Elevate, Incubate & Demonstrate: Advancing Asian American Artists

Panel and Reception, Sunday, January 22 in Park City, Utah.



This week, the indie film world converges on cold, snowy Park City, Utah for the 2017 Sundance Film Festival. And yes, it may be a little hard to find amidst all the white, but over the years there has been a small but scrappy and significant APA presence at the festival. And it's growing. So if you're headed to Park City, check out this panel discussion/reception hosted by a coalition of APA media folks.

Elevate, Incubate & Demonstrate: Advancing Asian American Artists will feature a panel of creatives and industry leaders in conversation on the current and future state of Asian Americans in media. It's happening Sunday, January 22 at Bodega on Main. Here are some more details about the event:

Celebrate AAPI Filmmakers at Sundance & Slamdance

Asian Pacific Filmmakers Reception, Sunday January 25 in Park City



If you are one of the bundled up cinephiles making the snowy trek to Park City, Utah for the 2015 Sundance Film Festival, you might be interested to know that there is some serious AAPI representation in the programming this year, at both Sundance and the rival upstart festival Slamdance.

Whether you're a filmmaker or film supporter, come help celebrate at the 11th Annual Asian Pacific Filmmakers Reception, happening Sunday, January 25 at Club 301 - The Funn Networks Space in Park City.

Here are some more details about the reception:

10th Annual Asian Pacific Filmmakers Experience in Park City, January 22

See you soon, Utah. I'm Sundance-bound. Yes, this weekend I am headed to cold of Park City in the name of independent cinema. If you're going and happen to be around next Tuesday, you're invited to the celebrate The 10th Annual Asian Pacific Filmmakers Experience in Park City, a reception recognizing all the Asian Pacific filmmakers with works screening at this year's Sundance and Slamdance Film Festivals. It's happening January 22 at the Outdoor Retailer Innovation Gallery. The details:

Watch the trailer for the post-apocalyptic indie road flick Best Friends Forever

Here's the new trailer for the indie feature Best Friends Forever, directed/produced/written by and starring Brea Grant. The post-apocalyptic road comedy will make its world premiere next week at the Slamdance Film Festival -- Park City, Utah's upstart rival film festival happening simultaneously with Sundance.

Best Friends Forever is described as a "clever dark comedy and heartfelt road trip buddy film wrapped in an apocalyptic disaster story, with two badass girls." Brea Grant and Vera Miao star as a pair of best friends who hit the road bound for Texas just as a nuclear attack strikes the country. Check it out: