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Visual Communications is pleased to present, in association with the Japanese American National Museum and Los Angeles Filmforum, a special screening of Robert Nakamura and Duane Kubo's landmark Visual Communications production HITO HATA: RAISE THE BANNER, this Saturday, January 7, 2012, 2 PM at the David Henry Hwang Theatre in Los Angeles Little Tokyo. Presented as part of JANM's ongoing "Drawing the Line" exhibition, the screening will feature a dialogue with director Nakamura and the film's co-screenwriter, John Esaki. Details about the "Drawing the Line" exhibit can be found here; for screening details.… See More...
Visual Communications is now accepting submissions for the First Annual C3 Project Market to be held during The Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival, set for May 10 through May 20, 2012. The C3 Project Market is a unique opportunity for filmmakers to showcase their project to Producers, Production Companies, Agents, Managers and Industry Executives enabling them with the contacts, information and confidence they need to make their film. Grantees will work in conjunction with Visual Communications to develop professional relationships throughout the film industry that include one-on-one meetings, panels and other events that take place during Festival Week 2012.… See More...
Visual Communications has just announced that the Winter/Spring 2012 session of "Intro to Screenwriting with Koji Sakai," is now open for registration. Sakai, the noted movie scribe (HAUNTED HIGHWAY; THE PEOPLE I'VE SLEPT WITH), will lead students on proper formatting and structure as well as how to create effective plots, characters, and dialogue – all the necessary techniques to draft a first screenplay. Sign up today.… See More...
Join us for a special brunch reception honoring Visual Communications' founding members Duane Kubo, Robert Nakamura, Alan Ohashi, and Eddie Wong, who will be joined by VC mainstay Alan Kondo, at the Chop Suey Café in Historic Los Angeles Little Tokyo on Sunday, Dec. 4, 2011 starting at 11:00 AM. Then, join us as we screen a selection of newly-restored Visual Communications classics as part of Community Visionaries: Visual Communications and the Dawn of Asian Pacific American Cinema, at the Downtown Independent starting at 2:00 PM.… See More...
Join us as we close out the first season of our "Border Crossings" series at the Tateuchi Democracy Forum with the World Premiere of A FLICKER IN ETERNITY, by Ann Kaneko and Sharon Yamato. A FLICKER IN ETERNITY tells the true World War II story of Stanley Hayami, a talented young teenager caught between his dream of becoming an artist and his duty to his country. Directors Ann Kaneko and Sharon Yamato in-person, plus other special guests… See More...
The Visual Communications crew is proud to co-present, as part of the AFI Film Festival, the Los Angeles premiere of noted Korean director Hong Sang-soo's latest, THE DAY HE ARRIVES. Director Hong's latest, about — what else? — a filmmaker who arrives in town to visit old friends and ends up in various encounters with acquaintances and strangers, marks a return to the crisp, black & white vision of Seoul last seen in his VIRGIN STRIPPED BARE BY HER BACHELORS. Check out this special Facebook link to win tickets to one of two screenings… See More...
Limited enrollment is now open for the 2011-2012 Winter cycle of the VC Digital Academy. These popular workshops, including an intensive two-day Final Cut Pro workshop with award-winning film & television editor Walt Louie; and a comprehensive Sound Editing Workshop with veteran sound designer and mixer Jon Oh, are sure to be booked up fast, so enroll TODAY… See More...
Attention filmmakers! The Early Deadline to submit your film or video work to the 2012 Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival is fast approaching. Entries must be postmarked by THURSDAY, Nov. 10 to take advantage of the Early Deadline fees. Click the links to confirm the submissions guidelines, and we look forward to seeing your work soon… See More...
Starting this month, Visual Communications will publish exclusive interviews with just a small selection of our community of Asian Pacific American filmmakers, actors, and media artists. In this first installment, Film Festival Co-Director Abraham Ferrer chas with actors Christina Chang, Tina Chen, and Ivan Shaw of Bertha Bay-sa Pan's ALMOST PERFECT, the Centerpiece Presentation of the recently-concluded Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival… See More...
Visual Communications proudly teams up with the Singafest Asian Film Festival to celebrate the Lifetime Achievements of noted Japanese action star Sonny Chiba (THE STREETFIGHTER; KILL BILL: VOL. 1). The festivities are set for Saturday, Oct. 1, at the Bigfoot Crest Theater in Westwood Village. Sonny Chiba and daughter Juri Manaseto will conduct a live martial arts demonstration, and will be introduced by special guest Ernie Reyes, Jr.… See More...
Actors Harry Shum, Jr., Booboo Stewart, and Gregg Sulkin take a minute between takes on the set of WHITE FROG, director Quentin Lee's follow-up to his well-regarded comedy THE PEOPLE I SLEPT WITH. While shooting key scenes at Visual Communications, Stewart and fellow cast members Joan Chen and BD Wong sat down to chat with VCers about their involvement with the project and their experiences working with director Lee… See More...
Visual Communications was pleased to welcome past program intern (and VC "lifer") Quentin Lee and a small army of actors and film technicians who turned VC's conference center into a youth community center to shoot key scenes from WHITE FROG, Lee's follow-up to his well-regarded comedy THE PEOPLE I SLEPT WITH. Quentin and select crew took time out from their shooting schedule to chat with VCers about his latest, and why it was so important to him… See More...
Elaine Hu, one of our intrepid Festival Week documentarians, caught C3 panelists Diana Nguyen (left) and Angela Sun in a humorous moment during their discussion “The Tweet Heard ‘Round the World,” part of Day Two activities of Visual Communications’ first-ever conference devoted to new media practitioners, trends, and issues. View all final-day seminars, plus the curated program "Wong Fu Productions Presents: Fast Forward" by clicking on the link below… See More...
Throughout the Film Festival Opening Weekend, panelists speaking at the Conference for Creative Content (C3) offered their perspectives on the potential and pitfalls of barreling head-on into the realm of new media. Find out what just some of these movers and shakers had to offer the well-attended C3 Conference… See More...
If you think you missed out on the Conference for Creative Content (C3) during Opening Weekend of the Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival, don't fret! The full complement of Day One panels, from the opening event "Screen Actors Guild Presents: Acting in New Media" to the free-for-all, "Funny Or Die In 3 Minutes" (that's actor Harry Shum, Jr. with fellow panelists in a picture by Steven Lam) is here for classroom and educational use; or for those who missed out and want to know what went down… See More...
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