Podcasts about San Diego Asian Film Festival

Send us a textMinerva Navasca's Bio:Minerva Navasca is a Filipina-Canadian filmmaker exploring narratives of cultural dysphoria and girlhood with intimate specificity. Stating, “I want to make films about subjects that make me uncomfortable,” Minerva delves into perspectives steeped in anxiety and internalized shame, using the medium to interrogate the socio-political roots of these beliefs.  She is a 2022 & 2024 TIFF Next Wave Alumni, and the winner of the 2024 BFI Future Film Festival Best Documentary Award. She collaborated with NBC Universal and Canada Walk of Fame as part of the Future Storytellers Program.A conversation with Minerva @minervanavasca, a conversation about being Filipino-Canadian, being a female POC filmmaker and the filmmaking industry, and creating film and art that explores and digs into one's experiences that are often uncomfortable and hard to process. Follow Minerva:Websitehttps://www.minervanavasca.com/Instagram https://www.instagram.com/minervanavasca?igsh=YjN2dnA4MXdxb2Mw@minervanavascaDesync's Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/desync.shortfilm?igsh=aHd4OHhtc2tlMG5l@desync.shortfilm  List of Available Screenings for Minerva's work:October 15-19 2024 - Alpavirama International Youth Film Festival, Ahmedabad, IndiaOctober 17 2024 - Bushwick Film Festival, New York City NYOctober 19 - Hamilton Film Festival, Hamilton ONOctober 22 & 26 2024 - Forest City Film Festival, London ONOctober 26 2024 - Micheaux Film Festival, Los Angeles CAOctober 26 2024 - Durham Region International Film Festival, Oshawa ONOctober 28 2024 - SCAD Savannah Film Festival, Savannah GAOctober 31 to November 8 - Singapore Youth Film Festival, SingaporeNovember 6-10 2024 - Yellowknife Film Festival, Yellowknife NWTNovember 8 2024 - Ottawa Canadian Film Festival, Ottawa ONNovember 9 2024 - FilAm Creative Film Festival, Los Angeles CANovember 7-10 2024 - Vancouver Asian Film Festival, Vancouver BC (exact date TBC)November 7-16 2024 - San Diego Asian Film Festival, San Diego CA (exact date TBC)November 8-11 2024 - FilAm Creative Film Festival, Los Angeles CA (exact date TBC)November 13-17 2024 - Mighty Niagara Film Festival, St Catharines ON (exact date TBC) Support the showThank you for listening! Help this podcast:1. Follow us on Instagram @whatkindofasianpod 2. Share our episodes with friends and family3. Subscribe to us on your streaming platform4. Leave us a rating and review on Spotify and Apple Podcast5. Buy Us a Coffee! (Supporting us financially really helps but it's definitely not required, do it if you can) All the links!https://linktr.ee/whatkindofasianareyoupod

Send us a textMinerva Navasca's Bio:Minerva Navasca is a Filipina-Canadian filmmaker exploring narratives of cultural dysphoria and girlhood with intimate specificity. Stating, “I want to make films about subjects that make me uncomfortable,” Minerva delves into perspectives steeped in anxiety and internalized shame, using the medium to interrogate the socio-political roots of these beliefs.  She is a 2022 & 2024 TIFF Next Wave Alumni, and the winner of the 2024 BFI Future Film Festival Best Documentary Award. She collaborated with NBC Universal and Canada Walk of Fame as part of the Future Storytellers Program.A conversation with Minerva @minervanavasca, a conversation about being Filipino-Canadian, being a female POC filmmaker and the filmmaking industry, and creating film and art that explores and digs into one's experiences that are often uncomfortable and hard to process. Follow Minerva:Websitehttps://www.minervanavasca.com/Instagram https://www.instagram.com/minervanavasca?igsh=YjN2dnA4MXdxb2Mw@minervanavascaDesync's Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/desync.shortfilm?igsh=aHd4OHhtc2tlMG5l@desync.shortfilm  List of Available Screenings for Minerva's work:October 15-19 2024 - Alpavirama International Youth Film Festival, Ahmedabad, IndiaOctober 17 2024 - Bushwick Film Festival, New York City NYOctober 19 - Hamilton Film Festival, Hamilton ONOctober 22 & 26 2024 - Forest City Film Festival, London ONOctober 26 2024 - Micheaux Film Festival, Los Angeles CAOctober 26 2024 - Durham Region International Film Festival, Oshawa ONOctober 28 2024 - SCAD Savannah Film Festival, Savannah GAOctober 31 to November 8 - Singapore Youth Film Festival, SingaporeNovember 6-10 2024 - Yellowknife Film Festival, Yellowknife NWTNovember 8 2024 - Ottawa Canadian Film Festival, Ottawa ONNovember 9 2024 - FilAm Creative Film Festival, Los Angeles CANovember 7-10 2024 - Vancouver Asian Film Festival, Vancouver BC (exact date TBC)November 7-16 2024 - San Diego Asian Film Festival, San Diego CA (exact date TBC)November 8-11 2024 - FilAm Creative Film Festival, Los Angeles CA (exact date TBC)November 13-17 2024 - Mighty Niagara Film Festival, St Catharines ON (exact date TBC) Support the showThank you for listening! Help this podcast:1. Follow us on Instagram @whatkindofasianpod 2. Share our episodes with friends and family3. Subscribe to us on your streaming platform4. Leave us a rating and review on Spotify and Apple Podcast5. Buy Us a Coffee! (Supporting us financially really helps but it's definitely not required, do it if you can) All the links!https://linktr.ee/whatkindofasianareyoupod

A cinephile's dilemma of having two film festivals happening at the same time: TCM Film Festival and San Diego Asian Film Festival's Spring Showcase.

During our "Saturday Mornings Sit-Down" conversation Part 1… Saturday Mornings host Glenn van Zutphen and co-host, award-winning author Neil Humphreys discuss the award-winning Singaporean film “Wonderland”l with the film's Director Chai Yee Wei, Michelle Chang the Producer & Writer, and veteran actor Peter Yu. The 2023 film won the Local Jury Award at the Palm Springs International Film Festival and the Best Audience Award at San Diego Asian Film Festival.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Say cheese, listeners: this week we're taking a look at FLAGS OF OUR FATHERS, the first part of Clint's 2006 diptych about the Battle of Iwo Jima, and we're joined by writer, lecturer, and Pacific Arts Movement Managing Director Glenn Heath, Jr.! We talk WWII cinema, shout out our favorite little guys in the cast, publicity machines, look ahead to LETTERS FROM IWO JIMA, and say the word "simulacrum" even more than usual. Great ep, check it out! Topics include: Steven Spielberg, beach-taking on film, Adam Beach's wonderful performance, whether Clint has seen BRING IT ON, his public spat with Spike Lee over this movie, whether this movie is about Vietnam or Iraq, Ryan Phillippe's powerful mind, artfully unconvincing CGI, and the upcoming San Diego Asian Film Festival. Follow Glenn Heath, Jr.: https://twitter.com/MatchCuts Check out the San Diego Asian Film Festival: https://sdaff.org/2023/   https://www.podcastyforme.com/ Follow Pod Casty For Me: https://twitter.com/podcastyforme https://www.instagram.com/podcastyforme/ https://www.youtube.com/@podcastyforme Artwork by Jeremy Allison: https://www.instagram.com/jeremyallisonart

The 1980s was the decade when many Asian American filmmakers began to come into their own, and started releasing feature films in Hollywood. A new series from the Criterion Channel spotlights those films. Brian Hu, artistic director of the Pacific Arts Movement, lead programmer of the San Diego Asian Film Festival and associate professor of Television, Film, and New Media at San Diego State University, curated the series, titled "Asian American '80s." He joins us to discuss, and take listener calls.  

The 23rd annual San Diego Asian Film Festival begins this week. The fest features 130 films, from 30-plus countries in 30-plus languages at four venues. The festival kicks off this Thursday with its opening night at the Museum of Natural History in Balboa Park. Brian Hu is the artistic director of the festival and an associate professor of TV, film and new media at SDSU.

Hi!While you all eagerly await the announcement of our second season, we thought we'd re-share Shaun's appearance on Oeuvre Busters, the podcast that launched this feed and got some fun attention last week.On the ep, Shaun goes into full 'cool teacher' mode, taking us through Manny Farber's theory. It's a fun listen, and we hope you enjoy it!We'll be back in soon with announcements about season 2!--This week, based on a question from a listener, we sat down with filmmaker pal Shaun Seneviratne to talk about Manny Farber's influential theory of White Elephant Art and Termite Art. We talk about what the theory means, whether one type is good or bad, and whether Batman films are an elephant or termite. Finally, we discuss Liam's solo record, Neon Elephant.Shaun Seneviratne is a Sri Lankan-American filmmaker and educator in Brooklyn, NY. His past work has screened at festivals such as Nantucket, Montclair, CAAM, and San Diego Asian Film Festival. Currently, Shaun is developing his first feature film and teaches film production at the Brooklyn STEAM Center, as well as film history and visual storytelling at Pace University.Follow Shaun on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thebrownshaun/?hl=enCheck out Shaun's work: https://www.shaunseneviratne.com/Read more about Manny Farber here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manny_FarberHere's a link to Farber's essay: http://www.coldbacon.com/writing/mannyfarber-termiteart-annotated.htmlYou can find more OB content at www.oeuvrebusters.com. Also, please feel free to drop us a line, either via email or voicemail, at Oeuvrebusters@gmail.com. We are always looking to incorporate feedback from our listeners for the show, so leave us some thoughts and we might share them on the podcast. Please don't forget to subscribe, rate, and review whenever and wherever you can. We appreciate all the love and support."Robobozo" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Backstory hits up the west coast on this edition of the Road Trip series, joining Brian Hu, Artistic Director of San Diego Asian Film Festival, to discuss the long history of Asian American cinema, the importance of film criticism in a world of takes, and the future of Asian American filmmaking beyond Hollywood. San Diego Asian Film Festival is hosted by Pacific Arts Movement. Follow them on social media @pacartsmovement. Mentioned in this episode (get your Letterboxd ready): Brian's article for the LA Times: "The 20 best Asian American films of the last 20 years" Asian American Filmmaking 2000–2009 - The Criterion Channel Saturday School podcast, hosted by Brian Hu and Ada Tseng, specifically season 8 on Asian-American sci-fi My Sight Is Lined with Visions: 1990s Asian American Film & Video, curated by Keisha Knight and Abby Sun, and its accompanying Criterion Channel collection Brian's essay for My Sight Is Lined with Visions: "They Were Asian American, But…" More from the Road Trip series: Part 1 with Selena Yip (Philadelphia Asian American Film Festival) Part 2 with with Melissa Bisagni (Washington DC Asian Pacific American Film Festival) This episode uses or mentions the following multimedia samples and sources: “Sailing” by Telecasted “Anything You Can Dream” by The Whole Other --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/backstory-podcast/message

​The San Diego Asian Film Festival's Spring Showcase is underway. The festival features 15 films across many genres, and it's taking place at Ultrastar Cinemas Mission Valley through April 18. Brian Hu is the artistic director at Pacific Arts Movement, which puts on the festival.

Carmela Prudencio is one of those people with a lot of talents and a passion for giving back to the community. She's an artist, activist, an arts curator, as well as a marketing director for Pacific Arts Movement, which puts on the San Diego Asian Film Festival. In this interview, Carmela discusses San Diego's art scene and AAPI community, what to expect from the Asian Film Fest's Spring Showcase, which starts later this month, as well as what she's watching on TikTok.

In this episode, filmmaker and writer Quyen Nguyen-Le talk about their films, generational divides, queer stories, and struggles with self-identity. Quyên Nguyen-Le (they/them) is a queer vietnamese american filmmaker and writer. Born to refugee parents in the place where Chumash and Tongva lands meet (San Fernando Valley, Los Ángeles), Quyên's work focuses on the ways histories emerge in the quotidian everyday. Their short films Nước (Water/Homeland) (2016) and Hoài (Ongoing, Memory) (2018) have screened in film festivals, museums, art galleries, universities, libraries, and community spaces worldwide. Recently, Quyên's documentary The Morning Passing on El Cajón Boulevard, a segment of a 4-part feature anthology, premiered as the Opening for the 20th San Diego Asian Film Festival. In the past, Quyên was a recipient of the Emma L. Bowen Foundation's Fellowship at Focus Features/NBCUniversal (2011-2013), Visual Communications' Armed with a Camera Fellowship (2016), the National Multicultural Alliance's documentary fellowship with the Center for Asian American Media (2018), and Points North Institute's North Star Fellowship (2019). Quyên holds B.A. in Comparative Literature and Philosophy, Politics & Law from the University of Southern California.

With trick-or-treating just around the corner, local doctors are warning that we are still not back to normal this Halloween. Plus, a new debt forgiveness program at San Diego community colleges is being called a lifeline for struggling students. And, the San Diego County Board of Supervisors direct staff to examine the feasibility of alternative energy sources, including wave, geothermal and offshore wind, in San Diego County. Also, a look at students who started med school during the pandemic. Then, the San Diego Asian Film Festival is back in person with 130 films from 20 countries screening at four venues.

The San Diego Asian Film Festival kicks off its 22nd annual event on Oct. 28. Artistic director Brian Hu explains what's in store.

Brian is an associate professor of film at San Diego State University and the artistic director of the San Diego Asian Film Festival, which basically means he gets to watch movies for a living.

Earlier this month Marvel delivered its first Asian superhero in its cinematic universe with "Shang Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings." But it's been a long hard road getting to this point in Hollywood. For the latest episode of Cinema Junkie, I speak with Brian Hu, artistic director of the San Diego Asian Film Festival, about the evolution of Asian images on screen from the stereotypes of yellow peril to Shang Chi. Hu will take us on a tour through early negative stereotypes of Fu Manchu to characters like Charlie Chan and Mr. Moto to the breakthrough stardom of Bruce Lee and finally to Shang Chi. I'll play lots of clips and Hu offers some exciting film recommendations to check out. Plus enjoy the decidedly eccentric rants and raves of Awkward San Diego's Ryan Bradford and Horrible Imaginings' Miguel Rodriguez on the latest Cold Turkey and Share Your Addiction. And check out the latest Geeky Gourmet video where I'll show you how to make Asian treats to eat with the films we discuss: https://bit.ly/CJGeekyGourmet I'd like to acknowledge the talented folks who make Cinema Junkie happen: podcast coordinator Kinsee Morlan, technical director Rebecca Chacon, and director of sound design Emily Jankowski.

Host Ruben Navarrette speaks with Lee Ann Kim, a first-generation Korean American, former award-winning television journalist, and founder of the San Diego Asian Film Festival.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection reports 19,000 unaccompanied children and teenagers entered the U.S. last month, the largest monthly total ever. Plus, KPBS reporter Tania Thorne looks into some of the barriers preventing the Latino community from seeking mental health help. And across California, more than 200 people have died of COVID-19 in state prisons. R.J. Donovan prison in Otay Mesa has been among the most deadly. Then, for over a year, school has been online. To get a glimpse into what it's been like for teachers, we asked a high school teacher to record an audio journal for a week. Finally, the San Diego Asian Film Festival is holding a virtual launch party for its upcoming Spring Showcase. KPBS Arts Reporter Beth Accomando got a preview of the line up.

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!

Our delightful guest this week is Stephanie Wang-Breal, an award-winning filmmaker, commercial director and co-founder of the independent production company, Once in a Blue Films. Blowin' Up, her third feature-length film, had its World Premiere at the Tribeca Film Festival in April 2018 and was awarded the Best Documentary Feature award at the San Diego Asian Film Festival and the Society of Authors Award at the Film Des Femmes in Paris, France. She currently resides in Brooklyn, New York with her son & daughter.

Happy Inauguration Day! On this special day, we’re releasing an episode we recorded back on November 3rd, election night 2020. It marked the 4 year anniversary of Yin & Young the Podcast. We’re joined by special guests Darren Kwan and Valerie Soe and the four of us commiserate over the anxieties about the election and frustrations with the Trump administration. It’s an interesting listen given how things have turned out. HIGHLIGHTS:  - James got confronted by some lady at Dunkin Donuts for being Asian. - Levels of Asian cultural etiquette may lead to Asians being passed over in the U.S. - Asians/Asian Americans need to code switch to adapt to non-Asians who don't have the same outlook/values. - Who needs to take responsibility for the current situation (e.g. the pandemic)? - Structural changes need to be done in the American education system. - Briefly touched upon the deaths of Sean Connery and Chadwick Boseman. - Running down the proposition votes. - Recent favorite shows: - Dan has been watching "Letterkenny" - Valerie recommends, via the San Diego Asian Film Festival: “76 Days” and “The Paper Tigers.” - James has been watching "Terrace House.” LANGUAGE CORNER: Mandarin: * 候選人 (hòuxuǎnrén) - candidates * 選舉 （xuǎnjǔ) - election Taiwanese: * 不錯 - bue bai - not bad Japanese * 大統領 (daitōryō) - president (nation) * 社長 (shachō) - company president Be sure to follow us on Facebook & Instagram: @yinyoungpodcast on YouTube: @Yin & Young =). Like and subscribe to our content so you don’t miss an episode. Credits: This episode was produced by James Y. Shih and Daniel Yin. Edited by Gabriel Toya-Meléndez. Consider supporting us 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 Comments, questions? Email us at yinyoungpodcast@gmail.com.

Faculty in the arts are feeling the pandemic like everyone else. Listen in to hear creative responses to the challenges of connecting with students and audiences during COVID. Hosted by Professor D.J. Hopkins (Theatre, Television, and Film). With Annie Buckley (Art + Design), Brian Hu (Television, Film, and New Media), and Jesca Prudencio (Theatre). For more on the 2020 San Diego Asian Film Festival: https://sdaff.org/2020/

Alice Wu's debut feature, Saving Face, is a three-generation romantic comedy set in today's Chinatown in Queens, New York, where two smart, ambitious, and charismatic young women fall in love, against the backdrop of their traditional Chinese-American families. Alice Wu won the Visionary Award at the San Diego Asian Film Festival and the Audience Award for Best Narrative at the San Francisco International Asian American Film Festival for her feature. In 2020 Netflix released her new feature, The Half of It, which won the Founders Award for Best Narrative Feature at the 2020 Tribeca Film Festival.  Listen to Alice answer The Proust Questionnaire. We especially loved her surprising and moving answer to this question: "What do you consider your greatest achievement?" /////////////// Follow us: TWITTER - @ulibaer / @corklinedRoom INSTAGRAM - @ulinyc / @carolineweber2020 (PROUST QUESTIONNAIRE PODCAST) - @proust.questionnaire ALICE WU - @subwayalice //////////////// Listen to the Podcast on: APPLE PODCASTS - Proust Questionnaire Podcast SPOTIFY - Proust Questionnaire Podcast YOUTUBE: Ulrich Baer  //////////////// Thanks for listening! :) Uli Baer & Caroline Weber.

San Diego Asian Film Festival's artistic director Brian Hu gives Cinema Junkie a preview of the most exciting films from Johnnie To's new boxing romance to Lav Diaz' epic Philippine melodrama to zombies in the Taiwan parliament. Festival runs Oct. 23 through 31 with Mystery Kung Fu Theater streaming live on Twitch!

New reporting suggests San Diego Mayor Kevin Faulconer had a more direct role in the Ash Street lease negotiations than previously known. Plus, Measure A on San Diego's ballot this election would raise 900 million dollars for affordable housing. We take deep dive into what the bill proposes and the pros and cons. Next, Prop. 14 asks voters to issue more bond money to further stem cell research, supporters want to continue the research but critics say the science didn’t do enough the first time. In addition, a look at the San Diego City Council District 7 race. Also, six candidates are vying for seats on the San Diego Unified School Board, meet them and hear their priorities. Finally, the San Diego Asian Film Festival goes virtual.

Vera Brunner-Sung is a filmmaker who uses experimental, documentary, and narrative techniques to explore the relationship between place and identity. Vera's documentary short film, Character, premiered at the 2020 Sundance Film Festival. The child of immigrants from Korea and Switzerland, Vera grew up in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Early on, her intercultural, mixed-race experience created a fluid sense of belonging that informs her work. After undergraduate work in public policy and visual art at Brown University, she moved to California to study film with Thom Andersen, Rebecca Baron, James Benning, and Betzy Bromberg at CalArts. Vera’s films, videos, and photographs have been presented at festivals, museums, and galleries in the U.S. and abroad, including Sundance, the Torino Film Festival, CPH:DOX, Leeum Samsung Museum of Art, MoMA PS1, San Francisco International Film Festival, Ann Arbor Film Festival, and Images Festival. Her first feature, Bella Vista, had its world premiere at the International Film Festival Rotterdam in 2014, and went on to win her the George C. Lin Emerging Filmmaker Award at the 15th San Diego Asian Film Festival. She is a 2015 Fellow with the Center for Asian American Media and a 2020 Sundance FilmTwo Fellow. In addition to making films, Vera is a writer and educator. Her essays, reviews, and reports have appeared in print and online publications including Sight & Sound, Cinema Scope, and Millennium Film Journal. Her chapter on the representation of site-specific art in contemporary documentary film appears in Documenting the Visual Arts (ed. Roger Hallas, Routledge, 2019). She has taught at the University of California, San Diego, and the University of Montana, and is currently an assistant professor at The Ohio State University. This episode was recorded in partnership with the Big Sky Documentary Film Festival. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/americanfilmmaker/support

This week, based on a question from a listener, we sat down with filmmaker pal Shaun Seneviratne to talk about Manny Farber's influential theory of White Elephant Art and Termite Art. We talk about what the theory means, whether one type is good or bad, and whether Batman films are an elephant or termite. Finally, we discuss Liam's solo record, Neon Elephant.Shaun Seneviratne is a Sri Lankan-American filmmaker and educator in Brooklyn, NY. His past work has screened at festivals such as Nantucket, Montclair, CAAM, and San Diego Asian Film Festival. Currently, Shaun is developing his first feature film and teaches film production at the Brooklyn STEAM Center, as well as film history and visual storytelling at Pace University.Follow Shaun on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thebrownshaun/?hl=enCheck out Shaun's work: https://www.shaunseneviratne.com/Read more about Manny Farber here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manny_FarberHere's a link to Farber's essay: http://www.coldbacon.com/writing/mannyfarber-termiteart-annotated.htmlYou can find more OB content at www.oeuvrebusters.com. Also, please feel free to drop us a line, either via email or voicemail, at Oeuvrebusters@gmail.com. We are always looking to incorporate feedback from our listeners for the show, so leave us some thoughts and we might share them on the podcast. Please don't forget to subscribe, rate, and review whenever and wherever you can. We appreciate all the love and support."Robobozo" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Jeff and Phil welcome Brian Hu, artistic director of the San Diego Asian Film Festival, to talk about the challenges and considerations of curating the Los Angeles Times' list of the 20 best Asian American films of the last 20 years. Film geekery ensues.

This week’s special guest is Justin Vaiciunas, the executive chef at the new Guild Hotel on Broadway, and its in-house restaurant Luca. Justin is from Detroit, where he was the chef at the city’s prestigious Detroit Athletic Club. He loves to travel and experience new cultures, foods, and cooking techniques. His taste for adventure recently brought him to Food Network to compete on the show, “Cutthroat Kitchen,” where he had to make breakfast tacos on a pullout couch. Justin gave us two picks for Two People, $50: Stone Brewing in Liberty Station and Nolita Hall. Erin shared that she celebrated her 11-year anniversary with her husband at one of their favorite restaurants, Jaynes Gastropub, where she can always count on a perfect martini and classic menu. Lauren’s pick this week was Bivouac where she was able to try some great, dry ciders (even a festive Pumpkin Spice flavored cider). Troy’s pick was Galaxy Taco, where he chose their grilled yellowtail taco as the Very Important Taco in April. In Hot Plates, we talked about the latest update on the Patio restaurants: The Patio on Goldfinch, Fireside by the Patio, The Patio Express, and Bao Beach and Swell Coffee have closed. Blade 1936 is now open in Oceanside and Troy got the First Look at this new Italian restaurant named after the newspaper that occupied the space in the ’30s. WhipHand in the East Village closed. Lastly, there will be a food festival at the San Diego Asian Film Festival called “Chew the Scene.” This week’s Hot Topic is DoorDash’s recent security breach, where nearly 5 million customers and drivers may have had their personal data exposed, according to the Washington Post. Jason shared on the podcast that Luca does partner with all of the delivery apps, and is hoping to gain more business through them. Thanks for listening, and we’d love to hear from you! Call us at 619-744-0535 and leave a message. Or if you’re too shy to call, you can email HappyHalfHour@sdmag.com. You can give us your recommendations for Two People, $50, tell us about any news happening in San Diego’s culinary world, or let us know who you’d like to hear featured as a guest on the podcast.

Glenn Morey has worked in film since 1981—as a writer, creative director, and a commercial and documentary filmmaker for many years. His documentary “Side by Side” is an Official Selection of the San Diego Asian Film Festival (organized by Pacific Arts Movement), and the Boston Asian American Film Festival, among many other awards. Key Links Website: sidebysideproject.com FB: facebook.com/SidebySideDocumentary/ Twitter: @sidebysideproj Glenn's personal story, as an inter-country adoptee from South Korea, was the initial motivating and creative force behind "Side by Side.” And in this interview, he delves into his own experience to build upon many common elements of the South Korean adoption experience. What follows in this podcast is a really interesting and layered talk on the complexity of the adoption experience for many South Koreans, and how giving them a platform to find their voice is so essential. Below are some (but not all!) of the most compelling aspects of the talk, ranging from Glenn’s realization that he had operated under a supplied narrative about his own racial identity, to the importance of communicating and being honest with your adopted children about the complete picture of their ethnic identity. [#1 Some Details on Glenn’s Adoption from Seoul] Glenn retells the details of how he came to be claimed from city hall in Seoul, later placed in an orphanage, and then how he found himself on a plane with 81 other babies to the U.S. This whole experience would eventually become the catalyst for “Side by Side” and would lead him to find how fortunate he had been to become adopted and have such a relatively positive experience. He was adopted by a loving family who lived in Littleton, Colorado. He joined 3 biological daughters, was the first of four adopted children in the family, and had multiple siblings. [#2 Important Conversations About Race] Because of Glenn’s experience with not having the proper amount of racial mirroring and acknowledgment during his upbringing, he didn’t fully understand from a sociological and psychological perspective that he was Asian until he was in his middle age. He understood it intellectually, just not culturally. So when considering transracial adoptees, he wants to stress the importance of having open, honest acknowledgments about race and what is apparent to the child. Don’t suppress it and don’t shut out their culture for your own. Glenn reminds us that a good rule of thumb when having conversations about race with your child is that if you’re afraid to have the conversation, you should consider having it anyways, despite the discomfort you feel because it really is that important! Glenn talks about how there was zero acknowledgement in his own story and he subsequently built up an identity that didn’t include the most essential aspects of his story. [#3 Film and Interview as a Platform for the Voiceless] After he worked through the counter-narratives of his adoptive experience in the U.S., he began to understand that his story was actually a cliche when compared with other Korean American adoptees. There was immense power in having that reinforcement of other South-Korean adoptees who had the same experience in America. And through interviews and what would lay the groundwork for the “Side by Side” project, Glenn gave a platform for those who hadn’t shared their story virtually anyone else before. He helped them find their voice. [#4 The Traditional Narrative of Adoption for Glenn] During the interview, he talks about some of the reasons for adoptees not telling their story. The most prominent one being that adoptive parents were told that assimilation into the culture had to be seamless--this generally meant that ignoring the culture of the adopted child was seen as the best way to achieve this assimilation. And because the standard narrative of adoption was often: “You are extremely lucky to have escaped poverty and abject conditions.” Most adoptees Glenn interviewed didn’t feel comfortable subverting this traditional narrative. They felt reluctant to go against that sentiment of how fortunate they were. More details at: https://adoptionnow.com/podcast/out-of-a-south-korean-orphanage-glenn-moreys-story-about-finding-his-voice-and-creating-a-documentary ---- Follow us on Twitter @Adoption_now Like the show on Facebook Keep up with our journey on Instagram @adoptionnow ADOPTION NOW is produced and distributed by Simpler Media

On this episode, we return to San Diego for the 2018 San Diego Asian Film Festival to chat with our friend Brian Hu. Brian is one of the co-hosts of fellow Potluck Pod Saturday School as well as the Artistic Director of SDAFF. Long-time listeners know that this guy knows his movies and we have a blast reflecting on the outstanding year Asian Americans have been experiencing on the big screen. Intro & outro music for this episode is “Dear Dancer” by Kollaboration Toronto Alum, The Plaitwrights 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: Brian HuArtistic Director at Pacific Arts Movement@husbrian 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

Legendary Hong Kong producer Raymond Chow died earlier this month. This podcast pays tribute to his legacy with San Diego Asian Film Festival artistic director Brian Hu. Plus we get a preview of the 19th annual festival.

This episode of Fresh Creatives was recorded LIVE at the San Diego Asian Film Festival. Guest panelist Jeff Man joins us and a lie audience to create a fresh new ghost story featuring trains and the East Asian afterlife! Other ideas include a Cinderella noir heist, and a time-traveling Rom-Com. Have an idea for the Fresh Creatives team? Submit it by filling out this form: http://tinyurl.com/PitchFC Like what you hear? Connect with us on Facebook or Twitter Follow this episode's hosts at: @marvinyueh @jessjutweets Follow our guest Jeff Man on his Vimeo & Instagram Thanks to Pacific Arts Movement and the San Diego Asian Film Festival for providing a stage for this live podcast! Fresh Creatives is a part of Potluck: An Asian American Podcast Collective

This episode, with special guest Lee Ann Kim, was recorded live at the 2017 San Diego Asian Film Festival. Coming off our season on Asian American Music Movies, we talk about animated musicals like Mulan, Moana, and Ni Hao Kai Lan, before moving into Asian American children's programming in general. Plus, a discussion about how we talk to our kids about what it is to be Asian American and how Asian American creatives should think more about creating meaningful content for young people.

Live from the San Diego Asian Film Festival! Jeff and Phil welcome fellow Potluck podcasters Marvin Yueh and Ada Tseng to pitch our hypothetical "unicorn" Asian American movie projects to studio execs Fritz Friedman and Paula Madison.

The 17th annual San Diego Asian Film Festival runs through Nov. 12 at multiple venues with its home base at the UltraStar Mission Valley.

Episode 4 of Saturday School is about a special film called Loins of Punjab Presents, a mockumentary about a Bollywood Idol singing competition in New Jersey. Ada learns that Brian likes any film with the word "loins" in it. (You're welcome, aspiring filmmakers submitting to the San Diego Asian Film Festival, for the free advice.) Brian throws his full support behind the gay bhangra singer who goes by Turbanotorious B.D.G., played by Ajay Naidu of Office Space fame. But really, this is an example of a film that we especially wanted to bring out of the vault. Especially because the late director was never able to make any more films, it's gems like these that can be easily forgotten about if we're not reminded to look back. ​ Saturday School is a podcast where we teach your unwilling children about Asian American pop culture history. First season will be about Asian American film comedies. 10 episodes will be released every Saturday at 8am, which is when we were forced to go to Chinese school as kids.

The San Diego Asian Film Festival celebrates its sweet 16 this year. Artistic director Brian Hu talked about programming the festival and highlights some festival offerings.

Some film festivals have an easy time when their mission is set on any and all new movies with premieres from around the world. But how do you program for a niche? Glenn Heath Jr. works as the Managing Director for the Pacific Arts Movement, which is returning with another iteration of the San Diego Asian Film Festival. Some of the names will be familiar to cinephiles: Johnnie To, Sion Sono, Apichatpong Weerasethakul. But what about the big blockbusters that never come to American shores, or the Asian American filmmakers waiting to be discovered? Glenn talks about the delights and challenges of working on such a festival, as well as his work in film criticism in writing about lost and forgotten films while never throwing down the gauntlet. Finally, the two wrap up their conversation by turning to Jim Jarmusch's 1995 acid western Dead Man, and explore why the film's poetic tone and awkward humor allow it to transcend beyond a "revisionist western." Plus, excerpts from an interview with acclaimed Taiwanese director Hou Hsiao-Hsien, who has returned to screens with his contemplative wuxia epic The Assassin. 0:00-3:35 Opening4:30-12:42 Establishing Shots - Hou Hsiao-Hsien discusses The Assassin13:27-1:12:03 Deep Focus - Glenn Heath Jr.1:12:42-1:15:15 Mubi Sponsorship1:16:20-1:46:09 Double Exposure - Dead Man (Jim Jarmusch)1:46:13-1:47:51 Close

NWP welcomes director Megan Griffiths!  Megan Griffiths was born in Ohio, lived in Moscow, Idaho in her teens and was an undergraduate at the University of Idaho, where she earned a B.A. in visual communications. She went on to received an MFA in Film Production from Ohio University School. Megan Griffiths has been a director, writer and producer in the independent film community for over a decade. Her most recent feature is Lucky Them, which premiered at the 2013 Toronto Film Festival and stars Toni Collette, Johnny Depp, Thomas Haden Church and Oliver Platt.  Her previous feature, Eden starred Jamie Chung, Matt O'Leary and Beau Bridges and premiered at the 2012 SXSW Film Festival in Austin. The film won the Audience Award and Megan received the Emergent Narrative Female Director award from Chicken and Egg Pictures. Eden went on to receive awards at the Milan International Film Festival, Seattle International Film Festival and the San Diego Asian Film Festival.  http://www.ifcfilms.com/films/lucky-them   http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0341722/ http://facebook.com/northwestprime  This show is sponsored in part by http://audibletrial.com/northwestprime Free Trial FIRST BOOK FREE  are audio books right for you?