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Tiger Hunter reveals immigrants’ stories
In Tiger Hunter, directed by Lena Khan, young Sami Malik (Danny Pudi) is so in awe of his father, a renowned tiger hunter in their Indian village, that he wonders if he can ever...
Films: Children’s Film Festival Seattle and Kung Fu Yoga
Once again, the Children’s Film Festival Seattle presents a diverse collection of movies that adults can enjoy, too. From features to shorts, narratives to documentaries, below are some offerings by or about Asians and...
The old and the new meet in Hong Kong action cinema
Sky on Fire is a contemporary Hong Kong film featuring scientific advancements, technological breakthroughs, and lots of violent clashes among men in freshly-pressed business suits. On the other hand, Sword Master is a wuxia...
Films: Focus on Asia at the American Film Market
An annual event held in sunny Santa Monica California, the American Film Market brings together exhibitors (filmmakers), distributors (buyers) and others that make it possible for an audience to eventually view a film onscreen—whether...
6th Annual Seattle Shorts Film Festival offers eclectic lineup
Since 2011, the Seattle Shorts Film Festival has offered a lineup of eclectic, non-feature length movies. This year’s choices include several with Asian and Asian American actors and directors.
In Creased, 18-year-old Kayla struggles with...
Katsura Sunshine, Zenjiro: Sitting or standing, these guys are funny
Holy synchronicity! At the same time Slovenian-Canadian Katsura Sunshine performs Japanese comic storytelling (called rakugo) in Seattle, Japanese national Zenjiro will also be in town telling jokes at a stand-up comedy competition.
On November 1...
Films: SSAFF returns, Sky Ladder on Netflix is spectacular
Once again, it’s time for the Seattle South Asian Film Festival. This year’s selections, from Afghanistan, America, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Canada, India, Nepal, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka, include the following:
Gardaab is the Urdu word for...
Films: TWIST features focus on queer APIs, Mekong a violent flick
Along with a new name—TWIST—The Seattle Gay & Lesbian Film Festival is also showing off several documentaries featuring Asians and Asian Americans.
Out Run is a beautifully photographed Filipino film about the only LGBT political...
Films: ‘My Love’ touches the heart, ‘Eddy Zheng’s Story’ at Wing Luke
My Love, Don’t Cross That River opens the same way it closes, with an elderly Korean woman sitting in the snow sobbing in anguish. But between the documentary’s beginning and ending is the sweetest...
The stories of the ‘War Brides’ of Japan need to be told
One day in the early 1980s, my Japanese mother took my sister and me to an International District gift shop. A middle-aged Japanese American man working there glanced briefly towards us, before turning away...
