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Congratulations to Asian American International Film Festival '12 Award Winners
The Asian American International Film Festival handed out the 2012 Awards for feature and short films before the closing night screening of Michael Kang’s Knots, at the Clearview Chelsea Cinemas in New York on August 5, 2012. The awards ceremony was emceed by spoken word artist Kelly Zen-Yie Tsai.
Knots director Michael Kang and writer and star Kimberly-Rose Wolter at the 35th Asian American International Film Festival Closing night screening of Knots, at the Clearview Chelsea Cinema in New York on August 5, 2012. Photo by Lia Chang
This year, the Asian American International Film Festival, presented by Asian Cinevision (ACV), featured 50 New York premieres-narrative and documentary features, and shorts-of all genres from The Philippines, Taiwan, China, Japan, Korea, UK, Canada and across the Asian Diaspora.
Presenter Kelly Zen-Yie Tsai, a spoken word artist, presents the AAIFF Audience Choice Award for Narrative Feature to Lily Mariye for Model Minority at the Clearview Chelsea Cinemas in New York on August 5, 2012. Photo by Lia Chang
Audience Choice Awards:
Lily Mariye’s Model Minority (photo courtesy of Nice Girl Films)
The
Audience
Choice
Award
for
Narrative
Feature
was
presented
to
Lily
Mariye,
an
actor,
screenwriter
and
director,
whose
impressive
debut
feature MODEL
MINORITY,
follows
the
story
of
L.A.
teenagers
trying
to
navigate
the
treacherous
world
of
peer
pressure,
drug
dealers,
juvenile
hall
and
dysfunctional
families.
Derek Ting's movie $upercapitalist directed by Simon Yin debuts in Theaters, Online and Video on Demand
August
19,
2012 (Updated
August
29,
2012
with
screening
dates
and
video
of
SAG
Foundation's
conversation
with
cast
members
Linus
Roache
and
Michael
Park, and
producer/writer/actor
Derek
Ting.)
by
Lia
Chang
Don't
miss
these
screenings!:
(more
listings
below)
SAN
FRANCISCO
-
August
24
-
30
at
the
Landmark
Opera
Plaza
Cinema,
601
Van
Ness
Ave,
San
Francisco,
CA
94102
LOS
ANGELES
-
August
31
-
September
6
at
the
Laemmle's
Noho
7,
5240
Lankershim
Blvd.,
Los
Angeles,
CA
(North
Hollywood,
CA
91601)
Kudos to Derek Ting, for taking control of his destiny, pursuing his dream and realizing his vision with his eleven year journey from inception to the big screen. Derek is the writer, producer and star of $upercapitalist, a financial thriller set in Hong Kong directed by award-winning filmmaker Simon Yin. Ting's film debuts in theaters this month, and is available now through your local cable TV station's video-on-demand, and online at many outlets including iTunes and Amazon Video. (Top image L to R: Lia Chang, $upercapitalist writer, producer and lead actor Derek Ting, producer and Derek's wife Joyce Yung Photo by Francois Bonneau).
I met Derek and his wife, Joyce Yung, a producer on the film, when the Screen Actors Guild Foundation hosted a special 'Conversations' advance screening of $upercapitalist, at the NYIT Auditorium on Broadway in New York.
$upercapitalis
Nov. 9 Wexner Center Event: A Conversation between Renowned photographer Annie Leibovitz and Rolling Stone founder, publisher and editor Jann S. Wenner
Columbus, Ohio
Friday November 9, 2012 renowned photographer Annie Leibovitz will have a conversation with Rolling Stone's co-founder, publisher, and editor Jann S. Wenner at the Wexner Center for the Arts Mershon Auditorium in Columbus, Ohio.
Their collaboration at Rolling Stone in the 1970s is legendary. Their subsequent—and independent—roles are also legendary as interpreters and shapers of the social, cultural, and political history of America. This event is part of a public celebration of the prestigious Wexner Prize which will be presented in a ceremony to Ms. Leibovitz on Saturday November 10.
Annie Leibovitz Photo by Nick Rogers courtesy of Leibovitz Studio © 2012
Annie Leibovitz is the 2012 recipient of the prestigious Wexner Prize which recognizes an artist whose work reflects exceptional innovation and the highest standards of artistic quality and integrity.
A major presentation of work of more than 200 photographs by Annie Leibovitz is on view now through December 30, 2012 at the Wexner Center for the Arts on the Ohio State University campus in Columbus, Ohio.
Kollaboration Star 2012 - The Finale is this Friday Nov. 16 in Glendale, CA
Glendale, CA Update: November 17, 2012
The
Kollaboration
Star
2012
winner
is
Mike
Izon
from
Kollaboration
Honolulu!
The
Finale
episode
will
be
on
YouTube.com/mnetamerica
November
29th.
“Kollaboration Star 2012 – The Finale
A
Grand
Finale
Showcase
Featured
Winners
from
Across
the
Nation
on Friday,
November
16,
2012
at 8pm
at
the
Alex
Theatre, 216
N.
Brand
Blvd. Glendale,
California.
“Kollaboration Star 2012 – The Finale” is the grand finale of Kollaboration’s annual talent competition, which finds the best Asian American local talent in 12 cities throughout the United States.
From these 12 winners, six finalists are selected by a public online poll and one finalist from each region will be chosen by Mnet to represent their area in an ultimate showdown the crowns the winner the best of the best.
The grand prize winner will win $2000 and a trip to Hong Kong, China to attend the acclaimed Mnet Asian Music Awards (MAMA). For additional information regarding “Kollaboration Star 2012 – The Finale,” please visit www.kollaboration.org or connect on Facebook at www.facebook.com/KollaborationStar.