2006 Taiwan Film Festival - Berkeley & Stanford

The 2006 Taiwan Film Festival, to be held at Berkeley, Stanford, Brigham Young, and the University of Washington in September - October 2006, will showcase eight feature and documentary films that reflect the quality, range, and vitality of contemporary Taiwanese film-making. For Berkeley's screening schedule and location, Sept 29 - Oct 1, click here. For Stanford's screening schedule and location, Sept 29 - Oct 1, click here.

Red Doors the Movie

http://www.reddoorsthemovie.com/ Where: San Francisco, CA When: September 22nd The first weekend box office determines if a film will sink or swim. Independent films like ours are left to fend for themselves each and every week. RED DOORS is currently scheduled to open in three cities: New York (Sept 8), San Francisco (Sept 22), and LA (date TBD). RED DOORS is a dark comedy about the Wongs, a dysfunctional Chinese-American family coming of age in New York. The film has been described as AMERICAN BEAUTY meets JOY LUCK CLUB. [I]n the financing stages, studio execs who loved the script wanted us to make the Wongs a Caucasian family, or make the lesbian couple heterosexual, in order to have more commercial potential. So Jane, Mia, and I made RED DOORS on our own terms: completely outside of the Hollywood system. We raised our own financing, maxed out our credit cards, and called in favors in order to create our labor of love. Needless to say, RED DOORS does not have a marketing budget to buy expensive TV commercials or billboards.If you are interested in seeing more diverse cinema, the best way to let the system know is to buy a ticket. If enough people vote for change, then the system will ultimately take notice. [clipped] To find more information about the film, to view the trailer, to read our blog... please go to: www.reddoorsthemovie.com Let's send Hollywood a message that we want to see more diverse faces and stories in film and on TV! Thank you, Georgia Lee[Director] 2005 TRIBECA FILM FESTIVAL - WINNER, Best Narrative Feature (NY, NY Competition) 2005 CINEVEGAS FILM FESTIVAL - WINNER, Special Jury Prize for Ensemble Acting 2005 OUTFEST FILM FESTIVAL - WINNER, Audience Award, First Narrative Feature 2005 OUTFEST FILM FESTIVAL - WINNER, Grand Jury Award for Screenwriting

Fascinoma Upcoming Performances in LA

After years of performing on the lounge and festival circuit and receiving critical accolade, Taiwanese American Alanna Lin has big plans to produce a CD within the next year. If you would like to support her efforts financially or prepurchase her CD, contact her at alannalin at earthlink.net. In the meantime, check out her Myspace page here! I also found some video footage on an old webpage. Click here. 09/20/2006 10:30 PM - Unknown Theater, 1110 Seward, 50 ft N. of Santa Monica, LA 09/23/2006 9:15 PM - Crane's Tavern, 1611 N. El Centro Ave, Hollywood

Taiwan Career Expo for Overseas Talents - Bay Area & LA

“2006 Taiwan Career Expo for Overseas Talents” will be visiting Silicon Valley , Los Angeles, Boston and New York between 9/9-9/14. World-class enterprises in Taiwan are recruiting top talent. The job fair provides face-to-face interview opportunities. If you are interested in working or investing in Taiwan, check out the website - Taiwan HiRecruit http://hirecruit.nat.gov.tw for related information. See TaiwaneseNY.com's site for a more detailed posting of sponsors, schedule and locations.

"Taiwan's Current Situation: A Fragile Democracy in Need of Your Help"

Event co-sponsored by the Taiwan Center of Greater Los Angeles and the Formosa Foundation. Click here for the event flyer. A well-respeced scholar in the international academic community, Dr. Joseph Jaushieh Wu is outspoken and pro-Taiwan. On September 8, Dr Wu will share his insights into the current political turmoil in Taiwan, and make a case for Taiwan's democracy. This event is co-sponsored by the Taiwan Center Foundation of Greater Los Angeles. Dr. Wu has served as the Chairman of the Mainland Affairs Council since 2004. He previously served as Deputy Secretary-General to President Chen Shui-bian from 2002 to 2004. Prior to his service in government, Dr. Wu was the Deputy Director at the Institute of Interntional Relations at National Chengchi University, and an Adjunct Professor in the Political Science Department. Dr. Wu's areas of expertise include Taiwan's political development, cross strait and international relations. His publications include China Rising: Implications of Economic and Military Growth of the PRC and Divided Nations: the Experience of Germany, Korea and China. He received his Ph.D. in Political Science from Ohio State University. Time: 7:00 PM Location: Taiwan Center, 3001 Walnut Grove, Rosemead, CA 90071

San Francisco Peace Treaty 55th Anniversary Symposium, Bay area

A reappraisal of US Policies toward Taiwan and China Speakers: Prof. Donald M. Rodgers, Austin College and Prof. Lung-Chu Chen, New York Law School Time: 1:30 pm ~ 4:30 pm, followed by a reception Place: Stanford University - Clark Center Auditorium, 318 Campus Drive, Stanford, CA Organizer: The Formosan Association for Public Affairs (FAPA), Northern California Chapter Contact: Dr. John Won, 650-793-0582, john_won@comcast.net or Dr. Edwin Liu, 415-369-1088, edwinliu01@comcast.net