The Asian American International Film Festival is now open for submissions for its 47th annual run in August 2024! We already covered some of the gems we showed at our film festival in 2023. Here are some more from that year, to get a glimpse of the ki ...
‘Bookmark 14’ takes an honest look at what it means to be a teenager
Written By: Jeremy Lim This article may contain spoilers. Adults love to wax poetic about their nostalgia associated with being a kid and kids love to talk about how they just want to grow up. But nobody thinks back fondly abou ...
Stomping out expectations in Genta Matsugami’s ‘Demolition Girl’
Written By: Saiya Floyd Genta Matsugami’s “Demolition Girl” transports the audience to rural Japan and offers a look into the life of a working class teenage girl. Set in Gunma Prefecture in the months before the girl’s last year of high school, “Demo ...
Interview with Shingo Usami, Writer/Actor/Director of RICEBALLS
CineVue got the inside scoop on RICEBALLS chatting with Shingo Usami, who wore the writer, actor, and director hats. In the poignant film, a recently widowed Kenji does his best to remind his young son of their cultural heritage, making clumsily-crafted J ...
Interview with Masayuki Kusaka, Producer of HARRY ON THE CLOUDS
Kari Lindberg, on behalf of CineVue, was fortunate enough to chat with Masayuki Kusaka, producer of HARRY ON THE CLOUDS. In this bittersweet animation, a baby sheep, on his road to heaven, tries to visit his mourning mother before he crosses over for good ...
TRANSCENDING: THE WAT MISAKA STORY
The story of Wat Misaka, a Japanese American who was the first minority basketball player to be drafted into the NBA.