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Screenings Archives
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HOLLYWOOD CHINESE
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Lincoln, Nebraska

COMING THIS FALL
Mary Riepma Ross Media Arts Center
www.theross.org


Los Angeles, California

November 3–16, 2008
Chinese American Film Festival
www.cafilmfestival.com


 

Pueblo, Colorado

October 18, 2008
Pueblo City-County Library
www.pueblolibrary.org


Portland, Oregon

October 11, 12, 18, 19, 2008
Hollywood Theater
www.filmaction.org/engaging/index.html


San Diego, California

October 9-16, 2008
San Diego Asian Film Festival
www.sdaff.org
Filmmaker Arthur Dong in attendance


Austin, Texas

October 9, 2008

Austin Asian American Film Festival - Opening Night Gala
www.aaaff.org
Filmmaker Arthur Dong in attendance


Lewiston, Maine

October 6, 2008
Bates College
http://abacus.bates.edu/admin/offices/multicultural
Filmmaker Arthur Dong in attendance. This event is in conjunction with National Coming Out Day and Parents Day, sponsored by the Multi-Cultural Center of Bates College.


 

Chicago, Illinois

September 20 & 23, 2008
Gene Siskel Film Center
www.artic.edu/webspaces/siskelfilmcenter/index.html


Pasadena, California

September 11, 2008, 8pm
Pacific Asia Museum
www.pacificasiamuseum.org
Filmmaker Arthur Dong will be in attendance


Cleveland, Ohio

July 24 & 25, 2008
Cleveland Institute of Art Cinematheque
www.cia.edu/academicResources/cinematheque/cinematheque.php


Jerusalem International Film Festival

July 10 – 19, 2008
www.jff.org.il/?cl=en


Honolulu, Hawaii

June 21 & 22, 2008
Honolulu Academy of Arts, Doris Duke Theatre
www.honoluluacademy.org/cmshaa/academy/index.aspx?id=2402


Hamilton, Ontario - Canada

June 12, 2008
Art Gallery of Hamilton
www.artgalleryofhamilton.com/wo_agh_film_series.php#3


Seoul International Film Festival

June 5 – 11, 2008
www.senef.net


New York City - ENCORE RETURN ENGAGEMENT!

May 30 – June 5, 2008
The ImaginAsian Theater
www.theimaginasian.com


Los Angeles/Beverly Hills

May 30 – June 5, 2008
Laemmle’s Music Hall
http://www.laemmle.com


Pasadena, California

May 30 – June 5, 2008
Laemmle One Colorado
www.laemmle.com


National Harbor, Maryland

May 5, 2008
Council on Foundations Film & Video Festival
- Winner, Henry Hampton Award for Excellence in Film & Digital Media -
www.cof.org/Network/summit/videoFestivalSchedule.cfm


New York City

May 2, 2008
Quad Cinema
www.quadcinema.com


Rochester, New York

April 30 – May 5, 2008
Rochester/High Falls International Film Festival
www.rochestersmoviefest.com


San Francisco, California – HELD OVER!

April 25 – May 1, 2008
4 Star Theatre
www.lntsf.com/4-star_theatre


Winston-Salem, North Carolina

April 23 – 28, 2008
RiverRun International Film Festival
www.riverrunfilm.com


Honolulu, Hawaii

April 21, 2008
Hawaii International Film Festival - Centerpiece Presentation
www.hiff.org


Tucson, Arizona

April 17 & 19, 2008
Arizona International Film Festival - Opening Night Gala
Filmmaker Arthur Dong will be in attendance
www.filmfestivalarizona.com


Jersey City, New Jersey

April 13, 2008
ChillFest
www.myspace.com/chillfestjerseycity


San Francisco, California

April 11 – 24, 2008
Sundance Kabuki Cinemas
www.sundancecinemas.com/kabuki.html
Filmmaker Arthur Dong in person, April 11 Friday evening shows.


Oakland, California

April 11 – 23, 2008
Grand Lake Theater
www.renaissancerialto.com/current/grandlake.htm

Filmmaker Arthur Dong in person, April 12, 7:15pm
April 16, 2008, 7:30pm: The Curse of Quon Gwon will receive a one-time only special screening with live accompaniment by the Mighty Wurlitzer. Followed by Hollywood Chinese.


San Francisco, California

April 10, 2008
Scenes From Hollywood Chinese

Arthur Dong will present clips from his latest documentary, Hollywood Chinese, on April 10, 8pm, at San Francisco State University, August Coppola Theatre (Fine Arts building). The event is free and sponsored by the Cinema Department, College of Creative Arts, Asian American Studies Department and College of Ethnic Studies. Call 415/338-1629 for more information.


Madison, Wisconsin

April 3 – 6, 2008
Wisconsin Film Festival
www.wifilmfest.org


 

Hong Kong International Film Festival

March 17 – April 6, 2008
www.hkiff.org.hk

Filmmaker Arthur Dong will present Hollywood Chinese as part of the Visiting Artist Program of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Dong’s visit was also underwritten by the U.S. Consulate in Hong Kong.



Göteborg International Film Festival

January 25 – February 4, 2008
www.filmfestival.org

Hollywood Chinese was selected for “Critic’s Week.” It will also be featured as part of Cinemix, a series of seminars, master classes, discussions, and debates. Panelists for this special program include Arthur Dong, director, Daniel Brodén, Ph.D. student in film studies and Maria Edström, Ph.D. Senor lecturer, Gothenburg University. Moderator: Andrea Reuter, film critic.



44th Taipei Golden Horse Film Festival

- Opening Night Presentation -
November 23, 2007
www.goldenhorse.org.tw/gh_main

Hollywood Chinese is the first documentary ever to have been selected to open the Golden Horse Film Festival. This unprecedented screening takes place November 23, along with the other opening night film, Tso-Chi Chang’s Butterfly. Filmmaker Arthur Dong will be in attendance.



AFI Fest 2007

- Special Presentation -
November 7, 2007
Arclight Theaters, 6:45pm
6360 W. Sunset Blvd., Los Angeles
www.afi.com/afifest/2007

In attendance: filmmaker Arthur Dong; cast members Nancy Kwan, Amy Tan, Justin Lin, Lisa Lu, James Hong, Tsai Chin, Mai Lon Gittlesohn & Marcella Wong-Yasuhiro (daughters of Violet Wong, star of the 1916 film, The Curse of Quon Gwon), and James Leong, Jr. (son of James B. Leong, producer/writer of the 1921 film, Lotus Blossom). Post screening discussion moderated by Randy Haberkamp, Director of Education and Special Events, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (affiliation listed for informational purposes only).



Vancouver International Film Festival

- Special Presentation -
September 27-October 12, 2007
www.viff.org



Toronto International Film Festival

September 6-15, 2007
www.tiff07.ca



San Francisco International Asian American Film Festival

March 18, 2007
www.asianamericanfilmfestival.org



THE CURSE OF QUON GWON
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Oakland, California

March 24, 2007
The Oakland Museum of California, 2pm
www.museumca.org

A special presentation of the San Francisco International Asian American Film Festival, this is a rare opportunity to see all surviving thirty-five minutes of this landmark Chinese American film recently selected by the Library of Congress for the National Film Registry. Made by Oakland filmmaker Marion Wong in 1916, “Curse” is the earliest known Asian American film. A panel discussion follows with family members of the original cast and local historians. Live music will accompany the screening. For more information, please call (510) 238-2200.



Los Angeles, California

March 29, 2007
Linwood Dunn Theater
1313 N. Vine St., 7:30pm
www.oscars.org

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences is pleased to present the results of the latest preservation efforts by the Academy Film Archive: two recently rediscovered films that were thought to be lost, THE CURSE OF QUON GWON and HER WILD OAT. For more information, please call (310) 247-3600.

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