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For Immediate Release
2 July 2003
Greg Pak's "Robot
Stories" wins Emerging Director Award from
The 26th Asian American International Film Festival
in New York
New York, NY - On June
29th, Asian CineVision (ACV) honored New York filmmaker
Greg Pak with its second annual Emerging Director Award
for his feature film Robot Stories during the 26th Asian
American International Film Festival (AAIFF). Fashion
designer Anna Sui presented the award, an amber-colored
hand-blown glass sculpture designed by Arlan Huang.
The Emerging Director award
is presented by ACV to honor a first or second time
feature filmmaker chosen by audience ballots during
the festival. "When we tallied the ballots and
got the result that Greg won, we felt it was reflective
of the support he has in New York. We are very proud
to present the Emerging Director Award to Greg. He's
a veteran of the festival and we see his work mature
over the years so we're very happy to acknowledge him
this way." said Diana Lee, Festival Director.
Robot Stories, billed
as "science fiction from the heart," stars
Tamlyn Tomita (Joy Luck Club) and Sab Shimono
(Suture) in four stories depicting utterly human
characters struggling to connect in a world of robot
babies, robot toys, android office workers, and digital
immortality.
Other nominated films included
Charlotte Sometimes, directed by Eric Byler;
Conduct Zero, directed by Cho Keun-Sik; Everybody
Says I'm Fine, directed by Rahul Bose; Flavors,
directed by Krishna DK and Raj Nidimoru; Marriage
is a Crazy Thing, directed by Yu Ha; and Somewhere
Over the Dreamland, directed by Chen Wen-Tang.
Robot Stories, which
has also won awards at the Hamptons International Film
Festival, the Florida Film Festival, and Asian Film
Festival of Dallas, made its New York City festival
premiere as the Centerpiece Presentation of the AAIFF
to a standing-room only crowd last Thursday. The film
screens next as the only US film in competition at the
Puchon International Fantastic Film Festival. For more
information about Robot Stories, visit http://www.robotstories.net.
Asian CineVision, Inc.
(ACV) is a not-for-profit national media arts organization
dedicated to the promotion and preservation of Asian
and Asian American media expressions. Since 1978, ACV
has annually presented the Asian American International
Film Festival (AAIFF) to showcase cinema works by international
artists of Asian descent. In addition to the festival,
ACV's programs and services include film exhibitions,
mentoring and educational outreach, training workshops,
publications, and a media archive. ACV is based in New
York City. For more information, please visit www.asiancinevision.org.
Contact:
Diana Lee,
212-989-1422
or diana@asiancinevision.org
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