Presenters of the Asian American International Film Festival
A new generation of filmmaking is coming out of Hong Kong. But can we watch it? Living between worlds When I was about eight years old, my mum and I went to a caa caan teng – the Cantonese name for a Hong Kong style diner – for a quick meal. These ...
Dear Festival Friends, Happy new year! As we welcome in 2025, we’d like to announce the changes that are taking place at Asian Cinevision. Firstly, Demi Guo is stepping down from Editor-in-Chief of CineVue. In her 3 years at the helm, she assembled a p ...
Special thanks to Paul Chhorm, Robert Chau, Eng Tang, Avian Munoz, Chaiya, and Monika for sharing your stories. This wouldn’t have been possible without you. On November 2, 1984, Rolland Joffe’s “The Killing Fields” hit theaters in the UK. The film, w ...
The high stakes of Ashley Chea’s hoop dreams Through what was initially a project about the formation of Asian American basketball leagues, director Erica Tanamachi and producer Jenn Lee Smith found a contemporary story that they could intertwine with ...
A Korean-American teen’s coming of age “Why do you smoke?” Korean American teen, Hayoung, asks her father. He’s a man whose charisma seems to radiate effortlessly and, at times, makes him feel aloof. “It’s bad for you,” she adds, seamlessly switching from ...
Decolonization, and the Power of Intercultural Alliances in Philadelphia The creative discussion at the Philadelphia Asian American Film Festival, ‘The Fight For Our Communities: Save Chinatown,’ unveils a conversation that revolves around the ongoing gen ...
Discovering Myanmar’s struggle against the Myitsone Dam through grassroots activists and the lens of director Emily Hong Nestled between the Mali Hka and N’Mai Hka rivers lies a village once home to Hkawn Mai, Lu Ra, and Ja Hkawn. Emily Hong’s “Above an ...
The following Q&A has been edited for clarity, and is a companion to the review of “The Takedown,” an Audible Original written by Lily Chu and narrated by Phillipa Soo. Can you recount how you got into narrating Lily Chu’s “The Takedown”? Sure. I wa ...