By Stephen Rakower

Award-winning filmmaker Park Chan-wook was honored tonight at Chapman University as part of a three day celebration of Korean film. The opening celebration kicks off a 3-day event in partnership with the Pusan International Film Festival.

Orange, California

Filmmaker Park Chan-wook was presented at Chapman University with Chapman Pusan West's first Pusan West Icon Award at a ceremony kicking off a 3-day celebration of Korean film, arts, food and culture.

Park is best known for his films, Joint Security Area, Thirst, and The Vengeance Trilogy of films, (2002) Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance , (2003) Oldboy , and (2005) Sympathy for Lady Vengeance .

Park will also hold an exclusive Chapman Pusan West writing and directing Master Class for Chapman students during the 3-day film celebration.

Park is joined by five of Korea's most celebrated film directors who also will be screening their films and host question and answer sessions at the event.

Park Chan-wook, Filmmaker ("Thirst" Director's Cut)
Kim Jee-woon, Filmmaker ("A Bittersweet Life" Director's Cut)
Lee Doo-yong, filmmaker ("Last Witness")
Park Jin-sung, Filmmaker ("Evil Spirit: VIY")
Kim Dong-won, Filmmaker ("Drifting Away")

The Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival announces its award winners online at www.asianfilmfestla.org

ASIAN AMERICAN STARS ATTEND THE 2010 LA ASIAN PACIFIC FILM FESTIVAL CLOSING NIGHT MAY 6, 2010

The Closing Night event of the 2010 Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival featured Hong Kong action film, Bodyguards And Assassins starring Tony Leung, Donnie Yen and Cung Le. Mixed Martial Artist-Actor Cung Le introduced the film.

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Bodyguards and Assassins

This year marks the 40th anniversary of Visual Communications, the organizer of the 26th Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival.

The Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival presents a critical and award-winning showcase of film and video works by Asian and Asian American filmmakers for all fans of cinema. It is the nation's premiere festival of its kind and is firmly supported by Asian and Asian American filmmakers, actors and the various diverse communities.

Aratani Japan America Theatre
244 S. San Pedro St., (Between 2nd St. & 3rd St.), Little Tokyo, Downtown LA

Hollywood's Asian American actors came out to support the LA Asian Pacific Film Festival.

ATTENDING THE CLOSING NIGHT EVENT:

Cung Le (Mixed Martial Artist; Actor - BODYGUARDS & ASSASSINS),
Tamlyn Tomita (Actress - The Mikado Project, Heroes, Eureka),
Archie Kao (Actor - CSI, PEOPLE I SLEPT WITH),
Karin Anna Cheung (Actress - PEOPLE I SLEPT WITH, BETTER LUCK TOMORROW),

Wo Ai Ni Mommy, Mochi, Miss Kicki, The Prodigy and 9500 Park are among the 2010 Asian American International Film Festival Award Winners

As the 33rd Asian American International Film Festival (AAIFF10) came to a close on Wednesday, July 21 at the Chelseas Clearview Cinemas in New York City, actors Louis Ozawa Changchien and Karin Anna Cheung presented awards to five lucky filmmakers before the festivals Closing Night screening of Quentin Lees The People Ive Slept With.

Adam Lee, director of the short film The Prodigy, received The One To Watch Award, which recognizes filmmakers under the age of 21 who demonstrate promise and talent in the discipline of filmmaking. Lees short film follows the painstaking process of a piano prodigy as she strives to further perfect her art.

Taiwanese director Chung Lee won the Excellence in Short Filmmaking Award, which was accepted on his behalf by his wife Annie Hsu. Lees short film Mochi explores the tangled and complex relationship between Yulia, a live-in caretaker, and her antagonizing employer, a bitter old man whose offensive behavior alienates himself from his only son.

The award for Best Emerging Director in Documentary Feature went to Stephanie Wang-Breal for Wo Ai Ni Mommy, a documentary that follows a young Chinese girls transition from China to her adoptive home in Long Island, New York.