Shiro's Head is an Official Selection of the 25th Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival!

Shiro's Head is an Official Selection of the largest Asian American film festival, the 25th Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival! This is great, great news! We consider ourselves blessed with such a great beginning to 2009, on the heels of the 1st ever Philadephia Asian American and the Louis Vuitton Hawaii International and the Silver Ace Award in Las Vegas, not to mention the rejections from other fests as well. So, this did come at a great time.

Anderson Le (Program Coordinator) and Abraham Ferrer (Festival Co-Director) state in their official acceptance letter: "Congratulations! On behalf of the program committee of The Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival, we are excited to inform you that SHIRO’S HEAD is invited to participate in the 25th annual Festival, set for April 30 - May 7, 2009 at the Directors Guild of America, Laemmle’s Sunset 5 Theatre and Aratani/Japan America Theatre. This year’s Festival will feature an exciting lineup of nearly 150 film and video productions by Asian Pacific American and Asian international artists, in addition to panels, workshops and artist/audience dialogues. We are excited by the inclusion of your production, and trust that it will find a warm and receptive audience here."

Visual Communications will present the 25th anniversary edition of The Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival April 30 through May 7, 2009 at the Directors Guild of America, Laemmle's Sunset 5 Theatre, and Aratani/Japan America Theatre, among others. The Film Festival will include the latest new works by established and emerging filmmakers and video artists; a slate of provocative and highly entertaining feature-length productions showcasing the talents of Asian American acting and producing talents; new works by Asian international artists; and filmmaker seminars, panel discussions and symposiums on topics relevant to Asian Pacific cinema.

The Film Festival continues and expands its commitment to nurturing new talent and promoting the development of Asian Pacific Americans both behind and front of the camera through presentation of the annual Grand Jury Awards and Special Jury Awards (feature-length narrative and non-fiction film), Festival Golden Reel and Linda Mabalot New Director/New Visions Awards (short film), and Festival Audience Awards for favorite feature-length narrative and documentary film.

For more info on the 25th Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival, check out their site: The Silver Anniversary 2009 25th Annual Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival

Shiro's Head Wins the Silver Ace Award at the Las Vegas International Film Festival

Hey everyone, we've got more great news! It's a great milestone for us. We're extremely pleased to announce that Shiro's Head was chosen as a Silver Ace Award winner at the 2009 Las Vegas International Film Festival! Only 20 films in each competitive category are chosen to be honored with this prestigious recognition.

To give you an idea of the other films in our category, the new film "Special" starring Michael Rappaport was a recipient as well. Films that have received distribution with big named stars (such as Oscar winner Martin Landau) have also received this year's award, so we were surprised to discover that our DIY film was one of them.

The LVIFF judges noted that Shiro's Head "demonstrated superior and standout filmmaking and is deserving of special recognition and was among the best of nearly 2000 films submitted from over 50 countries around the world." So we'd just like to say thank you to all that were involved with Shiro's Head. So to everyone involved - especially our great cast, all of the wonderful artists featured on our soundtrack and the Las Vegas International Film Festival - we thank you for such a great honor and for making all of this possible.

Motions Magazine Cover Story

Shiro's Head lands the cover of the premier issue of Motions Magazine! We're very honored to have made the first-ever cover and even more thankful for such a great article. In this issue, they celebrate people and companies who are doing their part to break ground in new industries as well as working to keep Guam and the CNMI Green.

For more information on the magazine, their new site should be up soon and can be found at www.motionsmagazine.com beginning March 1, 2009. For now, however, their magazines can be found at brick and mortar retail stores such as Bestseller Bookstores. You can view more about the article here: Shiro's Head in Motions Magazine

Variety and Filmmaker Magazine

Hey folks - exciting news! It's a huge benchmark for Shiro's Head as we're proud to announce that our Guam Movie gets a good write up in two major international entertainment publications, Variety and Filmmaker Magazine. Again, many thanks to all of you for helping to get the word out about Shiro's Head and to help it become the success that it is -  a dream come true. This is very cool - thank you!

Shiro's Head in Variety

Shiro's Head in Filmmaker Magazine

Shiro's Head Q&A Session from HIFF (Pt.2)

Here's the second part of the Shiro's Head Q&A session from our debut night in Hawaii. Again, thanks to Chris Hall and the entire staff at the Louis Vuitton Hawaii International Film Festival for being extremely hospitable and generous with their time and resources. This is Part 2 of 2.

Shiro's Head Q&A Session from HIFF (Pt.1)

Hey Folks! Chris Hall, the IT and Web coordinator over at HIFF just informed me that he posted up our Q&A session from our debut night at the Louis Vuitton Hawaii International Film Festival. He even added the text for the questions. Great job, Chris! This is Part 1 of 2.

Shiro's Head DVD's at More Locations

Hey folks - a quick update! To fulfill the Christmas rush demand for Shiro's Head DVD's,  we've added two more on-island locations for those of you on Guam.

• Bestseller bookstore locations at GPO and the Micronesia Mall 
• JB's Ukulele Hut in the Agana Shopping Center.

For those of you off-island, you can also purchase the DVD's online at our official site: www.shirosheadthelegend.com. Sorensen Media Group handles all the fulfillment of orders and shipping. If you have any shipping inquiries, you may contact them here: http://cms.power98.com/modules/liaise/?form_id=2

Merry Christmas to you all and thank you very much for your support!

Shiro's Head Available Now on DVD!

Great news, everyone! The Shiro's Head DVD is now available for purchase! For those of you on Guam, you can check out Bestseller Bookstore at the Micronesia Mall (if they still have some copies left over) or you can also purchase your copies online at the official Shiro's Head website for $14.99. Thank you to all those that have purchased their copies - Don and I thank you so much for your support and we wish you all a very Happy Holiday Season! We hope you enjoy!