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CAAM at Sundance 2008

Posted January 15, 2008 by ellen in CAAM Events

CAAM has long been one of the host organizations for the Asian Pacific Film Experience in Park City, held every January during the Sundance and Slamdance Film Festivals. Our Filmmakers Reception - now in it's seventh inception - is an opportunity to highlight and recognize the Asian Pacific American works represented at the two festivals.
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Co-presentation of the 4th annual Queer Women of Color Film Festival

Posted May 16, 2008 by rsotelo in CAAM Events

Presented by the Queer Women of Color Media Arts Project (QWOCMAP) The 4th annual Queer Women of Color Film Festival showcases the explosive stories of our community, from the quick turns of a dyke couple on a mission to conceive to the fierce shimmy of big bodacious babes to the dynamic strut of a queer secret agent, these fly films will let you get down, get funky and get loose!
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Co-Presentation: Women Wielding Cameras Film Festival

Posted June 1, 2008 by rsotelo in CAAM Events

International filmmakers Kimberlee Acquaro and Marlo Poras are among the filmmakers who will speak and answer questions about their award-winning films screening at I.M.O.W.'s Women Wielding Cameras free Film Festival in the San Francisco Public Library's Koret Auditorium on Saturday, June 14.
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WHATEVER IT TAKES: First Log

Posted October 31, 2007 by chriswong in Whatever It Takes, Guest Filmmaker Blog

Hi everybody, my name is Christopher Wong, and I’ve been asked to write a weekly blog about my feature-length documentary film WHATEVER IT TAKES – a year-long story about a new public school in New York City’s South Bronx.
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WHATEVER IT TAKES: Finding the Story

Posted November 21, 2007 by chriswong in Whatever It Takes, Guest Filmmaker Blog

Shooting 140 hours of footage is one thing. Logging, organizing, capturing, and digitizing it is quite another… We are now just over halfway done with the review, and it’s obvious that the discussions we are having now will save us a tremendous amount of time and effort later.
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WHATEVER IT TAKES: Shaking dat money tree

Posted November 30, 2007 by chriswong in Whatever It Takes, Guest Filmmaker Blog

I used to think that the hardest part of producing a documentary was the shooting and editing. Now I know better. Raising money is far more difficult… Why? Because ultimately, one has absolutely no control over how the funding decisions are made.
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WHATEVER IT TAKES: Breaking Stereotypes

Posted December 6, 2007 by chriswong in Whatever It Takes, Guest Filmmaker Blog

Started editing today on our Final Cut Pro system. Definitely feels good to finally be at this stage, when all the footage gradually morphs into comprehensive scenes. I’m looking forward to developing our main characters into the fullest and most meaningful realization of who they truly are.
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IFP Independent Film Labs: Call for Entries

Posted February 14, 2008 by ellen in Filmmaker Opportunities

Open to first time feature directors in the later stage of narrative and documentary post-production, the Labs identify high quality, independent features that can benefit from the support and expertise of experienced film professionals. Led by seasoned independent producers, the Labs help independent filmmakers achieve the full potential of their material prior by providing feedback and advice.
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WHATEVER IT TAKES: The Man and the Mission

Posted February 22, 2008 by chriswong in Whatever It Takes, Guest Filmmaker Blog

For those of you who have been keeping track of this blog about my film “Whatever It Takes”, let me first apologize for being a bad, bad blogger these past four weeks. I do have a decent excuse, though, because I was incredibly busy planning some fundraising events in three different cities. As someone who has never done this before, let’s just say that it was (and continues to be) a mighty difficult undertaking.
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WHATEVER IT TAKES: We Are a Family

Posted February 29, 2008 by chriswong in Whatever It Takes, Guest Filmmaker Blog

Everyone tells you that you can’t make a film by yourself. So true. But while it’s absolutely crucial to have a wonderful camera crew and editing team, it also really helps to have an awesome film organization (or two) backing you up. For this project, we have had amazing support from CAAM, and I want to spend some time bragging about them… (FYI, CAAM did not put me up to this; this is completely my own doing.)
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WHATEVER IT TAKES: We got into Sundance!!!

Posted April 14, 2008 by chriswong in Whatever It Takes, Guest Filmmaker Blog

Well, kind of… I should explain. Since July 2007, WHATEVER IT TAKES has been supported by the Sundance Institute Documentary Fund. Besides CAAM, Sundance has been our other major backer, providing us with not only a large grant, but also much needed creative and technical assistance.
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WHATEVER IT TAKES: There Can Only Be One

Posted May 6, 2008 by chriswong in Whatever It Takes, Guest Filmmaker Blog

What’s more interesting in a documentary? A story about one person or many? If you capture the lives of four or five individuals, it seems like you would have an interesting mix of narrative threads to follow. But if you follow just one person around, you might not get enough action to fill out your film.
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