Ham Tran's film JOURNEY FROM THE FALL, traces the route of the boat people, from Vietnam to America, and the fate of those left behind.

JOURNEY FROM THE FALL is an award-winning film that finally reveals the untold story of what happened to millions of Vietnamese after the fall of Saigon.

Determined not to let one of the most pivotal events in modern history be forgotten, director Ham Tran has crafted a searing epic that traces the route of the boat people, from Vietnam to America, and the fate of those left behind.

Starring Kieu Chinh and Long Nguyen, and winner of 12 international film awards, JOURNEY FROM THE FALL has been hailed by critics as "striking in its timeliness, unforgettable in its impact."

Click on JOURNEY FROM THE FALL screenings to see where you can catch JOURNEY FROM THE FALL, at a theater near you.

Director Justin Lin's FINISHING THE GAME opens the Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival (VC FILM FEST 2007) this Thursday May 3.

THU, MAY 03 - 07:00 PM | Directors Guild of America, Theater 1, Los Angeles

Egos fly and collide as hard and high as the karate kicks in this scathingly smart swipe at racial stereotypes and movie-biz hypocrisy. This new feature film by Justin Lin (BETTER LUCK TOMORROW, Festival 2002; THE FAST & THE FURIOUS: TOKYO DRIFT) is a wickedly conceived comedy spoof about the search for the "new Bruce Lee."

JUSTIN LIN's solo directorial debut, BETTER LUCK TOMORROW, premiered at Sundance in 2002. He was named one of Variety's "10 to watch" and was honored with a John Cassavetes Award nomination at the 2004 Independent Spirit Awards. In 2003, Lin established his production company, Trailing Johnson Productions, and produced and co-directed the documentary SPOTLIGHTING. His other directing credits include ANNAPOLIS and THE FAST AND THE FURIOUS: TOKYO DRIFT. Lin holds an MFA in film directing from UCLA's School of Theater, Film, and Television and serves on the board of directors of Visual Communications.

Southern California's largest Asian American film festival launches the celebration of Asian Pacific Heritage Month at the Directors Guild of America in Los Angeles.

From comedy and drama to documentaries and shorts,
VC FILM FEST shares the stories of Asian Pacifics in America and abroad.

The 2007 New York Korean Film Festival wantsto see your work.

If you're a Korean / Korean American filmmaker with a great short film, or are a non-Korean filmmaker whose short film deals with a subject relevant to Korea, the 2007 New York Korean Film Festival want to see your work.

Submission deadline is May 30, 2007. Submission contacts will be notified on acceptance. If your film is selected to run, you'll be given free tickets to the festival, a write-up in the festival program book and a chance to personally introduce your short film to the audience.

Short Film Submission Guidelines
- Submissions must run no longer than 40 minutes.
- Submissions must meet at least one of the following two criteria:
1.) Key principals of the film's cast and crew (i.e. lead actor or actress, producer, director or screenwriter) must be of Korean descent.
2.) The film's subject matter must have cultural, historical or political relevance to Korea.
- Submissions must be made in DVD format (any NTSC region).
- Submissions not dubbed in English must include English subtitles. The NYKFF will not provide subtitling services.
- Submissions arriving before the May 30 deadline require no entry fee.
- Submissions will be accepted up until a secondary deadline of June 30, 2007. Films submitted after the May 30 deadline, however, must be accompanied by a $25 penalty fee .

Submissions may be sent to:
Yuni Cho, Program Officer
New York Korean Film Festival
The Korea Society

Battlestar Galactica's Grace Park Announces the Nominees for the 2007 AZN Asian Excellence Awards

Los Angeles, CA (May 11, 2007) - At a press conference held yesterday in Los Angeles, Grace Park (Battlestar Galactica), co-host of the upcoming 2007 AZN Asian Excellence Awards presented by JCPenney, announced the nominees for this year's awards presentation. The show, which honors outstanding achievements of Asian and Asian Americans, will air on AZN Television on Monday, May 28 at 8:00 p.m. ET/PT.

The nominees are as follows:

OUTSTANDING FILM
Babel
Curse of the Golden Flower
Letters From Iwo Jima
The Namesake

OUTSTANDING ACTOR - FILM
Jet Li Fearless
Kal Penn The Namesake
Ken Watanabe Letters From Iwa Jima

OUTSTANDING ACTRESS - FILM
Maggie Cheung Clean
Gong Li Curse of the Golden Flower
Rinko Kikuchi Babel
Tabu The Namesake

OUTSTANDING ACTOR - TELEVISION
Naveen Andrews Lost
Daniel Dae Kim Lost
Masi Oka Heroes
B.D. Wong Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

OUTSTANDING ACTRESS - TELEVISION
Kelly Hu In Case Of Emergency
Yunjin Kim Lost
Parminder Nagra ER
Sandra Oh Grey's Anatomy

OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING ACTRESS - FILM
Cindy Cheung Lady in the Water
Sharon Leal Dreamgirls
Maggie Q MI:III/Mission Impossible 3
Betty Sun Fearless

OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING ACTOR - FILM
Roger Fan Annapolis
Sung Kang The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift
Dustin Nguyen Little Fish
Koji Yakusho Babel

OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING ACTOR - TELEVISION
James Kyson Lee Heroes