AWC Fellows Visit LAIKA Entertainment in Portland

AWC Fellows Visit LAIKA Entertainment in Portland

This week our 2017 Armed with a Camera Fellows went to Portland to visit LAIKA Entertainment (KUBO AND THE TWO STRINGS, CORALINE, CORPSE BRIDE, PARANORMAN) for a studio tour. The Fellows observed all stages of a working stop motion animation studio, from LAIKA staff choosing different fabrics for costume design, to building the robot mechanisms for the puppets used in the films. 

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VC is Headed to Sundance 2017 for a panel on Asian Pacific American Artists!

VC is Headed to Sundance 2017 for a panel on Asian Pacific American Artists!

Visual Communications is headed to the Sundance Film Festival this weekend for Elevate, Incubate & Demonstrate: Advancing Asian American Artists. The panel will feature a dynamic conversation with industry leaders on the current and future state of Asian Americans in media. Panel guests include John Cho (STAR TREK BEYOND), Grace Lee (AMERICAN REVOLUTIONARY), Justin Chon (GOOK), and more.

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LAAPFF Now an ACADEMY® Qualifying Festival for the Short Film Awards!

We are pleased to herald the New Year with news from our friends at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences that the Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival has been APPROVED as an Academy Award®-qualifying festival for Short Film Awards. Now, the recipient of the Film Festival's Golden Reel Award will be eligible for consideration for an Oscar® in the Animated Short Film/Live-Action Short Film category, without the standard theatrical run, subject to compliance with Academy® guidelines.

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