Asian Cinevision and the Asian American International Film Festival (AAIFF) is thrilled to celebrate the cinematic release of THE MOTEL by debut director Michael Kang. The script for the coming-of-age tale of chubby, 13-year-old Ernest (Jeffrey Chyau), a second generation Chinese-American, who helps run his mother’s sleazy rent-by-the hour motel, won the 2001 AAIFF Screenplay Competition as well as earning the filmmaker an invitation to the coveted Sundance Screenwriters Lab.  Fresh from its world premiere at Sundance, THE MOTEL returned for it’s East Coast premiere as the Centerpiece Presentation of the 28th Asian American International Film Festival.
Read the 28th AIFF Cinevue article on The Motel here.

INTERVIEW WITH DIRECTOR MICHAEL KANG
Click here for the Cinema AZN segment on The Motel, where you’ll find out more about the filmmaker’s journey in making his feature debut, and hear from actors Jade Wu and Jeffrey Chyau.

EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEWS WITH CAST
Click on the names for full transcripts and clips of Cinema AZN interviews with actors Jeffrey Chyau & Samantha Futerman, writer/director Michael Kang, and producer Karin Chien.