VC FILMFEST 2007: THE LOS ANGELES ASIAN PACIFIC FILM FESTIVAL PRESENTED BY HONDA ANNOUNCES LINE UP FOR MAY 3 – 10, 2007
Los Angeles Based Filmmakers Justin Lin, Grace Lee and Charlie Nguyen Take Center Stage
Los Angeles, CA, March 30, 2007 Visual Communications, the nation’s premier Asian Pacific American media arts center today announced their Opening, Centerpiece and Closing Night films for the upcoming VC FILMFEST 2007: The Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival Presented by Honda beginning May 3 - May 10, 2007 at the Director’s Guild of America (DGA), the Laemmle Sunset 5 Theatres, National Center for the Preservation of Democracy, and the Aratani/Japan America Theatre. Southern California’s largest and most prestigious film festival of its kind launches the celebration of Asian Pacific Heritage Month through this year’s slate of over 150 films and videos from both Asian Pacific American and Asian international directors. This year, Los Angeles based filmmakers are prominently featured in the highlighted slots of the festival.
2007 VC FILMFEST:The Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival Presented by Honda
· OPENING NIGHT - Thursday, May 3 - DGA
FINISHING THE GAME - A FILM BY JUSTIN LIN (BETTER LUCK TOMORROW; FAST & FURIOUS: TOKYO DRIFT; ANNAPOLIS) A hit at 2007 Sundance, director Justin Lin brings his 70's based comedy on the search for the new Bruce Lee and what could have happened. Starring: DUSTIN NGUYEN, ROGER FAN, SUNG KANG, MCCALEB BURNETT, MC HAMMER, MOUSA KRAISH, MEREDITH SCOTT LYNN, MONIQUE CURNEN, JAMES FRANCO, BRIAN TEE and LEONARDO NAM
· CENTERPIECE FILM - Sunday, May 6 - DGA
AMERICAN ZOMBIE - A FILM BY GRACE LEE (THE GRACE LEE PROEJCT) VC FILMFEST alum Grace Lee is back with her first narrative feature film about the making of a documentary about the lives of zombies living in the US. A huge hit at 2007 Slamdance and 2007 South by Southwest film festivals, American Zombie answers the question - Is There Life After Death? - with a resounding YES!!!
· CLOSING NIGHT - Thursday, May 10 - Aratani/Japan America Theatre
THE REBEL - A FILM BY CHARLIE NGUYEN The talented Vietnamese American filmmaker Charlie Nguyen brings THE REBEL, an action/adventure romance epic set in 1920’s Saigon as a government agent and the daughter of a rebel peasant flee the clutches of a malevolent turncoat thirsty for power. Starring: DUSTIN NGUYEN, JOHNNY TRI NGUYEN and NGO THANH VAN
SPECIAL EVENTS
* A Tribute to Mako (the Oscar nominated actor who passed away in 2006)
* Spotlight on the Director - An Afternoon with Justin Lin
* Spotlight on the Actor - An Afternoon with Dustin Nguyen
* Cinematographers Master Class
ASIAN INTERNATIONAL SHOWCASE - OUTSTANDING FILMS FROM ASIA Includes:
*SUMMER PALACE – China
*THE BLOOD OF YINGZHOU DISTRICT - China
*HULA GIRLS – Japan
*RETRIBUTION – Japan
*TEKKONKINKREET – Japan
*EAGLE VS. SHARK – New Zealand
*ANG PAMANA - Philippines
*TODO TODO TEROS – Philippines
*KING AND THE CLOWN - South Korea
*INVISIBLE WAVES - Thailand
*ETERNAL SUMMER – Taiwan
*SAIGON ECLIPSE – Vietnam
ASIAN AMERICAN SHOWCASE – OUTSTANDING FILMS FROM THE US Includes:
*AMERICAN FUSION – Frank Lin
*BOLINAO 52 – Duc Nguyen
*THE CATS OF MIRIKITANI – Linda Hattendorf
*FALLING FOR GRACE – Fay Ann Lee
*THE TROUBLE WITH ROMANCE – Gene Rhee
*YOUNG REPUBLIC – Nooshin Navidi
*BEST IN THE WEST – Maryam Kashani
*NA KAMELEI: MEN OF HULA – Lisette Marie Flanery
*NEW YEAR BABY – Socheata Poeuv
*BABY – Juwan Chung
*AMERICAN PASTIME – Desmond Nakano
More films and events will be announced later.
Established in 1983, VC FILMFEST is Southern California’s leading showcase for Asian Pacific American and Asian international cinema. This year, the eight-day movie-rama will also include a complement of filmmaker seminars, panel discussions, workshops, and awards.
For ticket and program information, a complete listing of sponsors and partners, and to purchase tickets, log on to www.vconline.org or contact Visual Communications at (213) 680-4462 x68.
VC FILMFEST 2007 is presented by Honda and supported by the following sponsors: Presenting – Honda; Premium - Directors Guild of America; Premiere - John Woo Presents Stranglehold from Midway Games; Platinum - National Endowment for the Arts; Screen Actors Guild - Producers Industry Advancement and Cooperative Fund; Gold - AZN Television; Los Angeles County Arts Commission; Macy's; Multicultural Radio Broadcast, Inc.; Project By Project; Sony Pictures Entertainment; and Wahoo’s Fish Taco; Silver - Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences; Cultural Affairs Department - City of Los Angeles; Eastman Kodak Company; Entertainment Partners; FOX; MUSE; Bronze - Asian Pacific Community Fund; Hitachi, Ltd.; Little Tokyo Service Center; SAG Indie; Search to Involve Pilipino Americans; Writers Guild of America – West, Inc; Official Festival Beer - Heineken; Official International Airline - Cathay Pacific Airways; Official Domestic Airline - Southwest Airlines; Awards - Eastman Kodak Company; Entertainment Partners, LA Digital Post, Write Brothers, Inc; Media - LA36; GIANT ROBOT; IKOn; LA 18/KSCI-TV; ImaginAsian TV and Multicultural Radio Broadcast, Inc.
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