A Visual Communications Film/Video Salute to VC FILMFEST 2007 Award Winners February 7 through April 17, 2008 Visual Communications in association with the Laemmle's Theatres is pleased to present a special series that spotlights once again just some of the select award winners from the 2007 edition of the Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival. If you somehow missed seeing such moving and thought-provoking films such as NEW YEAR BABY, THE CATS OF MIRIKITANI, BABY, and NA KAMALEI: THE MEN OF HULA, this series offers one more opportunity to see them. The first two screenings in this series (February 7 and February 28) are set for the One Colorado in Old Town Pasadena. For the last two screenings (March 27 and April 17), we move westward to the Laemmle's Monica 4-Plex, adjacent to the Third Street Promenade in Santa Monica. All showtimes are at 7:30 p.m. We look forward to seeing you at the movies! Program Line-Up: NEW YEAR BABY (USA /Cambodia) Dir.: Socheata Poeuv Video, 74 min. WINNER! Festival Audience Award, VC FILMFEST 2007 THURSDAY, February 7, Laemmle's One Colorado Showtime 7:30 p.m. After her parents make a startling revelation, director Socheata Poeuv travels to Cambodia to unravel the mystery surrounding her family's survival under the oppression of the Khmer Rouge. With disarming candor, humor and poetic animation Poeuv's debut feature resurrects memory and personal history to reclaim her family's past, and what is easily a heartbreaking story also becomes one of triumph. THE CATS OF MIRIKITANI (USA) Dir.: Linda Hattendorf 35mm, 74 min. WINNER! Grand Jury Award, VC FILMFEST 2007 THURSDAY, February 28, Laemmle's One Colorado Showtime 7:30 p.m. When filmmaker Linda Hattendorf turned her lens on Jimmy Mirikitani, an 80-year-old Japanese-American artist who lives and works on the streets of New York City, she got far more than she anticipated: the collapse of the World Trade Center, a family reunion more than 50 years in the making, and a series of small miracles. BABY (USA) Dir.: Juwan Chung Video, 110 min. WINNER! Special Jury Award, VC FILMFEST 2007 THURSDAY, March 27, Laemmle's Monica Showtime 7:30 p.m. Baby is a motherless, poverty-stricken young man in the care of his alcoholic father. His young life gets even worse when he gets mixed up with the older gangsters who live next door and goes to prison for manslaughter at the age of eleven. Once Baby is released, his goals in life become simple: rekindle his first love, gain control of his own life, and kill anyone who stands in his way. NA KAMALEI: THE MEN OF HULA (USA) Dir.: Lisette Marie Flanary Video, 56 min. WINNER! Special Jury Award, VC FILMFEST 2007 THURSDAY, April 17, Laemmle's Monica Showtime 7:30 p.m. Robert Cazimero, kumu hula for Na Kamalei ("the lei of children")-Hawaii's only hula academy strictly for men-is profiled in the new film by the director of AMERICAN ALOHA (Festival 2003). Cazimero, on his 30th anniversary of teaching, prepares his students for the prestigious Merrie Monarch Festival, and follows him to the exciting, pahu-pounding finale where his students dance not to win, but to continue a proud legacy of Hawaiian men. Venues: LAEMMLE'S ONE COLORADO 42 Miller Alley Old Pasadena, CA 91103 (626) 744-0510 LOCATION: One Colorado Center between Union St. and Colorado Blvd. in Old Pasadena. From the 210 exit Fair Oaks. The Theatre is in the back of the courtyard next to Gordan Birsch. PARKING: Located at the One Colorado parking structure (corner of Union & Fair Oaks). Entrances are located on Union and the East alley off of Fair Oaks. Parking is $1.00 for the first three hours with a Theatre validation (ticket purchase required). LAEMMLE'S MONICA 4-PLEX 1332 Second Street Santa Monica, CA 90401 (310) 394-9744 LOCATION: Between Wilshire Blvd. and Santa Monica Blvd., one block west of the Third Street Promenade. PARKING: Located across the street at The Santa Monica City Parking Structure in lot #4. Prior to 6 p.m. the first two hours are free, each additional half hour is $1.00. After 6 p.m. there is a flat rate fee of $3.00. TICKETS: Laemmle's One Colorado: $9.50 Gen'l / $8 Students / $6.50 Seniors, Friends of VC members Laemmle's Monica 4-Plex: $10 Gen'l / $8.50 Students / $7 Seniors, Friends of VC members Laemmle's Sneak-Preview Club Members: FREE with presentation of printed online invitation Students, Seniors, and Friends of Visual Communications members: Purchase your tickets online during the special Online Pre-Sale period especially established for you! Go to www.laemmle.com during the respective Online Pre-Sale period below, purchase your tickets, and avoid the rush. NEW YEAR BABY (Feb. 7): Online Pre-Sale period is JANUARY 24 through 31 THE CATS OF MIRIKITANI (Feb. 28): Online Pre-Sale period is FEBRUARY 14 through 21 BABY (March 27): Online Pre-Sale period is MARCH 13 through 20 NA KAMALEI (April 17): Online Pre-Sale period is APRIL 3 through 10 ADDITIONAL PROGRAM INFORMATION: Laemmle Theatres' website, www.laemmle.com MAJOR SPONSOR: Los Angeles County Arts Commission