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3:30PM-5:00PM; Saturday,August 24, 2024. Meeting Room at Carlsbad Senior Center( 799 Pine Avenue Carlsbad, CA 92008); Admission by Panel Pass
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TOPICS:
Asian has a huge boost to the production and success of domestic films.Asian film revenues have grown by 25% a year for the past 10 years. Asican Film Projects are looking for Western filmmakers participate in their movies. A window of opportunity has opened for the Western directors, screenwriters, Scrip doctors, cinema photographers, musical composters, Animators, actors, etc. Come to meet the delegations of Asian investors, producers, directors, and find out the pitfalls, common misunderstandings, and industry myths for working with the Asian films. The panelists will attempt to address these issues during the discussion.
Pre-sign up is strongly recommended. For actors, please bring your headshots and CV with you for possibility of onsite audition. |
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ETA, Filmmaker
ETA is a nonbinary, first-gen Vietnamese-American filmmaker raised by refugees of the American War in Vietnam. Their genre-fluid work centers on amplifying marginalized voices on both sides of the camera, addressing colorist in representation, and racial and social equity issues.
White Gaze, their award-winning gentrification horror short, was a Blumhouse Studios Patrons Circle pledge recipient and has screened at film festivals worldwide. Confluence: A Meditation in Documentary Form, their documentary short exploring ancestry and identity through the lens of the queer Asian Pacific Islander and Desi American artists, has received festival acclaim across BAFTA and Oscar-qualifying film festivals. They're currently in postproduction for Menstrual, a feature-length AAPI sci-fi drama following a grieving mother and a wormhole in the Pacific Ocean. |
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Ana Tuazon Parsons, writer, comic, filmmaker, artist
Born in Olongapo, Philippines, Ana Tuazon Parsons has built an impressive career in theater and comedy. She's worked with Philip Seymour Hoffman's Labyrinth Theatre Company at the Public, produced theater and film while performing in numerous theaters across the country. Notably she played the villainous Orchid opposite David Arquette in Broadway houses and international tour of Sherlock Holmes.As a stand-up comedian and writer, Ana has graced the stages of the Comedy Store in Los Angeles, Ice House Pasadena, and Gotham Comedy in New York. Ana self-produced, wrote, and performed in her three-part comic special Asian American Eyz'd, An Immigrant Comedy Special now streaming on Amazon Freevee and Hulu. This special narrating her life as a Filipina immigrant hailed by the LA Times as "triumphant" and "a raw conversation about surviving in America."Ana most recently showran, produced, directed, and performed in an all-Asian stand-up comedy series for Joysauce Media: Jokes with Joysauce, coming soon to a streamer TBA |
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Gary Nguyen, Actor,
Gary Nguyen is a Vietnamese American actor, he came to the US at the age of 17, he is always passionate about the 7th art, he enjoyed singing, acting and voiceover when he was very young. At the time, his parents wanted him to become a doctor instead, but after trying out to meet his family expectations, he decided to pursue acting, at the time he had no connections or resources, he didn’t know how to start; but he fought his way through. Fast forward to present day, Gary is now a working actor with many credits from both indie and well known projects. When he is not working, Gary likes to spend time with his Mother, being outdoor, and writing journal. Gary is also a movie critics and a foodie, he loves to write reviews about the latest blockbuster in theater or his experience with new food businesses wherever he goes. |
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Proud Sang-ou-thai, Actress
Proud Sang-ou-thai is a South East Asian actress. Her recent Feature Film project "The Harvest" was accepted, and screened at Cannes Film Festival 2023. She worked with Elodie Yung (The Cleaning Lady on FOX) in her director debut "Happy Ending" (2023)
She performed a lead role in the AFI short film "Strange Fish (2022)" and is in an Encore Award Winner Immersive Theatre production called "ASCEND" at the Hollywood Fringe Theatre Festival (2019). In 2018, she was the sole artist from Thailand to perform a theatre version of "Friend with Benefit" at The Skylight Theatre Company. Proud studied acting at The Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute, Howard Fine Studio. She is also taking movement classes with Julia Crockett. She is always taking classes to sharpen her artistic tools and skills. Proud love to sing, dance,and write. Her passion is to experience life to the fullest. |
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Jiaxing Yang: Director, Host
Mr. Yang is Host and director of Wuhan Radio and Television Station.. He is a self-media travel store expert, he contributed to the official Douyin, WeChat video account, Weibo and other all-media platforms of Wuhan Radio and Television Station, Wuhan Culture and Tourism, Luotian Culture and Tourism, and his works have been played more than 10 million times throughout the year.Completed with the Children's Foundation, directed the first children's stage play "Children Chasing Stars" independently completed by autistic children in China and completed the performance.As film director, his film "Snail" won the Hubei Provincial Award”, official selection of the 2024 Universe Multicultural Film Festival ; as host, he won the "Peacock Cup" Provincial Gold Award, As a voice over actor, his dubbing work "TIME" won the Wuhan Municipal Award and Best Screenplay winner at 2018 San diego International Kids’ film festival |
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