JUNE 23, 26
OWL AND THE SPARROW by Stephane Gauger
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Presented as part of the L.A. Film Festival
Saturday June 23, 5 p.m.
Landmark's Regent Theatre, 1045 Broxton Avenue
Tuesday, June 26, 7 p.m.
Majestic Crest Theatre, 1262 Westwood Blvd.
Both venues Westwood VillageVisual Communications is pleased to partner with the Los Angeles Film Festival to present the Los Angeles premiere screening of Stephane Gauger's award-winning OWL AND THE SPARROW. Stephane, known to VC FILMFEST aficionados for his luminous short film SEABIRDS (Festival 1999), teams with fellow VC FILMFEST alumni Timothy Linh Bui (GREEN DRAGON, Festival Opening Night 2001) and Ham Tran (JOURNEY FROM THE FALL, Festival Opening Night 2006) to produce his debut feature-length narrative, an exquisite, warm-hearted tale that unfolds on the streets of Ho Chih Minh City. Three intertwining stories center around Thuy (newcomer Pham Thi Han), an irrepressible 10 year-old who runs away to the city instead of staying in a stultifying life in a country orphanage. In Ho Chi Minh City she befriends Hai (Le The Lu), a zookeeper whose dedication to his job masks a deep loneliness; and Lan (Cat Ly), an airline stewardess whose own sense of displacement and heartbreak is appeased - to a point - by carrying on a clandestine affair with a married airline pilot.
Director Stephane Gauger and members of his cast and crew will be in attendance at these screenings; the film, which World-Premiered last January at the Rotterdam International Film Festival, received the Grand Jury Award at the 2007 San Francisco International Asian American Film Festival.
Film Independent's 2007 LOS ANGELES FILM FESTIVAL runs from June 21 through July 1 For event information and tickets, call 866.FILM.FEST (866.345.6337) or visit LAFilmFest.com Tickets go on sale June 8. For more info go to www.lafilmfest.com
To read our interview with Stephane Gauger, click here.
JULY 10
The Award-Winning EVE & THE FIREHORSE by Julia Kwan
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Tuesday, July 10, 7:30 p.m.
Laemmle's One Colorado, 42 Miller Alley
Oldtown Pasadena, 91103Join us as we team up with Red Storm Pictures to present a special screening of EVE & THE FIREHORSE, the award-winning debut feature by Julia Kwan. Since its World Premiere screening at the 2005 Toronto International Film Festival, EVE has been showcased at nearly 40 international film festivals (including a coveted slot as the Centerpiece Presentation at VC FILMFEST 2006) and has received numerous awards and accolades both worldwide and in director Kwan's home country of Canada. This special screening is in support of the film's eagerly awaited release on DVD, at press time set for July 24. EVE & THE FIREHORSE observes the life of Eve, a precocious nine year old with an overactive imagination who was born in the year of the Fire Horse -- notorious among Chinese families for producing the most troublesome children. Caught between her 11-year-old authoritative sister's fantasies of sainthood and cultural confusion and her own sense of right and wrong, Eve faces the challenges of childhood with fanciful humor and wide-eyed wonder. Sometimes the most troublesome children are the ones that touch our hearts most deeply...
Director Julia Kwan will be on hand for a Q&A session, and schedule permitting, other special guests will be in attendance as well. DVDs of the film will be available for purchase. Admission: $10.00; $8.00 students/seniors and Friends of Visual Communications members w/current I.D.. Advance tickets may be purchased online at www.laemmle.com. For more information on the film, please visit www.eveandthefirehorse.com.
To read our interview with Julia Kwan, click here.
JULY 13
SPIDER LILIES by Zero Chou
Presented as part of OutFest
Friday July 13, 9:45 p.m.
Gallery Theatre, Barnsdall Art Park, 4800 Hollywood Blvd.
Hollywood, 90027Join us as we partner with OutFest, presenter of the nation's largest LGBT film festival as we partner up to present the L.A. premiere screening of SPIDER LILIES by Zero Chou. Winner of the 2007 Berlin Film Festival's Teddy Award for best feature, SPIDER LILIES is an intricate story of love between two young women. Jade is a naughty webcam girl who is reunited with her childhood crush, gorgeous and repressed tattoo artist Takeko. Both women are obsessed with a spider lily flower design that's linked to painful memories that keep the two women apart -- but also might be the key to bringing them closer. VC FILMFEST audiences may remember director Chou as the creator of the visually arresting SPLENDID FLOAT from 2005, and this latest work mixes equal parts youthful bravado and visual/romantic fireworks into an absolutely stunning breakthrough new work. This is a work not to be missed!
OutFest celebrates its 25th Anniversary Edition July 13 through 23
For tickets, call (213) 480-7065 or visit www.outfest.org/fest2007/tix_prices.html
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JULY 27
CINEMA FIRST! Selected Works by Dennis Empalmado, Wilfred Galila, and Ruelo Lozendo
Friday, July 27, 7:30 p.m.
Visual Communications, 120 Judge John Aiso Street
Los Angeles Little Tokyo, 90012We're pleased to present a special showcase of works by visiting filmmakers Dennis Empalmado, Wilfred Galila, and Ruelo Lozendo, whose omnibus feature PANDANGGO made its U.S. premiere screening at VC FILMFEST 2007. For this screening, the three will screen a specially-selected program of short works that exemplify the current scope of filmmaking expression by today's generation of independent filmmakers in the Philippines, and will additionally talk about current directions in their country's national cinema scene. A truly special one-of-a-kind event, not to be missed!
Free Admission; donations to defray presentation costs are gladly accepted
To RSVP: (213) 680-4462 x58, or info@vconline.org
AUGUST 10
HOT PANTS & SHORTS: BEST OF THE FEST 2007
Friday, August 10, 8:00 p.m.
David Henry Hwang Theatre, 120 Judge John Aiso Street
Los Angeles Little Tokyo, 90012Visual Communications moves upstairs from its offices in Los Angeles Little Tokyo to the David Henry Hwang Theatre, home to East West Players, to present a special showcase of selected highlights from VC FILMFEST 2007. For this screening, our four intrepid summer interns at Visual Communications have curated a specially-selected program of works which exemplify the current scope of filmmaking of today's generation of Asian American independent filmmakers.
(Btwn. First and Temple Streets; parking in City Lot 7, adjacent to the theatre)
TICKETS: $10.00 Gen'l.; $8.00 Students, Seniors, Friends of Visual Communications members w/I.D.
SEPTEMBER 8, 9
PINOY VISIONS 2007
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Point Fermin Park • 607 West Paseo Del Mar, San Pedro CA 90731
(Gaffey Street at West Paseo Del Mar, at the foot of the Korean Friendship Bell)SHOWTIMES:
Saturday, Sept. 8: 12 noon, 1:30 p.m., 3:00 p.m. and 4:30 p.m.
Sunday, Sept. 9: 12 noon, 1:30 p.m., 3:00 p.m. and 4:30 p.m.
Running Order to be announced at showtimePINOY VISIONS, FPAC’s film/video showcase curated by Visual Communications and FilmAm ARTS, is excited to welcome Kabataang maka-Bayan U.S.A. (KMB), an up-and-coming local youth and young adult organization dedicated to arts and activist advocacy through music, performance, and visual and media arts. KMB and PINOY VISIONS curators will each assemble an exciting hourlong program that will screen in alternating programs throughout FPAC Festival Weekend at Point Fermin Park. Many of the artists of these works will be in attendance to answer questions from the audience. We’re really excited to announce this year’s program, and we look forward to seeing you at all our PINOY VISIONS 2007 events Sept. 8-9 at Point Fermin Park.
For program changes and updates, please call (213) 680-4462 x58, or online: www.vconline.org
For FPAC ticket and program info, point your browser to: www.filamarts.org
SEPTEMBER 29
ROCKIT CITY: Remixing Music & Moving Image
POSTPONED UNTIL SPRING 2008
New Details Coming Soon
Noguchi Plaza, Japanese American Cultural & Community Center
244 So. San Pedro Street (btwn. 2nd and 3rd Sts.), Los Angeles Little TokyoJACCC, Visual Communications and the Tuesday Night Project present a special J-Town collaboration on the JACCC Plaza: ROCKIT CITY: Remixing Music & Moving Image, an outdoor concert bridging music and film, interwoven with dance and DJs, to celebrate Los Angeles underneath the stars, against the downtown skyline. Musicians and filmmakers will present collaborative re-interpretations of one another's work—select Visual Communications classics ranging from 1973’s CITY CITY by Duane Kubo and Donna Dietch to recent productions from VC's Armed With a Camera fellowship program will mesh with experimental rock to acoustic soul and hip hop forms, courtesy of musician-composers including Shin Kawasaki (LA-based experimental-psychedelic band, Los Desnudos) and SKIM (Critically-acclaimed debut album "For Every Tear"; HBO Def Poet). Filmmakers and musicians alike will lead us through an unforgettable evening celebrating the music and moving images of Los Angeles.
Presented by the Japanese American Cultural & Community Center, Visual Communications, and the Tuesday Night Project
Ticket and program info: www.jaccc.org; www.vconline.org
