Just a reminder about our event this Sat.  The event is almost sold
out, so purchase your tickets at http://www.redeight.org, and yes you must
register as a member in order to attend.  No walk ins will be permitted.
Note additional sponsors and updated info about purchasing tickets to
watch “Finishing The Game” this weekend.
By Invitation only…

Red Eight Film Circle presents:
“Finishing The Game” Opening Weekend
”Cast and Crew Meet and Greet” Reception

Saturday, October 6th , 9PM-12AM
723 Washington Street, NYC
(http://www.723Washington.com)

”Finishing the Game"(FTG), a new film by director Justin Lin (The Fast and The Furious: Tokyo Drift, Better Luck Tomorrow, and Annapolis) starring Roger Fan, Sung Kang, James Franco, McCaleb Burnett, Dustin Nguyen, Monique Curnen and others. For info visit:
http://www.youoffendmeyouoffendmyfamily.com

Community and outreach partners include AAFilmLab (AAFL), the Coalition of Asian Pacific Americans (CAPA), and Asian Cinevision (ACV). Sponsors include Commerce Bank, Verizon, Zink Magazine, 723 Washington Studio, Absalom Artists Group, EXIT Kingdom Realty, Mixr Media, Hyphen Magazine, Imaginasian, Chinatown Ice Cream Factory and Lee Rehab.

$20 includes catered food and beverages, an opportunity to meet and mingle with the FTG Cast and Crew, as well as gift bags and raffle prizes. Event tickets will NOT be sold at door and must be purchased in advance online.

For registration and more info, visit http://www.redeight.org

*First 50 attendees with movie ticket stubs will receive a “free gift bag” and all ticket stub holders will have a chance to win raffle prizes.

Red Eight Film Circle encourages everyone to watch the film the evening of Sat. Oct. 6th, then walk over from the IFC Center and join us for the reception. Buy tickets to the Saturday showing at: http://www.movietickets.com/house_detail.asp?house_id=9598&rdate=10%2F6%2F2007

**FTG OPENS IN NEW YORK CITY on Friday Oct. 5th!!! IFC Center, 323
6th Ave. at W. 3rd St. NY, NY.

If your production would like to be added to this list, email

“Ugiusu”
Brooklyn, NY
Short
HD
Shooting Dates: Feb. 23-24, March 1-2
Director: Kosuke Furukawa
Producer: David Cavallo
Seeking: Japanese actor, male, 45-60, for lead role
Email:

“Akira’s Place” (working title)
Los Angeles, CA
Feature
35mm
Shooting Dates: Early Jan ‘08
Director: Joe Doughrity
Producer: Joseph H. Shim
Email:

More info:  http://www.akirashiphopshop.com

IMDB http://pro.imdb.com/title/tt1091169/

“Kung Fu Granny”
New York, NY
Short
Digital Video
Shooting Dates: Friday, Aug 24, to Tuesday, Aug 28
Director: Myra Velasquez
Producer: Sunah Kim Shultz
Email:

“Felix Awards”
New York, NY
Short
Digital Video
Director: Natalie Kim
Producer: Brian Yang
Shooting Dates: Friday August 31st to September 3rd (Labor Day Weekend) In Post. Seeking Editor
Email:

“Gimme”
New York, NY
Short
Digital Video
Shooting Dates: October/December 07
Director: David Hou
Producers: AAFilmLab
Interested parties email:

“Portrait”
New York, NY
Short
HD/16mm (mixed medium)
Shooting Dates: Saturday, September 9 to Sunday, September 30 (weekends)
Director:Jane Valentine
Producer: Trevor Lawson, Jane Valentine
Email:

Fundraising is a common issue we all have to deal with and most of the time we bear most of the burden of our own films.  Why not reach out to investors who share your same vision, can get behind your work and help share that burden with you?  The AAFilmLab has partnered with the Red Eight group for this inaugural event.  See details below.

It is our pleasure to invite you to the launch of Red Eight Film Circle, a forum for filmmakers, directors, producers, entertainment industry
executives, investors, and anyone who would like to support independent film.

Our inaugural Red Eight Film Circle event is on:

August 23th, 2007, 6:30 pm
The Williams Club
24 East 39th Street
New York, NY, 10016

Filmmakers presenting include Risa Morimoto (Producer of Wings of Defeat), Pooja Kumar (Producer of 1001 Auditions), Kimi
Takesue(Directorof Crawling at Night), and Francisco Aliwalas (Founder of FranFilms).  Clips and trailers of their works will be shown, followed by Q&A, and an informal networking session to meet the filmmakers.

Event will include catered food, refreshments, raffle prizes, and gift bags. Registration is $20 online and $30 at the door. We expect this
event to be sold out so we recommend online registration to guarantee admission. To find out more about Red Eight, the event, and our
Ambassadors, please visit http://www.redeight.org

This event was made possible by our community partners, AAFilmLab & the Coalition of Asian Pacific Americans (CAPA), and our sponsors, Verizon, The Williams Club, Mixr Media, and Mei Image Consulting.

For more info, visit http://www.redeight.org

A THOUSAND PAPER CRANES

The production is under Japan Society, in collaboration with Theatre Arts Japan -KIDS-.

http://www.japansociety.org/education/course_detail.cfm?id_course=816017231&flag_educator=2
http://www.sonywondertechlab.com/programs/events_workshops.shtml

Seeking Asian actors;
Two male actors in their mid 20's to 40's.
One female actor in her 30's to 40's.

It will be presented on September 9th (Sunday) from 2pm at the Sony HD Theatre, Midtown, NYC.
Only one time show.

This is a childrens play about Sadako, a twelve year old girl who is a victim of the Hiroshima Atomic Bomb.
Based on a true story set in 1955.
This is an ensemble play.

45 minutes - One hour long. In English.
The target is elementary school kids and older.

The rehearsal will be two weeks from 25th of August till the day of performance.
The schedule: all weekdays starting from 3pm to 8pm and weekends (potentially nighttime).
The rehearsal space will be the venue of the performance in the midtown area.

Payment: Travel stipend
This is not an equity production.

Contact: Eriko Ogawa


Thank you very much for your interest.

The competition isn’t quite over!  See the Top 10 Films and vote on who YOU think is best on http://www.azntv.com/72hr If you haven’t seen the Top 10, this is a great opportunity to do so.  REMEMBER: The Top 3 winners from the People’s Choice Online competition will also get a special screening on AZN Television.  FYI, High Speed Internet is required and there is a quick and painless registration for the AZN Media Player.

What you might find humorous is that each of the Top 10 films have a TV Rating...nice to know that several are rated MA(Mature Audiences). Great going guys!!!!

Four Directors. Four Weeks. One feature film.

The Feature Film Relay is the inaugural feature length film venture for the Asian American FilmLab (http://www.aafilmlab.org). At the end of four weeks, four Directors will complete shooting a feature length film employing an innovative method of filmmaking and will distribute the film using agile methods fit for the ever changing independent film market.

As an Asian American Film Lab production, one of the other important goals of the Film Relay will be to fulfill our mission as a non-profit organization by sharing the experiences and the knowledge that the filmmakers will gain from creating the film with the community. It isn't a film that belongs to one director, or to the AAFilmLab per se, but a film which the Asian American filmmaking community can in a sense be a part of as well.

As an actor, this project provides an unparalleled opportunity to delve into the life of a character through four different scripts and four different directors. If you've got the range, the vision and most importantly, the will to participate, you just might thank yourself with four short films and a feature under your belt at the end of the production.

Please not that although the main characters have been written, the motivation and interpretation of each character will be unique to each Director's vision and especially to the actors chosen to play them.

The filming is schedule tentatively for November.
There are audition slots available starting midday tomorrow, so please contact us with your availability and headshot as soon as possible. We don't mean to rush, we just want to get satrted already!

Email:

Characters

Ian
Male / 25-30 yrs. / Asian / Korean speaker a bonus

Dina (Ian's Mom)
Female / 41-50 yrs. / Asian / Korean speaker bonus

Jenny
Female / 25-30 yrs. / Any Ethnicity / Athletic

Anat
Male / 31-40 yrs. / Any Ethnicity

Jaewook (Ian's Uncle)
Male / 41-50 yrs. / Asian

Aunt (Jaewook's Wife)
Female / 31-40 yrs. / Asian

Dr. Rodriguez
Either gender / Any yrs. / Hispanic.

Hector
Male / Any yrs. / Any Ethnicity

AAFilmLab is proud to announce the world premiere of Myra Sito Velasquez’s “KUNG FU GRANNY” at the 12th Annual UrbanWorld Film Festival 2008 at the AMC Theater, 34th Street, NYC. Part of the SHORTS PROGRAM “Straight Comedy” starting at 2:15pm, Friday, Sept 12, and 4:15pm, Saturday, Sept 13. For more information:  http://urbanworld.com/ and http://www.myravee.com

NATURE, a division of Channel 13/WNET (http://www.thirteen.org/nature) seeks an intern for the Fall Semester 2008.

NATURE produces a weekly one-hour natural history/wildlife television program.

Responsibilities include:
* Assist the production staff with the day-to-day operations of the Department (screening DVD’s for edit sessions and podcasts, organizing tape library, logging footage, etc.);
* Research proposals and fact-check scripts (mainly natural history and environmental subjects);
* Administrative support—placing dub requests, photocopying, answering phones, etc.;
* Receive college credit, no pay, but stipend provided

Candidates should have:
* Educational Requirements/Special Skills:
* Strong interest in natural history and/or television;
* Some background in Biology and/or Zoology useful;
* Solid research and analytical skills—internet savvy;
* Willingness to work with all members of the Department;
* Detail-oriented and organized—accuracy is crucial!

When:
3 to 5 days/week per semester

Contact:
E-mail your resume w/ cover letter to Jayne Jun at
Mention you heard of this opportunity from the AAFilmLab.