“Pretty To Think So” will also be playing at the Chicago Asian American Showcase. This film world premiered at the San Francisco International Asian American Film Festival. And is the Official Selection for both the Chicago Asian American Showcase and the Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival. If you miss the film is Chicago, the next stop for this film is the Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival.
Watch the trailer for “Pretty To Think So”
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“The Killing of a Chinese Cookie” will be playing at the Chicago Asian American Showcase. This is your second chance to check the film out in Chicago. Next stop for this film is the DisOrient Asian American Film Festival in Eugene, Oregon.
For nearly a century, people have turned to this prophetic dessert for advice, inspiration and even winning lottery combinations. While the fortune cookie has been a source of fascination and a Chinese cuisine staple in North America, it remains nearly non-existent in China. THE KILLING OF A CHINESE COOKIE examines the heated debate over the true origin of the fortune cookie, the mixing of eastern and western cultures that produced it, and the cookie’s rise from a simple pastry to a pop culture phenomenon.
Watch the tailer for “The Killing of a Chinese Cookie”
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Watch the full documentary of The Killing of a Chinese Cookie (or get it on amazon)
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This trailer was just released online. The festival runs from May 1-8, 2008.
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Look for the following films at the festival:
HIGHLIGHTED PROGRAMS
• OPENING NIGHT – Thursday, May 1 – DGA
PING PONG PLAYA – A Film by Jessica Yu – The Los Angeles premiere of PING PONG PLAYA marks filmmaker Yu’s comedy narrative feature debut starring Jimmy Tsai, Roger Fan, Elizabeth Sung, Smith Cho, Andrew Vo, Khary Payton, Javin Reid, Scott Lowell and Peter Paige
• CENTERPIECE FILM – Sunday, May 4 – DGA
KISSING COUSINS – A Film by Amyn Kaderali – Filmmaker Kaderali brings his debut feature film to this year’s festival starring Samrat Chakrabarti, Rebecca Hazlewood, Gerry Bednob, Zack Ward, Jaleel White and David Alan Grier
• CLOSING NIGHT – Thursday, May 8 – Aratani/Japan America Theatre
THE HOME SONG STORIES – A Film by Tony Ayres – Australian based director Ayres brings a personal story starring the amazing Joan Chen in one of her most powerful performances as a glamorous Shanghai nightclub singer and a mother of two who migrates to Australia and tries to begin a life for her family.
Playing today at the “Asian American Showcase” in Chicago are two great films: “Vincent Who?” and “West 32nd”. If you are in the area, be sure to check them out.
A documentary on Vincent Chin presented by Asian Pacific Americans for Progress in association with Tony Lam Films:
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Learn more about Vincent Chin.
The other film is “West 32nd” by Michael Kang. When John Kim, an ambitious young lawyer, takes on a pro bono case to exonerate a fourteen-year-old boy from a first degree murder charge, he finds a world he never knew existed in the underbelly of Manhattan – the Korean underworld.
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Visit the “West 32nd” movie site. This film is also slated to be the opening night film for the “Disorient Asian American Film Festival” on April 24 in Eugene, OR.
If you missed “Kissing Cousins” over the weekend, you can catch it again tonite at the “Asian American Showcase“
Here’s audience reactions after the “Kissing Cousins” world premiere screening at the San Francisco International Asian American Film Festival last month:
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If you are in the Chicago Area, drop by the 13th edition of “Asian American Showcase”. The showcase runs from April 11 through 24. This year’s theme is “Lucky 13”. They will celebrate film and video production by Asian American directors through 13 Chicago-premiere programs and a “Lucky 13”-themed exhibition by Asian American artists in their gallery/café.
Details:
April 11-24, 2008
Gene Siskel Film Center
164 North State Street
Chicago Il 60601
Here’s some of the films in the lineup:
Opening Night – Ping Pong Playa
Closing Night – Santa Mesa
Other films of note include “Vincent Who?” and “West 32nd”
Directors scheduled to appear include Michael Kang (West 32nd), Amyn Kaderali (Kissing Cousins), and Frances Hsueh and Steven Hahn (Pretty to Think So)
Playing tonight is “Kissing Cousins”. Watch the trailer below.
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You can see the program guide here:
