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3rd Annual Talent One Media Film Festival

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Talent One Media is proud to announce the 3rd Annual T.O.M. Film Festival set to begin at 5:30pm on Saturday, May 31st, 2008 at the Aratani Japan America Theatre in Little Tokyo, in Downtown Los Angeles, CA. The event will is Free Admission and open to the public.

This special 1-day event will premiere 10 original short films, feature live outdoor music from Slum Peasants and Elements of The Outer Realm, and will also feature an Awareness Resource area for partnering organizations. Film goers will not only enjoy Free admission for the festival, but they’ll have the opportunity to find out more about local and global initiatives to fight and end modern day slavery.

Talent One Media, a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization, was created in 2005 by passionate filmmakers, artists, musicians, and community leaders whose goal is to positively impact and influence the world around them. The organization focuses on creating an environment for artists to use their talents for a greater cause and purpose. Through out the year, Talent One Media is committed to assisting and encouraging filmmakers and artists to take their skills and crafts to the next level and is able to achieve this through various resources and networks.

Watch the trailer for the Talent One Media Film Festival

8th Annual Slant Film Festival in Houston

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This weekend only experience the 8th Annual Slant Film Festival. For the 8th year, Aurora Picture Show presents Slant, an eclectic showcase of the best in emerging Asian American cinema. The festival runs for 3 days this year. Catch all the action at:

Aurora Picture Show

800 Aurora Street

Houston, TX

Opening Night Films – Shorts – May 30 @ 8pm

What do missed connections, using bananas as weapons, and a little girl´s persistence in selling cookies have in common? Nothing, until we brought them together for Slant! This program of experimental and narrative films weaves together the humorous and the poetic. Some films tackle stereotypes, while others travel through memory and longing.

Getting to Nobu – May 31 @ 8pm

Join Slant veteran and our favorite TV personality, Nobu Adilman, for a special show-and-tell screening of his short films and television shows. Nobu is the co-producer of Food Network Canada’s Food Jammers and Invention Nation. His career has included writing for network television (Emily of New Moon, Cold Squad), acting (Trailer Park Boys, Parsley Days), hosting CBC’s Smart Ask! for two years, guest hosting CBC’s late night program, ZeD, and pop culture reporting on CBC Newsworld’s Play.

Documentary Showcase – June 1 @ 8pm

In this program of documentaries, family members hold on to each other and their memories even when outside forces try to tear them apart.

Here’s what you can expect from Slant 8. Watch the teaser for Slant Volume 1 DVD – Asian American Short Films

Johnnie To film series in San Francisco Bay Area

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The Pacific Film Archive in Berkeley is putting together a Johnnie To film series. If you have ever wanted to check out Johnnie To’s films, here’s your chance. Here’s the schedule for the film series over the next month.

Thursday, May 29, 2008

6:30 p.m. The Mission

Five gunmen must unite to keep a triad boss alive. A neon-lit tribute to Hawks, Mann, and Kurosawa’s Seven Samurai.

Thursday, May 29, 2008

8:15 p.m. Fulltime Killer

Two killers battle for supremacy in this comic-book montage of film tributes and pulp-novel conceits that makes Tarantino look like Bresson.

Wednesday, June 4, 2008

7:30 p.m. Running on Karma

Andy Lau is a Buddhist monk turned male stripper who can see past lives and predict the future in To’s crazed superhero genre mash-up. Like Spider-Man rewritten by the Dalai Lama.

Wednesday, June 11, 2008

7:30 p.m. Throw Down

Aaron Kwon seeks judo guidance from ex-champion, now-drunkard Louis Koo in To’s sweet-natured remake of Kurosawa’s Sanshiro Sugata. “The absolute best neo-samurai judo farce in town.”—Village Voice

Thursday, June 12, 2008

7:00 p.m. Breaking News

A police-versus-gunmen showdown turns into media warfare in this Cannes-selected thriller, a Dog Day Afternoon on the streets of Hong Kong.

Wednesday, June 18, 2008

6:30 p.m. Election

Two gangsters campaign (and kill) to win a triad election in this gunless thriller with “a Shakespearean hue, and a rich political and moral subtext.”—N.Y. Times

Wednesday, June 18, 2008

8:30 p.m. Triad Election

An over-educated, money-obsessed hoodlum gets sucked into triad (and governmental) deceits in this Darwinian-capitalist satire and “exemplary gangster thriller.”—N.Y. Times

Saturday, June 21, 2008

8:45 p.m. Exiled

Nattily attired hitmen square off in scenic Macao in this “enjoyable action thriller with a bracing touch of political satire.”—Manchester Guardian

Friday, June 27, 2008

8:40 p.m. Mad Detective

Lau Ching-wan is a cop who can sense the paranormal in a “wild, hilarious, and thoroughly disturbing entertainment.”—Vancouver Film Festival

Watch the trailer for Johnnie To’s Exiled.

Philly Asian Film Festival looking for film submissions

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The Philadelphia Asian American Film Foundation is now accepting submissions for its 1st Annual Asian American Film Festival. Held from October 24 – 30, 2008, the Philadelphia Asian American Film Festival is dedicated to supporting Asian American films and filmmakers by education, interaction, and participation throughout the Philadelphia area.

To be eligible, short and feature productions must be directed by, produced by, or starring Asian Americans, or with subject matter concerning Asian American issues. The selected entries will be screened during the festival.

Deadlines for submissions are July 7th for early and August 11 for final. Discounts are also available for any early and electronic entries. Submit your short or feature film through Withoutabox.com and get in on our early bird deadline!

You can submit a short film like Wong Fu Productions “The Spare”

48th Annual SFSU Film Finals

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48th Annual SFSU Film Finals

Date: Friday, May 16, 2008

Time: 5:30pm – 9:00pm

Location: the Mc Kenna Theater (CA building),

San Francisco State Campus

1600 Holloway Avenue

San Francisco, CA

5:30 pm; Reception with free food and wine @CA153.

7:00pm; Juried screenings features top student films, opening remarks by Oscar-winning alum Steven Okazaki, and celebration of retiring professors Jim Kitses and Pat Ferrero @the McKenna Theater (in CA building).

Steven Okazaki is a academy award winning documentary filmmaker. His most recent film “White Lite/Black Rain” interviews A-bomb survivors who has been still suffering pain from injures and discrimination by aftereffect of the bomb. We are really really honored to have him who always tells us hidden truth about the war and our society through his films.

Watch the trailer for the 48th Annual SFSU Film Finals:

2008 Chinatown Film Festival Call for Entries

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The Chinatown Film Festival, 2008 New York Edition, announces the call for entries for Feature Length, Documentary, Short Subject, Experimental Project and Animation films. The 2008 Chinatown Film Festival will be held October 2008 with screenings in Chinatown, New York. Submission forms can be downloaded online at the official Chinatown Film Festival website.

GENERAL GUIDELINES

1. Movies should not be ever screened in USA, and they should be Asian (produced, directed and filmed in Asia).

2. We will accept movies from China (including Hong Kong), Singapore, Korea, Japan, Malaysia, Taiwan, Mongolia, Viet-Nam, Cambodia and Thailand.

3. Movies should be in the original language with English (and possibly simplified Chinese) subtitles.

Please be aware of the following closing dates for submissions.

MAY 30, 2008 (postmark) EARLY SUBMISSIONS DEADLINE

Entry fees for Early Submissions is $20.00

JULY 15, 2008 (postmark) Official LAST DAY FOR ALL SUBMISSIONS DEADLINE

Entry fees for All Submissions is $35.00

LATE SUBMISSION DEADLINE
AUGUST 29, 2008 (delivered and received by Chinatown Film Festival Office, be aware your movie may be not included in the official selection)

Entry fee for Late Submissions is $75.00

Please note that entry fees are non-refundable.

Here’s some footage from the 2007 Chinatown Film Festival Fashion Show Fundraiser: