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Tuesday, March 13th Meeting Details: Calling ALL Actors!

Posted: Friday, March 09, 2007

Calling all actors for this Tuesday’s AAFL meeting.  We will be
reading the submissions for the Writer X Project that launched a month
ago.  Screenwriters were given one month to come up with a short
screenplay which will ultimately become an AAFL film production.  We
will also be featuring “Ana’s Time” a short film by Alice Cox.  Hope
to see you all there!


Script Reading Series:Writer “X” Project Submissions…
Featuring scripts by Son Tran and Myra Velasquez


Tuesday, March 13th @ 7:00 p.m.
19 West 26th Street, 5th Floor


RSVP to (JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) .


In *Subject* Heading include:
Script Reading RSVP (Actors interested in reading please type “ACTOR
for Script Reading”)


In *Body* of your email:
Your First and Last Name (No other text is necessary)


Title: Ana’s Time
Format: Super 16mm, 16mm, HDV
Screening format: miniDV or DVD
Running time: 15 min screening

Synopsis:
In Ana’s Time, a young Asian-American writer attempts to direct a
film based on a script her domineering, Caucasian step-father wrote, in
order to make sense of her abusive past in the isolated environs of rural
Texas. Thematic oppositions, based on the step-daughter/step-father
relationship, their racial differences, and the locales of Texas and
Boston provide the basis for Ana’s story as she struggles with
self-assimilation. Her relationships with various men also provides
the backdrop for her sense of closure as she begins constructing the film
after her step-father’s death.


**2007 Membership Drive:  Like to become an AAFL member?  Benefits
include FREE admission to our quarterly workshops, discounted tickets
at the Imaginasian Theater, $30 discount off of the 72 Hour Shootout
Entry Fee, and much more!  Membership dues are only $30 per year.  You
get a fun AAFL ID card designed by members Elliot Gerard and Nayon
Cho, as well as a hug from all of the AAFL management team.**


*Note hugs are limited to fully clothed double arm grab with
simultaneous pat on the back and not to exceed 5 seconds in duration.

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MEETINGS/WORKS-IN-PROGRESS & WORKSHOPS

Next AAFilmLab Meeting this Thursday!

Posted: Sunday, August 29, 2010

Next AAFilmLab Meeting this Thursday!

Thanks to everyone who came to our last meeting.  We are in the midst of formulating all of your feedback and helping to decide what’s best for our members in the long run.  Until then, we are looking forward to our meeting this coming Thursday, Sept. 2nd and will be going back to roots; our original WORKSHOP format.  This is an opportunity for us to help challenge and improve each other’s work, grow as a filmmakers and strengthen the bonds between us.  It’s a great way of progressing by problem solving while building community.  So, if you have an unfinished work, please bring it in to workshop!

We are still seeking unfinished works to workshop including, but not limited to:
1. Screenplays
2. Films in pre/post production
3. Acting monologues
4. Storyboarding, art direction including set, lighting, costume designs, sound design (including music) and editing choices, a specific scene challenge…basically any thing that isn’t complete that you need an outside perspective on to help you complete your vision.
 
If you’d like to be a part of this collaborative process as either subject or audience, please RSVP via our Facebook Event.  If you don’t have Facebook, please (JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) at (JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address).  To submit an unfinished work, please email (JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) with “Workshop Submission” in the subject line, including a description of your project (including format and length) as well as the feedback your are seeking.
Looking forward to see you there!  Details below.
Sincerely,
AAFilmLab

Asian American Film Lab “Workshop” meeting
Thursday, Sept 2nd
6PM to 7:30PM
@ Showbiz
19 West 21st Street b/w 5th and 6th Ave.

Upcoming AAFilmLab Meeting Schedule:
Thursday,  Oct. 7th, 6 PM to 8 PM
Thursday, Nov. 4th, 6 PM to 8 PM
Thursday, Dec. 2nd, 6 PM to 8 PM

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CURRENT PROJECTS

“Reminiscence” Chinatown Film Project

Posted: Thursday, July 09, 2009



The AAFilmLab partnered with MOCA and APEX to provide a mentor who could guide a high school student's endeavor at creating their first short film. "Reminiscence" is one of the films completed. This film is now part of MOCA's Chinatown Film Project YouTube Channel.

The synopsis:
A young girl celebrates her grandmother's birthday as they reminisce about the grandfather who has recently passed away. We travel back in memory to 1965 - the grandparents, as a young couple, overcome what looks to be the end of their burgeoning relationship when the grandfather returns to China to tend to his sick mother.

Credits:
Written & Directed By
XIAOQIAN CHEN

CAST
Grandma
KIT FONG LEE

Granddaughter
DEANNA ZHUMore

Chinatown Youth Mentorship Program 2009 - Complete

Posted: Thursday, June 25, 2009

The AAFilmLab has completed its Chinatown Youth Mentoring Program along with MOCA and APEX. Two of our members were mentors for high school students and had the great pleasure of helping them create their very own film to be included in MOCA's Chinatown Online Film channel on YouTube. The AAFilmLab is incredibly proud to have been part of such an inspiring experience.

MOCA will be opening its doors with an event this July 1st, 2009 showcasing ten short films about Chinatown made by slightly more experienced Directors:
The Guy with the Cigarette directed by Miguel Arteta
Church Basement Bomb Shelter directed by Patty Chang
New York Night Scene directed by Jem Cohen
Kiwi Lotion directed by Cary Fukunaga
I Can’t Wait directed by So Yong Kim & Bradley Rust Gray
Fortune Cookie directed by Amir Naderi
Chinatown: In Their Own… More
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GIGS & CASTINGS

Wednesday, September 01, 2010

Asian American Film Mentorship Program Launch Announcement from Karin Chien

Asian American Film Mentorship Program Launch Announcement from Karin Chien

Hi friends - a quick email to announce that the CAAM fellowship… More

Monday, August 30, 2010

CASTING:  “GREEN PLASTIC SANDALS” (NYC)

CASTING CALL:  “GREEN PLASTIC SANDALS” (NYC)

Dates Required: Sept 15th and/or Sept 16th (11AM-5PM)

Location: Park Slope, Brooklyn

Film Title: GREEN PLASTIC… More

Sunday, August 29, 2010

CASTING: Justin Lin “Interpretations” (NYC)

Below are the players and descriptions:
Casting for the Justin Lin “Interpretations” Contest. The film follows a couple under unusual and suspicious circumstances.

Donald… More

Thursday, August 26, 2010

CASTING: Sean Tarjyoto’s Interpretations Film (NYC)

Hi, I’m Sean Tarjyoto,

I’ve got an idea for an original interpretationsfilm.com short

I’m searching for a female actor, 20s and a smalll dog. I… More

CASTING: MFA GRADUATE THESIS FILM (NYC)

CASTING CALL FOR MFA GRADUATE THESIS FILM (NYC) (Production starts in October, 7 day shoot)
Experience working with an up and coming director… More

Casting: Marvel’s ‘Runways’ News

FROM MARISSA LEE of RACEBENDING.COM

I have great news to share…Today Marvel contacted us and gave us a statement affirming that their… More

Friday, July 03, 2009

Children of Invention - NYC Screening

CHILDREN OF INVENTION will have its Manhattan premiere as the Centerpiece Presentation of the 32nd Annual Asian American Int’l Film Festival this coming month.  We… More