“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.”
The competition is dedicated to showcasing emerging Asian Pacific American directors with unique perspectives of the APA experience.
“I try to incorporate stories about where I am from because I know how dynamic the immigrant and POC experience is.” – Ruby Ibarra
The grant supports CAAM’s work with Asian American documentary filmmakers in the South.
“I hope to show people that Muslims are people too, and that we’re not that different from you” — Razan, 15
Filmmaker Grace Lee talks about exploring identity, political power, and going undercover at the Iowa Caucuses.
Hot Docs is now accepting project proposals for the upcoming Toronto Documentary Forum, May 5 & 6, 2010.
This year’s DIVERSITY IN PLACE FILM FESTIVAL invites submissions addressing the Diversity of Places that compounds our urban realities. These include nourishing places as well as unsettling, even frightening, places.
It’s hard to believe, but I can finally announce that WHATEVER IT TAKES has been completed! At times, I never thought my film would be done. There was always another scene to shoot, another rough cut to edit, another technical detail to manage. But through it all we persevered, and now we are ready to show our film to the world.
Locus at Kearny Street Workshop, in collaboration with the San Francisco International Asian American Film Festival, team up with local filmmakers and musicians to produce the 2nd annual DIY Premiere and Online Contest – videos will premiere at an event hosted by Locus at Kearny Street Workshop and one will win a spot in SFIAAFF’s Music Video Asia.
Locus at Kearny Street Workshop, in collaboration with the San Francisco International Asian American Film Festival, team up with local filmmakers and musicians to produce the 2nd annual DIY Premiere and Online Contest – videos will premiere at an event hosted by Locus at Kearny Street Workshop and one will win a spot in SFIAAFF’s Music Video Asia.
Last month, something happened which reminded me that I’m not just making a film. In documentary, we’re not just dealing with footage that we shot a few months ago; we’re dealing with individuals whose lives continue evolve. This is real life, and sometimes things change for the better, sometimes for the worse. In this case, it was definitely the latter…