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Finding Tom Huang

Tom Huang is a unique and persistent Asian American filmmaker who starred, wrote and directed three features over the last two decades. His latest feature…

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Barbara Lee’s “Sing My Song” is Hatchfund and CHOPSO’s Partnership First Success

Canadian filmmaker Barbara Lee successfully raised funds for her documentary “Sing My Song,” marking the first success of the strategic partnership between Hatchfund and CHOPSO….

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Nadine Truong on Her Prolific Directing Career

CHOPSO speaks with Nadine Truong, probably one of the youngest and most prolific Asian American filmmakers. Her two features and short films are streaming on…

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Stanton Chong on Directing his First Action Short

Rookie Canadian filmmaker Stanton Chong talks to CHOPSO about making his first action short film as part of Vancouver Asian Film Festival’s Mighty Asian Moviemaking…

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Asian American Auteur Michael Aki

Michael Aki is an Asian American auteur in many regards. He wrote, directed, produced and even acted in his own movies. Part of the 1997…

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Hiep Thi Le as I Remember, a Star and Great Friend

This is the blog that I wouldn’t have wanted to write… but I must because I just need to get it out of my chest….

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Manhunt is a Ghost of the John Woo We Knew

Ridiculous, gratuitously violent and choppy storytelling are the least of the problems of John Woo’s latest action picture Manhunt that suffers from stale action sequences…

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The Hatchfund Experience

Filmmaker A.P. Gonzalez talks about his experience on working with Hatchfund to raise capital for his short film “The Wetback.” As you know, CHOPSO has…

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Fog of Terence Yin

Hong-Kong-based Chinese American actor Terence Yin is the star of Fog, directed by Kit Hui, that will be streaming on CHOPSO starting Tuesday December 5….

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Wong Kar Wai Wants You in His Amazon Series

My casting director friend Poping Au Yeung is casting Wong Kar Wai’s upcoming Amazon TV series and they are having an open call! They are…

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