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What’s Going On? Everything, All at Once By Ben Fong-Torres

Posted by Suzanne Kai - on Sunday, 08 May 2022

What’s Going On? Everything, All at Once By Ben Fong-Torres
What’s Going On? Everything, All at Once By Ben Fong-Torres MAY 8, 2022 With “Like a Rolling Stone: The Life and Times of Ben Fong-Torres” the documentary about me, now out today and streaming merrily along on Netflix, I’m officially in the film industry.  Actually, that’s been the case since last June, when the documentary, which stole its title from a popular column at Asian Connections created by director Suzanne Joe Kai's son Mike when he was 14, premiered at the...

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Applications are currently being accepted for the 2013 Latino Media Market - Get your project in front of funders, distributors and dealmakers

Posted by AC Team on Tuesday, 26 March 2013

PBS's Katherine Lo, Dir, Program Development Independent Film & PBS Plus was one of the industry executives meeting with NALIP members at the 2012 Latino Media Market

PBS's Katherline Lo, Dir., Program Development, Independent Film & PBS Plus was one of the industry executives meeting with NALIP members at the 2012 Latino Media Market 




APPLICATIONS ARE CURRENTLY BEING ACCEPTED FOR THE

2013 LATINO MEDIA MARKET 

CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD THE APPLICATION  THE DEADLINE IS MONDAY APRIL 15, 2013 MEETINGS WILL BE HELD JUNE 7-8, 2013 AT THE NALIP 2013 CONFERENCE AT THE SHERATON UNIVERSAL HOTEL, UNIVERSAL CITY, CA

The NALIP 2013 Latino Media Market™ (LMM) will introduce NALIP members and their projects if accepted into this program
to funders, studio executives, distributors, dealmakers, agents, mentors and employers. 

The LMM is a NALIP Signature Program created for NALIP members attending the NALIP 2013 national conference
with qualified projects in the following categories:

- Low-Budget Features in Development or Pre-production - Documentary Works-in-Progress - Non-Scripted Series Ideas

 

 

TYPHOON at the Newport Beach Film Festival

Posted by Stephen Rakower on Friday, 21 April 2006

Check out TYPHOON at the Newport Beach Film Festival on Tuesday, April 25, 2006.

Check out TYPHOON in the Korean spotlight at the Newport Beach Film Festival on Tuesday, April 25, 2006.

Synopsis: Sin has lived his entire life with one goal. Twenty years ago, his family tried to defect to South Korea, only to be sent back to the North as the South Korean government turned its back on his family due to concerns over its relationship with China. In the process of being handed over to the North Korean military, Sin witnessed the execution of his family, followed by the separation from his only sister, Choi Myung-ju. Betrayed by both Koreas, Sin fosters deep-rooted hatred and plots to vent his fury on the Korean peninsula...When a vessel carrying nuclear missile guidance kits is attacked by pirates 220km northeast of Ji Long Port, Taiwan, the National Intelligence Service learns that the vessel was stolen by Sin. Secret agent Naval Lieutenant Kang Se-jong is dispatched and catches up with Sin in Russia. Kang Se-jong meets Sin\'s elder sister Choi Myung-ju, now a prostitute in Russia, and learns of the family\'s troubled history. During his pursuit, Kang Se-jong begins to feel compassion toward Sin, but this does not hinder his determination to apprehend him...With the missile guidance kits in his possession, Sin attempts to execute his plan.

2005, 125 min, Color
In Korean with English subtitles

Directed By: Kyung-Taek Kwak
Executive Producer: Miky Lee
Producers: Seong-Keon...

Director Jennifer Yuh Nelson Wins Annie Award

Posted by AC Team on Wednesday, 15 February 2012

Director Jennifer Yuh Nelson Wins Annie Award

Jennifer Yuh Nelson was named best director for KUNG FU PANDA 2 by the International Animated Film Society (ASIFA-Hollywood) at the 39th Annual Annie Awards.

Nelson is the first solo woman to win the award for Directing in a Feature Production. KUNG FU PANDA 2 also won an Annie Award for Best Animated Special Production. 

The film is also nominated for an Oscar in the Best Animated Feature category.

AsianConnections team was at Kung Fu Panda 2's red carpet premiere in Los Angeles in 2011

Astronaut Leroy Chiao's Space Blog

Posted by AC Team on Friday, 12 November 2004

Astronaut Leroy Chiao's Space Blog

Expedition 10 Commander Leroy Chiao this week extended his reach beyond the confines of the pressurized compartments of the International Space Station as he and Flight Engineer Salizhan Sharipov near the one month mark in space since launch Oct. 14.

As is the case with every Station crew, practice sessions with the stations 58-foot robotic arm Canadarm2 are scheduled early in the increment to exercise the arm and provide practical training for astronauts. Monday, Chiao, in the Destiny Laboratory, used the arm to provide engineers in the Mission Evaluation Room of Mission Control video of a protective panel on the outside the module. A possible indentation was seen there in imagery from the most recent Space Shuttle mission to the Station in November 2002 (STS-113/11A).

Chiao positioned the arm so that cameras could zoom in on the area. The video helped engineers determine that the indentation was not caused by a micrometeoroid or debris strike. The flat spot on the lab shield appeared to be similar to flattened areas seen in shields on the Unity module.

Engineering analysis of the imagery showed these flat spots can occur on the forward and aft triangles of the shields possibly as the result of temperature changes. The shields' protective function and fit is not affected.

Earlier today, Chiao again took command of the robot arm and moved it into position to allow its cameras to view the relocation of the crew's Soyuz spacecraft, a...

Hollywood Chinese: The Arthur Dong Collection on view at Chinese American Museum (CAM) through May 30, 2010

Posted by AC Team on Tuesday, 20 October 2009

Hollywood Chinese: The Arthur Dong Collection on view at Chinese American Museum (CAM) through May 30, 2010

(LOS ANGELES, Oct. 1, 2009) Buried beneath the glittering facade of the world's most fabled industry beats the stories of an obscure chapter from Hollywood's golden past. On view beginning Oct. 24, 2009 through May 30, 2010, the Chinese American Museum (CAM) at the El Pueblo de Los Angeles Historical Monument will awaken these dormant stories in a new exhibition titled, Hollywood Chinese: The Arthur Dong Collection , based on the critically-acclaimed, award winning documentary, Hollywood Chinese (2007), by Oscar-nominated filmmaker, Arthur Dong.

Captured and interpreted through the lens of the Chinese American experience, Hollywood Chinese: The Arthur Dong Collection explores the rich yet largely unknown, century-deep history of Chinese American cinematic contributions, both in front of and behind the camera, while offering vivid depictions of how the Chinese have been imagined in Hollywood movies throughout the decades. A singular collection of classic and contemporary movie memorabilia including vintage movie posters, lobby cards, film stills, scripts, press materials and even a genuine Oscar statuette won by Chinese American Cinematographer, James Wong Howe, on loan courtesy of Don Lee, will be on public display. Arthur Dong serves as the guest curator for this exhibition.

"At the very heart of it, this exhibition is both a behind-the-scenes probe on the history...