Category Archives: Asian Cinema

Eight student films from the University of Hawai’i-Manoa’s Academy for Creative Media have been selected for screening at the 2007 Louis Vuitton Hawaii International Film Festival. The films will be shown at 6:15 p.m. Oct. 21 at the Regal Dole … Continue reading →

BUSAN, Oct. 4 (Yonhap) — The Pusan International Film Festival opened here Thursday with an unprecedented foreign opener and the largest number of world premiers in its 12-year history.   The largest cinema event in Asia raised its curtain at the … Continue reading →

The Nanking Massacre happens to be a hot topic at the moment with at least 3 projects, two from Hong Kong, and one from China in works right now. The first out the gate is Nanking! Nanking! directed by Lu … Continue reading →

The Cannes Film Festival runner-up prize, known as the Grand Prix, went to the Japanese film, 殯の森 <The Mourning Forest>, directed by Naomi Kawase. The Mourning Forest, which was a front runner for the Palme d’Or, tells the story of … Continue reading →

Margaret Cho has posted some photos on her blog from the set of a new film she’s directing, "Two Sisters," starring Yunjin Kim, Tamlyn Tomita, Kal Penn, and others. Check it out here and here. Yunjin Kim as a Japanese … Continue reading →

I’m a bit disappointed that next month’s VC FilmFest (which I will be attending) did not include many Korean movies (I’ve seen King and the Clown both at HIFF and at PIFF).  Also, many of the films will also be showing at HIFF’s Spring … Continue reading →

The Hong Kong International Film Festival has announced the results of the first annual Asian Film Awards. The winners are listed below. Check out this page on the AFA website for all the nominees. Best Film | The Host Best … Continue reading →

 I’ll be back in LA/Orange County in May. It will be my first time attending the LA Asian Pacific Film Festival and the Korean Music Festival.  I am so excited. On a less happier note, I’ll be celebrating my 40th … Continue reading →

Now that we’re comfortably into 2007, many film critics have compiled their lists of favorite 2006 films. Over at Twitchfilm, we have Todd’s 2006 Year in Review and Dejima 2006 Wrap Up. Over at Koreanfilm.org, Darcy lays out his Top … Continue reading →