Asian Lantern Festival illuminates Central Florida
The Asian Lantern Festival is coming back to Central Florida this holiday season. The Central Florida Zoo & Botanical Gardens host an evening wonderland of lights during the Asian Lantern Festival: Into the...
Tohoku Tomo screening in Orlando and Miami
As a former member of the Japan Exchange and Teaching (JET) program Wesley’s story about volunteers giving back to Japan in a time of need struck a particular chord. If there is anything that...
Shang Chi’s Box Office Success Signifies The Rise of The Asian Leading Man in...
Shang Chi’s record breaking opening weekend, garnered the best showing of any Labor Day weekend film ever, at $71.4 million (and this did not include Monday). Already, within just a few days, with gross...
MOVIE REVIEW: “CRAZY RICH ASIANS”
Tonight, August 8th I watched the preview screening of the long-awaited movie "CRAZY RICH ASIANS" based on the best selling novel of Kevin Kwan now available in bookstores. All I can say is that...
Filipino-American Director New Movie Screening in Tampa, FL
Filipino-American Producer, Director and Writer Danny Aguilar, President and Founder of Carpe Diem Pictures based in Dallas, Texas is set to launch his upcoming international romantic comedy flick Take Me To Banaue. Aguilar collaborated...
A humorous advertisement for Manulife Financial re-imagines Go Nagai’s super robot Mazinger Z
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xpgGyz-gBn0
Recently, the insurance company, Manulife Japan, began streaming a web commercial titled "Mazinger Kachō ~Second Life e Mazin-go!~ (Section Manager Mazinger Mazin-goes to a Second Life!) to promote its "Mirai no Tabi" campaign. The...
“Just The 3 of Us” is showing in the East Coast on May 6!
Directed by Cathy Garcia-Molina and, with a script developed and written by the collaboration of Kiko Abrillo, Gillian Ebreo, Katherine Labayen, and Vanessa R. Valdez, “Just The 3 Of Us” presents a glimpse of...
Maiko: Dancing Child
A film by Ase Svenheim Drivenes
70 minutes, documentary, color, English, 2015
Maiko Nishino's destiny was decided before she was born. Her name, Maiko, means dancing child. Her mother sold their house and car to send 14...
Asian Cultural EXPO showcases the beauty of Asian culture through performances and workshops
The 6th annual Asia Trend Asian Cultural EXPO was held together with the Walgreens Orlando International Dragon Boat Festival on October 17, 2015 under a glorious sunny day. Four-hour cultural performances feature dragon dance,...
Award-Winning Documentary THAO’S LIBRARY Opens October 16th!
Thaos Library Official Trailer from Elizabeth Van Meter on Vimeo.
AWARD-WINNING DOCUMENTARY THAO'S LIBRARY OPENING AT AMC INDEPENDENT THEATRES NATIONWIDE ON OCTOBER 16th
As America marks 40 years since the end of the Vietnam War, Thao's...