30+ Asian and Asian American Filmmakers Accepted at Sundance & Slamdance Film Festivals 2008

The seventh annual Asian Pacific Filmmakers Reception at this year's Sundance and Slamdance Film Festivals.

From left to right, bottom row: J.P. Chan, Director (BEIJING HAZE ); Yung Chang, Director (UP THE YANGTZE ); Tadashi Nakamura, Director (PILGRIMAGE ); middle row: Joanna Vasquez Arong, Director (NEO-LOUNGE ); Jennifer Phang, Director (HALF-LIFE ); Sonali Gulati, Director (24 FRAMES PER DAY ); Julia Kwan, Director (SMILE ); Gloria Kim, Director (ROCK GARDEN ); Chikae Honjo Yamada, Producer (PUUJEE ); back row: Kenneth Tin-Kin Hung, Director (BECAUSE WASHINGTON IS HOLLYWOOD FOR UGLY PEOPLE and GAS ZAPPERS ); actor Cheech Marin; Kenneth Bi, Director (THE DRUMMER ); and Geoffrey Quan, Producer (THE SECOND LINE ).

Over 500 Asian actors, actresses, agents and filmmakers attended the Michelob Ultra Asian Pacific Filmmakers Reception at the 2008 Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah on January 20, 2008, including Yung Chang, Director, UP THE YANGTZE, Julia Kwan, Director, SMILE, Tadashi Nakamura, Director, PILGRIMAGE, and Jennifer Phang, Director, HALF-LIFE.

The Asian Pacific Filmmakers Reception at Sundance began in 2002 to acknowledge the strong presence of Asian filmmakers at the nation's top film festival. This year, more than 30 films from Asian American filmmakers and Asian international artists were presented at Sundance and Slamdance.

Below is the complete list of 2008 Sundance and Slamdance filmmakers invited to the seventh annual Asian Pacific Filmmakers Reception.

SUNDANCEGregg Araki, THE LIVING END
Kenneth Bi, THE DRUMMER
Nao Bustamante, UNTITLED #1
Yung Chang, UP THE YANGTZE
Tanaz Eshaghian, BE LIKE OTHERS
Yukihiko Goto, THREE COLD DAYS AND FOUR WARM DAYS
Kenneth Tin-Kin Hung, GAS ZAPPERS , BECAUSE WASHINGTON IS HOLLYWOOD FOR UGLY PEOPLE
Akira Ichinose, LAMPLIGHT AND SHADOWS
Yuan Jiang, AUGUST 15
Julia Kwan, SMILE
Roy Lee (Producer),ASSASINATION OF A HIGH SCHOOL PRESIDENT
China Moo-Young, JUVENILE
Keri Nakamoto (Producer), THE DEAL
Noam Murro, SMART PEOPLE
Aiko Nagatsu, APOPTOSIS
Tadashi Nakamura, PILGRIMAGE
Ryosuke Ogawa, OIRAN LYRICS
Naoko Ogigami, MEGANE
Jennifer Phang, HALF-LIFE
Thavisouk Phrasavath (Co-Director), NERAKHOON
Udayan Prasad, THE YELLOW HANDKERCHIEF
Sachithanandam Sathananthan (Co-Director), DINNER WITH THE PRESIDENT
Sabiha Sumar (Co-Director), DINNER WITH THE PRESIDENT
Marzieh Vafemerh, WIND , TEN YEARS OLD
Kazuya Yamada, PUUJEE
Fudong Yang, SEVEN INTELLECTUALS IN BAMBOO FOREST, PARTS 4 AND 5
Li Ying, YASUKUNI
Yi Zhou, PARADISE

SLAMDANCE
Joanna Vasquez Aron, NEO LOUNGE
J.P. Chan, BEIJING HAZE
Paul Encinas, GLORY BOY DAYS
Sonali Gulati, 24 FRAMES PER DAY