Korea’s Barunson E&A, the production company behind Oscar-winning drama Parasite, is launching international sales on Kim Jee-woon’s Cobweb, starring Song Kang-Ho, at the upcoming European Film Market (EFM) in Berlin.
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“I’m sure many of you are aware that last night in Monterey Park, 10 people were killed and shot and another 10 were wounded by a gunman at Lunar New Year festivities,” Daniel Dae Kim said this morning at the Sundance Film Festival as more and more news of the horrors of another mass shooting in America became known.
“We are here for our community today,” the actor and 3AD production company founder added of the “tragedy”– as you can see here:
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Speaking at 10:15 AM MST at the Sunrise Collective venue on Park City’s Main Street, Kim’s remarks come as law enforcement are investigating the massacre at Star Dance Studio on the lantern lite West Garvey Avenue. Planning a weekend on events and panels with its debut at Sundance, the Sunrise Collective is made up of Kim’s 3AD, Gold House, and The Asian American Foundation. In reaction to the shooting, there was a moment of silence Sunday morning before Sunrise’s Filipino filmmakers breakfast.
Earlier, a spokesperson for the Gold House revealed to Deadline how close to home the slaughter is. “One of our staff member’s family members is among the victims, and while the investigation is ongoing, it’s impossible to not feel associations with what our community has experienced in the past few years,” they said. “Our condolences are with the victims and their loved ones,” the Gold House spokesperson continued. “In a time intended for love and celebration, our hearts are heavy but our conviction is even stronger to uplift and empower the Asian Pacific and multicultural communities.” The comment were posted on social media Sunday as well:
On this Lunar New Year, we hope everyone is surrounded by love, safety, and your chosen
Korea’s Barunson E&A, the production company behind Oscar-winning drama Parasite, is launching international sales on Kim Jee-woon’s Cobweb, starring Song Kang-Ho, at the upcoming European Film Market (EFM) in Berlin.
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From one icon to another… said no royal ever??
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Police in California responded to reports of a shooting that happened following a large Lunar New Year celebration in the east Los Angeles community of Monterey Park late Saturday.
The thorny, complicated history between the United States and Iran is infinitely more complex for those of the Persian diaspora living in America. It’s this nuanced tension trickling down to identity — between being too much this and not enough that in either homeland — that writer-director-producer Maryam Keshavarz (“Circumstance”) explores in her third film, “The Persian Version,” a decades and generation-spanning dramedy.
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