about pop culture and the creative life from an Asian American perspective A proud member of the Potluck Podcast Collective

A conversation with producers Effie Brown and Janet Yang and directors Lena Khan and Pamela Tom for F This Weekly's first LIVE event: Women for the Win, a panel discussion held at the Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival’s Conference for Creative Content on Saturday, April 23, 2016 at the Japanese American National Museum in Little Tokyo, Los Angeles. Special Thanks: David Magdael Abraham Ferrer Francis Cullado Milton Liu Patrick Epino Katrina Alarkon Sthanlee Mirador Steven Lam Featured Music: Uffie - Hot Chick Podington Bear - All Hot Lights

This week we take a break from covering the Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival to chat with the stars of the new feature film Comfort, Chris Dinh and Julie Zhan. We chat cheating on tests, film festivals, being critical, and how the impressionist movement was pretty much the digital media of the 19th century. Hang tight, this episode goes places! This week’s intro music is provided by Kollaboration SF Alum Jayne Rio, check out her new EP #Undone on SoundCloud! As always, send us your listener questions at podcast@kollaboration.org Subscribe to us on iTunes, Google Play Music, Stitcher, or via our RSS feed (http://kollaboration.libsyn.com/rss) and check out our highlights on Clammr Follow our guest at: Chris Dinh @chrisdinh Julie Zhan @dancejujudance juliezhan.com Follow our hosts at: @minjeeeezy @marvinyueh The KollabCast is a podcast about pop culture and the creative life from an Asian American perspective

iTalk movies is a long-form interview series featuring leading members of the film community. In this episode, our host Kari Lane interviews Danny Pudi in studio about his most recent project, Tiger Hunter on the Popcorn Talk Network. Danny Pudi, best known for his role in Community, will be talking about his upcoming film Tiger Hunter and its premiere at the Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival this Thursday at 7pm. Festival opening night film - Thursday April 21st at 7pm at the Aratani Theatre. The Tiger Hunger Directed by Lena Khan @ThePopcornTalk --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Festivals festivals everywhere! This week we invite So Yun Um, a filmmaker, critic, and festival programmer for the upcoming Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival, to talk film, festivals,and family. Minji also checks in from her adventures at South by Southwest in Austin, and Marvin reports in from his weekend at CAAMFest in San Francisco.  This week’s intro music is provided by Kollaboration Alum Blazing Rays of the Sun, check out their new albumYoung Love available now! Subscribe to us on iTunes, Stitcher, or via our RSS feed (http://kollaboration.libsyn.com/rss) and check out our highlights on Clammr Follow our guest at: So Yun Um @ssoyunum www.sosreelthoughts.com LA Asian Pacific Film Festival Follow our hosts at: @minjeeeezy @marvinyueh

Coming at you after a week at the Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival, Minji and Marvin invites Ada Tseng, of the Bullet Train Podcast and Asian Pacific Arts, and Brian Hu, of Pacific Arts Movement in San Diego, to chat about the art of podcasting, Asian American films, the value of artistic criticism, and we answer more listener emails!  Send us your questions at podcast@kollaboration.org This week’s intro music is provided by Kollab Alum Paul Dateh, who’s music is available on iTunes and Amazon.

Angry Asian Man talks to Shinae Yoon, Executive Director of Visual Communications about the upcoming Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival, running May 10-20, and gets her take on Asian American film and new media.

Grace Rowe, who stars in I Am That Girl talks about her role that she wrote of a party girl who maxes out her credit cards. The film portrays her rude awakening as events take an unexpected turn during a camping trip to the Sierras with a guy friend. We also talk with Director So Yong Kim of the exquisitely directed and depicted Treeless Mountain, focusing on the journeys taken by two really young girls in South Korea when their mother takes off. These films were shown at the Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival. Interviewer: Daniel C. Tsang.

Show host Daniel C. Tsang interviews two directors showing films at the Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival, including the opening night film.

Anderson Le is an established force in the global programming and promotion community of cinema for over 20 years, serving as a leader and expert in the Asia-Pacific region. He currently serves as Artistic Director for the Hawai‘i International Film Festival and consults for the Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival, Singapore International Film Festival, and the Far East Film Festival (Udine, Italy).   He was an international curator for Comcast's Video-On-Demand platform. Working with aggregators, distributors and indie filmmakers, his main role was to curate a monthly collection of Asian films for Comcast's 22.9 million subscribers across the United States. He is also a consultant for organizations such as Gold Open, Asian Pacific Screen Awards (Brisbane), and the Asian Film Awards (Hong Kong). Anderson received his BA from the University of Hawaii-Manoa. SHOW LESS Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/the-vietnamese-with-kenneth-nguyen/donationsAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy