It’s no secret that the COVID-19 pandemic hasn’t been kind to film festivals anywhere. However, events like the 36th annual Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival still celebrate the […]
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The 2020 Sundance Film Festival Re-cap: Get A Taste Of What Premiered And What Went Down At The Asian Pacific Filmmakers’ Experience
The Sundance Film Festival has long provided a welcome mat for projects from AAPI and other underrepresented creators. Māori drama “Whale Rider” received the 2003 World Cinema Audience Award, […]
16 Powerful Shorts from NBCUniversal’s Film Festival
NBCUniversal’s 12th Annual Short Film Festival has just named 16 semi-finalists, and with a slew of exciting, creative new visionaries telling powerful, diverse stories, the competition is stiffer than […]
Q&A: HBO’s APA Visionaries Filmmakers On The Importance Of Having A Platform
On Friday, the Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival hosted the premiere of the three winning shorts of HBO’s first-ever APA Visionaries competition. The shorts, in their premiere showing, […]
Korean American Animator Will Kim Creates Moving Watercolor Tales
by KARIN CHAN There is no space to walk around Will Kim’s home studio in South Pasadena, Calif. due to a mosaic of watercolor paintings lying on the floor […]
‘My Love, Don’t Cross That River’ Wins Documentary Award at L.A. Film Fest
by JAMES S. KIM | @james_s_kim editor@charactermedia.com Here’s one more reason to watch possibly the most popular South Korean documentary of 2015: My Love, Don’t Cross That River and its director, […]
Win Tickets to See Korean Films at L.A. Film Fest
The annual Los Angeles Film Festival is kicking off in just a couple of days, and the festival has partnered with KoreAm Journal and Audrey Magazine to give our readers a […]
Cannes Film Festival 2015 to Screen Four Korean Films
by REERA YOO | @reeraboo editor@charactermedia.com Often described as the crème de la crème of film festivals, the Cannes Film Festival annually offers some of the best narrative films and […]
L.A. Film Festival to Screen 3 Korean and Korean American Feature Films
by REERA YOO | @reeraboo editor@charactermedia.com The Los Angeles Film Festival, which runs from June 10-18 this year, unveiled the lineup for its 21st annual festival on Tuesday. A […]
Win Tickets to See ‘Twinsters’ and ‘Ktown Cowboys’ at LAAPFF 2015
The 31st annual Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival (LAAPFF) is kicking off tomorrow, and KoreAm Journal is giving away tickets for the West Coast premieres of Twinsters and Ktown […]
Los Angeles Film Festival to Hold Gala Screening for ‘Seoul Searching’
by JAMES S. KIM | @james_s_kim editor@charactermedia.com Seoul Searching has been selected for the Los Angeles Film Festival‘s annual gala screening. Written and directed by Benson Lee, the coming-of-age indie film premiered to […]
LAAPFF Features Korean and Korean American Films
by REERA YOO | @reeraboo editor@charactermedia.com The 31st Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival (LAAPFF) will be showcasing a wide variety of indie films, documentaries and short films created […]
Korean American Filmmakers Win Awards at the 2015 White House Student Film Festival
by REERA YOO | @reeraboo editor@charactermedia.com Two Korean American student filmmakers recently won awards at the 2015 White House Student Film Festival. This is the second year the White […]
[VIDEO] ‘Twinsters’ SXSW Trailer
by REERA YOO | @reeraboo editor@charactermedia.com Feature documentary Twinsters, which tells the incredible true story of twin sisters reunited after 25 years of separation, will be making its world premiere at […]
Korean Director Wins Golden Bear at Berlin International Film Festival
by REERA YOO | @reeraboo editor@charactermedia.com Na Young-kil won the Golden Bear for best short film at the Berlin International Film Festival on Feb. 14. This is the second […]
