With the 20th year of the festival’s existence coming up, we’ve had some time to reflect on how far Canada has come in terms of embracing Asian Canadian work. We reminisced on the body of work that North Americans with […]
Filmmaker Update: Ron Morales, Yung Chang, Musa Syeed
We are proud to share news of three films from Reel Asian’s 2012 selection that have continued to travel the festival circuit and have their own theatrical release! Ron Morales’ dramatic thriller GRACELAND will be opening in Toronto at TIFF […]
Filmmaker Update: Yung Chang, Jeff Chiba Stearns
Yung Chang’s most recent documentary The Fruit Hunters will be presented as a two-party program on CBC’s The Nature of Things on February 21 & 28. The first episode, The Evolution of Desires, will explore the origins of fruit’s diversity […]
Surreal Experiences of a First Time Filmmaker
The following is written by Unsung Voices Filmmaker, Althea Balmes (who also won the WIFT-T Award at Reel Asian for Suman Ladies). As I write this, I’m on the College streetcar on my way to The Royal to catch The […]
What to Watch at the 16th Reel Asian Film Festival?
I know trying to navigate a festival’s programme can be intimidating and it’s easier if someone can recommend you flicks based on specific preferences. Our staff members give their take on what films to choose based on different criteria. GALAS […]
Asian picks at Hot Docs
This year’s Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Film Festival takes place April 26 – May 6, 2012 at 1o theatres across downtown Toronto. This much-anticipated annual festival includes an impressive 189 docs from 51 countries. Highlights from this year include […]
Filmmaker Updates: Dean Vargas, Yung Chang,
Dean Vargas is teaching a Video Compositing workshop at Trinity Square Video on May 29. Dean has been Reel Asian’s festival videographer and an active member of the Marketing Committee for several years. Yung Chang is currently working on The […]