LAAPFF Interview: Director Bishrel Mashbat and Actor Iveel Mashbat on ‘In the Land of Lost Angels’
We talked to director Bishrel Mashbat and actor Iveel Mashbat during LAAPFF about their film, 'In the Land of Lost Angels'.
LAAPFF Interview: Producer Thien A. Pham and Actress Thien Nguyen on ‘Actress Wanted’
We talked to producer Thien A. Pham and actress Thien Nguyen during LAAPFF about their film 'Actress Wanted'.
LAAPFF Review: ‘Song Lang’ (2018), dir. Leon Le
It's an unfortunate fact of life that every great, slow-paced, colorfully lush Asian film that gets released immediately gets compared to those of director Wong Kar-wai. That's just the world we live in. And although it's true that Wong's...
LAAPFF Review: ‘Eerie’ (2019), dir. Mikhail Red
Eerie has all the elements of a great horror film. Creepy ghost girls? Check. Scary, oppressive nuns? Check. A beautiful lead actress subjected to terror? Of...
LAAPFF Interview: Director Diane Paragas, Actress Princess Punzalan, and Producer Cecilia Mejia on ‘Yellow Rose’
We talked to director Diane Paragas, actress Princess Punzalan, and producer Cecilia Mejia during LAAPFF about their film 'Yellow Rose'.
LAAPFF Review: ‘Seadrift’ (2019), dir. Tim Tsai
There’s much to be said about the period of time following the Vietnam War and the circumstances surrounding the relocation of hundreds of thousands of Vietnamese refugees to the United States. After being thrown into a foreign...
LAAPFF Interview: Director Dean Yamada On His Second Feature Film, ‘Anjing (The Dogs)’
We talked to director Dean Yamada during LAAPFF about his feature film, 'Anjing'.
LAAPFF Review: ‘Yellow Rose’ (2019), dir. Diane Paragas
What does it mean to be an American in this day and age? It wasn't until recently that the answer to that once-simple question became more and more obscured--and more impossible...
Interview: How Director Andrea A. Walter and Actor Osric Chau’s ‘Empty by Design’ Became a Love Letter to Manila and the Asian American Filmmaking Community
If I've learned anything during my week-long foray into the world of Asian American film at the 2019 Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival (LAAPFF), it's that the community is…
Interview: How Ian Allardyce and Bat-Amgalan Lkhagvajav Are Redefining Mongolian Music With Their Movie Musical, ‘They Sing Up On The Hill’
What is it like to live in Mongolia? What is Mongolian culture? Unlike its more famous northern and southern neighbors (Russia & China), Mongolia doesn't seem to draw a lot…