Photo Credits: foodnetwork.ca | “There are many people who think that Paco Torreblanca’s confections are the last thing that should touch your lips before you die.” – Annie Sibonney There is a show I follow on the Food Network called From Spain With Love which follows the culinary travels of multi-lingual writer and chef Annie […]
Photo Credit: Davide U. | A lot of people think too much even about decisions that should be easy to make. Often this is out of fear of the unknown. And sometimes it just takes one moment to convince us to move ahead, take a chance, and understand that we’re doing the right thing. Today […]
Feature Gallery Photo Credit: Luna Blue Photography | On Saturday, the eve of Vancouver’s Pride Parade, Akariya Fireworks of Japan, entertained a crowd of between 300,000 and 400,000 capping off the 2014 Celebration of Light. Photo Credit: Dru Blackie An ambitious undertaking by the Japanese team, the massive scale and creativity of the performance made […]
I’ve thought about the terms “Asian Canadian” and “Asian American” quite a bit for a number of years now. What I find especially interesting is how when I look at the motherlands, I see strained relations and a very tense environment fuelled by border disputes, arguments about history, and conflict over resources. On the other […]
Photo Credit: hondacelebrationoflight.com | If you ask tourists and locals what the best time of the year is in Vancouver, a large percentage of them (if not all) will say the Honda Celebration of Light. Annually, in late July/early August, hundreds of thousands gather around downtown’s English Bay pumping millions into the local economy for […]
The Vancouver Queer Film Festival this year runs August 14-24 and as a lead-up to that, I thought I would remember a film I enjoyed there a while back. I first met Jason Karman at the 2010 festival through film-makers Cal Garingan and Quentin Lee. In 2011, I had the pleasure of seeing his drama […]
In August 2011, Aaron Au of Titlecard Pictures and Kevin Li of Little Ram Media teamed up to take on the Mighty Asian Moviemaking Marathon (MAMM). They won. Although they could have used 10 days, Au and Li only needed 4 to create their script (which was built around their assigned topic “anniversaries”), recruit actors, […]
Osaka-based, Chinese-Malaysian writer and director Kah-Wai Lim’s 2013 Fly Me to Minami (Koi suru minami or 恋するミナミ) is a well-executed, fun film with an organized story that leaves behind no loose ends. It looks at the intersecting lives of a fashion magazine editor from Hong Kong, a flight attendant from Seoul, and two men from […]
“Don’t dim your light–for anybody.” – Erykah Badu to Janelle Monáe | Janelle Monáe is an interview delight. Calm, cool, and congenial, she always seems to have the best response to any question. Her style is chic. She is electric on stage. She is an inventive multi-talented artist who thinks outside the box. Not only […]
The Might Asian Movie Making Marathon (MAMM) is the Vancouver Asian Film Festival’s (VAFF) short film contest held every August. The contest has a BC and diversity angle: participating team members must be BC residents, at least two key creative team members must be visible minorities, and at least one lead actor or subject in […]
