The 2010 Sundance Film Festival kicks off today. I'm a little bummed that I won't be heading to Park City, Utah to partake in the festivities, but things just didn't work out this year. The film I'm most looking forward to eventually seeing: The Taqwacores, directed by Eyad Zahra, and based on the influential novel about punk Muslim American youth. Watch the trailer above.
I'm not going, but our friend Taz from Sepia Mutiny is in Park City right now. She has a rundown of all the films she's looking forward to checking out, including The Taqwacores, Gurinder Chadha's It's a Wonderful Afterlife and Four Lions: On the Road to Sundance. Have fun, Taz! Hope you get to meet Sendhil Ramamurty.
Here's a big list, courtesy of the Asian Pacific Film Experience, of all the Asian Pacific directors and/or producers whose work will be screening over the next week in Park City, both at the Sundance and Slamdance film festivals:
S U N D A N C EAnd if you are headed to Sundance, be sure to stop by the annual Meet the Filmmakers Reception this Sunday, January 24, 4-6:00pm at China Panda Restaurant. For more information about the Asian Pacific Film Experience, go here. Bundle up, stay warm, and have fun.
GURINDER CHADHA
IT'S A WONDERFUL AFTERLIFE
FAN LIXIN
LAST TRAIN HOME
PATTI LEE (Producer)
A SMALL ACT
LIM WOO-SEONG
VEGETARIAN
ANUSHA RIZVI
PEEPLI LIVE
THET SAMBATH (Co-Director)
ENEMIES OF THE PEOPLE
SUPRIYO SEN
WAGA
TAIKA WAITITI
BOY
EYAD ZAHRA
THE TAQWACORES
S U N D A N C E / N. H. K.
TAMAKO HIOKI
NO WOMAN NO CRY
SO YONG KIM
FOR ELLEN
RYO NAKAJIMA
SLEEPING BEAUTY
DAISUKE YAMAOKA
THE WONDERFUL LIVES AT ASAHIGAOKA
S L A M D A N C E
PEGAH GHAEMI
MEMBERS OF THE RESISTANCE
THAT GO
GOLDEN PRIZE
ADNAN HUSSEIN
GUL
BETTY JIANG
HIS WHITE EYES
ANJOO KHOSIA
WAHID'S MOBILE BOOKSTORE
KIM KANGMIN
DEUX REGARDS • VISIT
CHUNG LEE
MOCHI
TAKURO MASUDA (Co-Director)
PANELS FOR THE WALLS OF HELL
NAITOU EISUKE
PRINCE OF MILK
BETTY M. PARK
MAMACHAS DEL RING
ZEUS QUIJANO
POINT OF ENTRY
NICO SABENORIO
BOUT THAT BOUT
VARATHIT UTHAISRI
SURFACE FILM
VISRA VICHIT VADAKAN
IN SPACE
VAN VU
YES, YESTERDAY
TAILI WU
ROUE
