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Tag: sundance
Sean Wang’s ‘Dìdi (弟弟)’ is Acquired by Focus Features After Sundance Wins
The cast and director of Dìdi at Sundance earlier this month. (Photo Courtesy by The Hollywood Reporter.)
Sunrise Collective Returns to Sundance for Their Second Year
Lucy Liu and Daniel Dae Kim were just some of the API creatives at the Sunrise House.
‘Try Harder!’—Debbie Lum’s College Application Documentary Is Coming to Theaters
After premiering at this year’s Sundance Film Festival and making waves on the rest of the festival circuit, the film is appearing in a select few theaters across the country.
Cop Awkwafina’s Glam SAG And Sundance Looks
Everyone’s favorite Korean-China-American actress and rapper is on an unstoppable roll! And she has the killer makeup looks and outfits to match. Nora Lum aka Awkwafina blazed into the spotlight […]
John Cho Goes Indie Romance For Kogonada’s ‘Columbus’
Kogonada’s reputation precedes him. His work as a video essayist has amassed a legion of devotees as well as impressive commissions, including from the Criterion Collection. The auteur’s feature […]
[VIDEO] Ki Hong Lee is a Prisoner in ‘The Stanford Prison Experiment’
by REERA YOO | @reeraboo editor@charactermedia.com “Would you rather be a guard or a prisoner?” In 1971, Dr. Philip Zimbardo conducted a notorious experiment that randomly assigned 24 […]
Jessika Van Talks Madonna, Playing a Pastor’s Daughter in ‘Seoul Searching’
by JAMES S. KIM | @james_s_kim editor@charactermedia.com When Jessika Van first read her lines for her character in Seoul Searching, she didn’t have much to go off of: Writer-director Benson […]
Benson Lee Goes ‘Seoul Searching’ With Latest Indie Feature
Pictured above: Benson Lee, writer and director of independent feature film Seoul Searching. (Photo by Mark Edward Harris) story by JAMES S. KIM In the summer of 1986, Benson Lee was […]
Asian and Asian American Films in Sundance 2015
In 2002, Better Luck Tomorrow made a splashy buzz at Sundance Film Festival, complete with a rousing defense from the late Roger Ebert. Since then, there has been […]
‘Seoul Searching’ to Premiere at 2015 Sundance
by JAMES S. KIM | @james_s_kim editor@charactermedia.com Seoul Searching will be premiering much sooner than we thought. The Sundance Institute announced its premieres lineup for the 2015 Sundance Film Festival […]
LINK ATTACK: Ki Hong Lee, Millennials in NKorea, Veterans Day
How Millennials Are Shaking North Korea’s Regime “My generation, they’re not really worshiping the Kim regime sincerely, just pretending. That’s what we call the black market generation,” Yeonmi Park […]
Korean Ceramics Documentary to Enter Sundance
by JAMES S. KIM A documentary on the craft of Korean ceramics will be competing in the documentary portion of the upcoming Sundance Film Festival, reports the Korea Times. […]
Korean American Actress Debuts in Buzzworthy Film Featured at Sundance
Naomi Ko, starring in the highly anticipated Dear White People, talks about how race still matters in 2014. by JAMES S. KIM When 23-year-old actress Naomi Ko was in Los […]
