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San Diego Asian Film Festival 2012

Inside Scoop

  1. Festival Q&A: H.P. Mendoza, director of I AM A GHOST

    Posted October 29th, 2012 by Brian in Inside Scoop

    As we count down to opening night, we bring you special Q&As with filmmakers whose features will be presented at our festival this year. In this edition, Lisa Yadao speaks to director, screenwriter, actor, and composer H.P. Mendoza about Asian Americans in film, the afterlife, and balut. Mendoza, who has not one, but two features screening […]

  2. Festival Q&A: Ron Morales, director of GRACELAND

    Posted October 25th, 2012 by Eric Lallana in Inside Scoop

    As we count down to opening night, we bring you special Q&As with directors whose films will be presented at our festival this year. In this edition, programmer Eric Lallana speaks to Ron Morales, who won Best Narrative at SDAFF ’08 with Santa Mesa, and who is back with his latest film, GRACELAND. Congratulations on […]

  3. Festival Q&A: Richard Wong and H.P. Mendoza of YES, WE’RE OPEN

    Posted October 22nd, 2012 by philliplorenzo in Inside Scoop

    As we count down to opening night, we bring you special Q&As with filmmakers whose features will be presented at our festival this year. In this edition, managing director Phillip Lorenzo speaks to YES, WE’RE OPEN director Richard Wong and writer-actor H.P. Mendoza. Did this story start from you getting to know a couple in […]

  4. Festival Q&A: Monika Treut, director of THE RAW AND THE COOKED

    Posted October 16th, 2012 by Brian in Inside Scoop

    As we count down to opening night, we bring you special Q&As with directors whose films will be presented at our festival this year. In this edition, programmer Tracie Yang speaks to Monika Treut, the director of the luscious documentary THE RAW AND THE COOKED. First, how did you begin this project and when did […]

  5. Festival Q&A: Mye Hoang, director of VIETTE

    Posted October 8th, 2012 by leeannkim in Inside Scoop

    As we count down to opening night, we bring you special Q&As with directors whose films will be presented at our festival this year. First up is Mye Hoang, who makes her big return to SDAFF — this time as director, producer, writer, and star of her debut feature, VIETTE, which screens on Monday, Nov 5 […]

  6. Inside Scoop: How SDAFF chooses films

    Posted October 3rd, 2012 by Brian in Inside Scoop

    Film festivals are shrouded in mystery, and the lack of complete transparency, along with the sheer volume of annual submissions, have led some to doubt the legitimacy of the process. We can’t speak for other festivals, but we can certainly speak for ourselves. Here’s the chronology of a film submission at the San Diego Asian […]