destination: park city, utah

All right, good people. I'm off to spend the weekend in Park City, Utah. That's right—the Sundance Film Festival (and Slamdance too) is going on right now, and I'm joining in on the fun. It looks to be a good time of films, friends, parties and cold cold cold weather. This year, Asian American are representin' in full force: Asian Pacific Film Experience in Park City 2007. There are a number of events planned for the festival, including the annual Filmmakers Reception, the Asian Pacific American Filmmakers Lounge, and a panel discussion featuring Sung Kang (Finishing the Game), Yul Kwon (Survivor: Cook Islands), Grace Lee (American Zombie), Justin Lin (Finishing the Game), Suzy Nakamura (American Zombie), Dustin Nguyen (Finishing the Game), Janet Yang (Dark Matter, Year of the Fish). If you're planning on being at the festival (maybe you're already there), go here for more information. Here's a full list of films by Asian/APA filmmakers:

SUNDANCE FILM FESTIVAL
Sadik Ahmed - Tanju Miah
Marjan Alizadeh - Men Understand Each Other Better
Gregg Araki - Smiley Face
Paul Chan - 1st Light
Shu Lea Cheang - Mobiopera
Chen Shi-Zheng - Dark Matter
Tze Chun - Windowbreaker
Guo Xiaolu - How is Your Fish Today? (Jin Tian de Yu Zen Me Yang?)
Gina Kim - Never Forever
Kim Tai-Sik - Driving with My Wife's Lover (Ane-Eui Aein-Eul Mannada)
Lee Jong Yoon - A Day Out
Justin Lin - Finishing the Game
Helen Mendoza - The Bible Tells Me So
Shirin Neshat - Zarin
Steven Okazaki - White Light/Black Rain: The Desstruction of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
Otomo Katsuhiro - Bugmaster (Mushishi)
Park Yong-Jin - Duct Tape and Cover
Ian Iqbal Rashid - How She Move
Roh Gyeong-Tae - The Last Dining Table
Auraeus Solito - Circumcision (Tuli)
Anocha Suwichakornpong - Graceland
Taika Waititi - Eagle Vs Shark
Janet Yang - Dark Matter/ Year of the Fish
Paul Yi - Crossing the Line
Jessica Yu - Protagonist

SLAMDANCE FILM FESTIVAL
Jenova Chen - flow
Yann Demange - Alan and Samir
Murata Katsura - Zekuu
Shon Kim - Latent Sorrow
Grace Lee - American Zombie
Lee Min Joo - Song of Haenyo
Gavin Lim - Hello
John Nijhawan - A Hooker & Dirt Road End
Gitanjali Rao - Printed Rainbow
Pragya Tomar - Mandir
Tami Yeager - Dream in Doubt

I'll only be around through the weekend, but some of the features I'm hoping to check out are Grace Lee's American Zombie, Steven Okazaki's White Light/Black Rain, Justin Lin's Finishing the Game and Gina Kim's Never Forever... that is, if I can get tickets. I will try to blog updates from the festival. See you in the cold!