L.A. Asian Pacific Film Festival - Day 06

Day 06 during the festival consisted of spending some quality time with Daniel Ferranti, (technical coordinator of "This Film is Not Yet Rated", who helped Shiro’s Head with its first ever critical screening before its final cut) and wife Darcy Harris. Also, getting some quality time in the karaoke bars to help recharge the ol' batteries!

L.A. Asian Pacific Film Festival - Day 05

After a successful Day 4, Day 5 was another big day for Guam cinema as "Under the American Sun" screened. The project is produced by Alex Munoz and Bernie Schumann and directed by Burt Sardoma, Jr. At almost 30 minutes, the project was not only entertaining, but informative and insightful. We also got the chance to check out "Double Happiness" and "Kung-Fu Granny", both crowd favorites!

L.A. Asian Pacific Film Festival - Day 04

A long day starting with a brunch at the Director's Guild of America and then preparing for our big screening in which were glad to see so many familiar (and not familiar) faces. Folks came out from as far as Ft. Lauderdale Florida and Houston, Texas! It was a successful and amazing night and thank you to everyone who made the screening!

We also want to say thanks to Alex Munoz for hooking up the after party at Sushi Dan's! The night had a great, positive energy. We're so grateful to have made the trip out to L.A.

The L.A. Asian Pacific Film Festival - Day 03

Our first day at the L.A. Asian Pacific Film Festival was off to a great start. We picked up the 3rd Muna brother, Associate Producer Michael Muna, and were off to the Director’s Guild of America in West Hollywood for the filmmaker check-ins, interviews with Giant Robot’s Eric Nakamura, photos at the press wall, meeting up with festival director Abraham Ferrer and Andersen Le as well as other filmmakers.

We were surprised to discover how many people have heard of Shiro’s Head and Guam. We spent most of the night getting the word out to the crowd and spreading the word about Guam, the movie and the talented local artists.

The L.A. Asian Pacific Film Festival - Day 02

For our 2nd day, we got our much needed rest and prepared for all the action that day 3 was about to bring.

The L.A. Asian Pacific Film Festival - Day 01

Needless to say, we had a blast at the Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival representing Shiro's Head. Special thanks to Abe Ferrer, Anderson Le and Shinae Yoon for making our experience as enjoyable as can be.

We'll be posting up a daily video diary here on the blog (which can also be found at www.guamology.com) throughout the week.

We also posted up some pics on our Flickr page: CHECK IT OUT HERE

LA Showtime and "Hafa Adai Hollywood" After - Party

There's been a lot of folks asking about it, so please be advised that because the festival has booked "SHIRO'S HEAD" in a theater that seats only 155, we're urging everyone to get their tickets early! We hear that people may be coming in from as far as Houston to check it out. Anywho, we're proud to bring you the official screening time for "SHIRO'S HEAD" in LA as well as info on the "Hafa Adai Hollywood" After-Party.

Please join us for the screening of "SHIRO'S HEAD" at the Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival along with our "HAFA ADAI HOLLYWOOD" After-Party courtesy of fellow filmmaker Alex Munoz. Here are the dates and times:

SHIRO'S HEAD L.A. Asian Pacific Film Festival SCREENING:
May 1st, 2009, FRIDAY - 10:00PM
Director's Guild of America, Theater 2
7920 Sunset Blvd, West Hollywood

Get tickets online here: CLICK HERE TO PURCHASE TICKETS ONLINE
or you can get tickets as well as discounted group rates from the Festival Box Office by calling: (213) 680-4462 ext. 59 CLICK HERE FOR MORE TICKET INFO

and immediately after the screening, join us for the after-party!

"HAFA ADAI HOLLYWOOD" After-Party
12 midnight - 2:00am
SUSHI DAN
8000 Sunset Blvd. #A202 Upstairs (less than 3 blocks away from the DGA theaters)
www.sushidanla.com | 323-848-8583

It'll be a night of fun, and since Don and I love talking about anything indie/DIY filmmaking and anything Guam, we'd love it if you'd come by and hang out with us. We hope to see you all there!

Shiro's Head Nominated for the Grand Jury Award in Los Angeles

We're extremely pleased to announce that Shiro's Head is an official nominee for the Grand Jury Award for Best Narrative at the Silver Anniversary of the Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival!

In the official letter from Anderson Le, Program Coordinator of the Festival, Le states:

“In reviewing the entries that composed the final Festival program schedule, our program committee was excited to include your production into the final Festival schedule, and further felt that it deserved to be nominated for this special award. Your film will be judged by our grand jury that is comprised of film industry professionals. On behalf of Visual Communications and the Festival organizing committee, I congratulate you for this great honor. I look forward to meeting you (and viewing your nominated work with an enthusiastic audience) at the Festival.”

There are only 8 films nominated for this honor, and from what I've seen, the other 7 look great. On behalf of Don and myself, we'd like to send our heartfelt thanks to everyone that has supported us and "Shiro's Head" during the course of this crazy journey. We'll be posting up the festival showtime and ticket info soon!

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