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The deadline for the 2020 CAAM Fellowship application is Monday, November 18, 2019.
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CAAM Fellowship Behind the Scenes: Fellow Pulkit Datta on Dealing with Rejection and Gatekeepers as a Filmmaker of Color
“While I could write this blog post littering it with milestones from my career and my projects, I decided that writing about rejection and failure might be a far more entertaining read.”
Arthur Dong’s “Hollywood Chinese” Book Launch with CAAM at SF Public Library
This past Sunday, CAAM was honored to present the book launch of award-winning filmmaker/author Arthur Dong’s new book, Hollywood Chinese: The Chinese in American…
Ang Lee’s Use of Digital Technologies in “Gemini Man” Reveals Human Condition
“Ang is completely and almost exclusively focused on the human experience. He uses technology to try to augment the ideas. He’s trying to figure out how the use of that technology has a corresponding vibration in the human soul.” – Will Smith
Celebrate Home Movie Day with CAAM on October 19
Preserving amateur-made films helps us remember and commemorate our community’s history.
Meet the CAAM Fam: Marky Enriquez, CAAM’s New Digital & Interactive Media Manager
Marky has been a part of the CAAM Fam since 2007, starting off as a DJ for the San Francisco International Asian American Film Festival. He has been working with CAAM at various capacities ever since then, as a performer, ambassador, music curator, event producer, and most recently, as Marketing Manager for CAAMFest37.
Christopher Sean Talks About Being the First Asian American Lead of “Star Wars”
Sean talks about how he landed the role as Kazuda, his thoughts about being the first Asian American lead in “Star Wars,” and on working with actor Tzi Ma.
Memoirs of a Superfan Volume 14.11: Justin Chon on the Making of “Ms. Purple”
“Another thing I deal with in the film is what do we bring, what traditions, what cultural elements do we bring from the old country, and what do we leave behind? What’s healthier to leave behind and what should we bring with us? What moral standards and everything is healthy to keep?” – Justin Chon
Peilin Chou on bringing cultural authenticity to DreamWorks Animation and Pearl Studio’s “Abominable”
To Chou, she defines authenticity as truth rendered through an intimate understanding of character and setting, both inside and out.
CAAM Fellowship Behind the Scenes: Anuradha Rana
For an entire year I am a filmmaker with a mentor. Every time I ask a question or bring up a challenge I am facing, Mridu will give me a concrete example from her experiences that helps me to figure out what to do. I am constantly reminded that I am not alone.
CAAM Fellowship Behind-the-Scenes: Mentor Karin Chien
“In 2010, CAAM took a bold step. We started a 5-year professional mentoring program focused on Asian Americans working in every aspect of the fiction industries – film, TV, interactive, and immersive.”
Southern Documentary Fund (SDF) Annual Artists’ Convening 2019
The convening offered a place to learn and dialogue, essentially a rest stop where makers could take a moment to reconnect with their intentions and each other so that everyone may continue on this often unpredictable and difficult path that is documentary filmmaking.