[Cwgrad-announcements] FW: FILM FESTIVAL (please forward to students)

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From: Maurya Simon [mailto:maurya.simon at ucr.edu] 
Sent: Wednesday, May 03, 2006 6:14 AM
To: Amanda J Labagnara
Subject: FW: FILM FESTIVAL (please forward to students)


>From: "Sandy Schauer" <sschauer at ucr.edu>
Dear Amanda,

Please send this announcement out to our grad students.  Thanks, Maurya


>The feature films include 2006 SUNDANCE FEATURES and its
>AUDIENCE AWARD
>WINNER.
>
>Alumnis of the festival include directors Justin Lin (BETTER
>LUCK TOMORROW,
>FAST AND FURIOUS 3) and Wayne Wang (JOY LUCK CLUB, MAID IN
>MANHATTAN)
>
>www.vconline.com
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>VC FILMFEST 2006: The Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival
>Presented by
>Honda is only a week away - May 4-11, 2006 at the Directors
>Guild of
>America, Aratani/Japan America Theatre, Laemmle's Sunset 5,
>and the National
>Center for the Preservation of Democracy. Check out the
>festival website,
>http://www.vconline.org/ff06 for up-to-date information and
>our online box
>office.
>
>Buy your tickets online and receive a $2 discount per ticket
>now through May
>2.
>in this issue
>
>VC FILMFEST Opens with Ham Tran's Journey from the Fall
>Festival Centerpiece Features the Award-Winning,
>Eve and the Firehorse
>AMERICANese by Eric Byler Closes Out the Festival
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>VC FILMFEST Opens with Ham Tran's Journey from the Fall
>
>JOURNEY FROM THE FALL
>a film by HAM TRAN
>starring Kieu Chinh, Long Nguyen, Diem Lien, and Nguyen Thai
>Nguyen
>Thursday, May 4, 2006
>DIRECTORS GUILD of AMERICA
>7920 Sunset Blvd.
>(One block west of Fairfax Ave.)
>5:30 p.m. Festival VIP Reception
>7:00 p.m. OPENING NIGHT PROGRAM
>Gala Celebration to follow
>
>Opening Night Tickets:
>$100.00 VIP Screening and Gala Celebration
>($75 Students, Seniors, VC/DGA/JACCC members)
>$30.00 Screening and Gala Celebration
>($24 Students, Seniors, VC/DGA/JACCC members)
>JOIN US on Opening Night at the DGA as we present the Los
>Angeles premiere
>screening of Ham Tran's JOURNEY FROM THE FALL. A multiple VC
>FILMFEST Golden
>Reel nominee (and winner in 2003 for THE ANNIVERSARY),
>director Tran brings
>his considerable filmmaking gifts to this, his fifth selection
>into the
>Festival and his first feature-length endeavor. Beginning with
>the fall of
>Saigon in 1975, JOURNEY traces the struggles of one family
>separated by war
>to reunite in a new country.
>Purchase Tickets
>
>Festival Centerpiece Features the Award-Winning,
>Eve and the Firehorse
>
>EVE AND THE FIREHORSE
>a film by JULIA KWAN
>starring Vivian Wu (THE LAST EMPEROR, THE JOY LUCK CLUB),
>Phoebe Jo Jo Kut,
>Hollie Lo, and Lester Chit Man Chan
>Saturday, May 6, 2006
>DIRECTORS GUILD of AMERICA
>7920 Sunset Blvd.
>(One block west of Fairfax Ave.)
>7:00 p.m. Showtime
>Q & A with the director and cast to follow
>
>General Ticket Prices
>$10 General Admission
>$8 Students, Seniors, VC/DGA/JACCC members
>We proudly present the Los Angeles Premiere screening of Julia
>Kwan's
>impressive first feature, the award-winning EVE & THE
>FIREHORSE. The
>Audience Award winner at the 2005 Vancouver International Film
>Festival and
>2006 Sundance Film Festival, EVE observes the different paths
>taken by two
>sisters, Eve and Karena, as they attempt to reverse the
>misfortunes that
>have befallen their Vancouver, British Columbia family. While
>Eve seeks
>solutions through deep introspection, Karena seeks her answers
>through
>Catholicism.
>Purchase Tickets
>
>AMERICANese by Eric Byler Closes Out the Festival
>
>AMERICANese
>a film by Eric Byler
>Starring Chris Tashima, Joan Chen, Allison Sie, Kelly Hu,
>Michael Paul Chan,
>and Sab Shimono
>
>Thursday, May 11, 2006
>ARATANI/JAPAN AMERICA THEATRE
>244 South San Pedro St.
>(between 2nd and Third Sts., Little Tokyo)
>7:00 p.m. Festival Award Ceremony
>7:30 p.m. CLOSING NIGHT PROGRAM
>Gala Celebration to follow
>
>Closing Night Tickets:
>$20.00 Screening and Gala Celebration
>$16 Students, Seniors, VC/DGA/JACCC members
>VC FILMFEST closes out Festival Week 2006 at the Aratani/Japan
>America
>Theatre with the Los Angeles premiere of AMERICANese,
>award-winning
>director, Eric Byler's long- awaited follow-up to CHARLOTTE
>SOMETIMES. Using
>American Knees, the well-regarded Shawn Wong novel, as a
>starting point,
>AMERICANese peers in on a mismatched couple whose relationship
>has long
>ended, but for many reasons has a difficult time letting go.
>Purchase Tickets
>
>
>Established in 1983, VC FILMFEST is Southern California's
>leading showcase
>for Asian Pacific American and Asian international cinema.
>This year, the
>eight-day movierama will also include a complement of
>filmmaker seminars and
>panel discussions, workshops, and filmmaker awards. The
>Festival will take
>place at the Directors Guild of America, Laemmle's Sunset 5
>Theaters,
>National Center for the Preservation of Democracy/JANM, and the
>Aratani/Japan America Theatre.
>Festival Website
>
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>
>VC FILMFEST 2006
>is PRESENTED BY
>
>
>
>Further support comes from:
>PREMIUM
>
>
>PLATINUM
>
>
>
>
>GOLD - Multicultural Radio Broadcast, Inc., Project by
>Project, Sony
>Pictures Entertainment, Wahoo's Fish Taco; SILVER - Department
>of Cultural
>Affairs - City of Los Angeles, Eastman Kodak Company, FOX, Los
>Angeles
>County Arts Commission, Mole-Richardson Co., MTV Films, MUSE,
>Tiger Cinema;
>BRONZE - CJ Entertainment America, Diskovery Center, East West
>Players,
>Hitachi, Ltd., Japanese American Cultural & Community Center,
>National
>Center for the Preservation of Democracy/JANM, SAG Indie,
>Search to Involve
>Pilipino Americans, Southwest Airlines, Union Bank of
>California, Warner
>Independent Pictures, Writers Guild of America, West Inc.;
>FESTIVAL AWARDS -
>Eastman Kodak Company, LA Digital, Write Brothers, Inc.;
>TRAVEL - Cathay
>Pacific Airways; OFFICIAL FESTIVAL BEER - Heineken; RECEPTION
>-Anime Expo,
>Blue Hen, Buddha's Belly, Coalition of Asian Pacifics in
>Entertainment,
>Creative Floral Designs, EmergenC, Penta Water, Sjoeblom,
>Sushi Dan, Via
>Café, Wahoo's Fish Taco; VC at NITE - jd8 Records, The Plan C
>Group, Inc.,
>GameBoiLA; MEDIA - GIANT ROBOT, ImaginasianTV, IKON, KPFK, LA
>18, LA Weekly,
>Multicultural Radio Broadcast, Inc., Munky King, MTVChi,
>thirteenminutes
>Magazine; VENUE - Aratani/Japan America Theatre, Directors
>Guild of America,
>Laemmle's Sunset 5, National Center for the Preservation of
>Democracy;
>Invitation Printing - Nonstop Printing
>
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>
>Full Festival Schedule
>Online Box Office
>General Festival Information
>Become a VC Member
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>email: info at vconline.org
>phone: (213) 680-4462 x68
>web: http://www.vconline.org
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