This past summer, TIFF Cinematheque curated Summer of Seoul, a retrospective showcase of Korean content that assembled films from brand-name Korean auteurs, rising filmmakers, as well as programming that included …
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We invite you to submit your unpublished work to the theme of “pause” — a reflection of the world as it held its breath for more than two years as …
Traces from the Li Po poem, “Quiet Night Thoughts,” threaded through my memories and thus, my writing. In trying to recall the childhood poem, I researched Li Po and learned …
It is human nature to keep on hoping against all odds. It was 1732, and Alexander Pope’s particular expression was coined and over time, it’s become a proverbial phrase unto …
The Asian Canadian Writers’ Workshop (ACWW) is pleased to announce Jinwoo Park winner of the 2020 Jim Wong-Chu Emerging Writers’ Award for his manuscript The Oxford Soju Club. Shortly after …
One year ago, TIFF was planning its first-ever modified edition just as a third wave of the pandemic was about to decimate Ontario and much of Canada. Burdened with the …
i. the fruit of a certain tree is sour, and softly sweet. it emerges half-made feral on a bed of rich earth sugar is a quiet home for bees. the …
Enter “cinema is dead” in a search engine and get ready to smile at a list of film personalities who have been declaring the death of cinema with regularity over …
Asian films at the 44th Toronto International Film Festival (5-15 September 2019) are holding steady at less than twenty titles. Although the figure reveals a chronic flatlining of the festival’s …
Vancouver Asian Film Festival 2018 – Industry Panel – Diversity & Representation in Canadian Film & Television
by Gavin Hee
The past couple of years have been a remarkably better time for Asians in the broader Western media space. A system barring Asians from respectable on-screen roles for decades is …
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