Eye on Entertainment Covers the Premiere of Timothy Tau’s The Case at the 2011 LAAPFF
Dawna Lee Heising Interviewed Timothy Tau and Cyndee San Luis of “The Case” at the Laemmle Sunset 5 Theatre on April 29, 2011.
Los Angeles, CA, May 31, 2011 --(PR.com)-- Dawna Lee Heising interviewed filmmaker Timothy Tau and actress Cyndee San Luis of “The Case” at the short film’s premiere at the Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival on April 29, 2011 at the Laemmle Sunset 5 Theatre. The film is a homage to the notion of "Genre" and is a detective film that mixes multiple genres including Film Noir, Sci-Fi, Spaghetti Westerns, Horror Camp (in the vein of Ed Wood), and more. Writer and Director Timothy Tau says that the film “is a tribute to Cinema in all its forms!” The film stars Hidekuh Hah, Max Phyo and Cyndee San Luis. The plot is: Detective Jack Law gets a visit from a client, Faye S., who asks him to retrieve her kidnapped twin sister from the notorious crime boss, Dr. Acula. Will he take the case? Please follow “The Case” on Facebook at www.facebook.com/thecasefilm and vote for it on IMDb at: www.imdb.com/title/tt1770747/ to help bring it to a theater near you.
Timothy Tau writes fiction and directs, produces as well as writes films. His short story "Land of Origin" recently garnered Second Prize honors in the prestigious and highly competitive 2010 Playboy College Fiction Contest, beating out thousands of entries. He is currently adapting the short story into a feature-length film project. Under Firebrand Hand Creative, Tim Wrote and Directed "The Case," a detective film that is a hybrid of Film Noir, Sci-Fi and Spaghetti Westerns initially for the Interpretations Initiative sponsored by You Offend Me, You Offend My Family, Fox, Universal Studios and WGA. The full version of “The Case” is an Official Selection of the 2011 Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival and will make its World Premiere there. He has also served as a Writer, Executive Producer and Legal Counsel for Van Blumreich (Vantage Point Productions) on short films such as "Imprint" (Philadelphia Asian American Film Festival), "Fury" (LA Shorts Fest, Cannes), and "The Natural Order of Things" (Los Angeles Film Festival). He is currently in production on and writing a trilogy of short films that The Case will be first in a series of, and working on other documentaries, short films, stage plays, fiction pieces and screenplays. In addition, Tau is also an Intellectual Property (IP) Attorney. He is a graduate of the University of California Hastings College of the Law, the University of California, Berkeley and the University of California, Los Angeles.
Visual Communications (VC), the nation’s premier Asian Pacific American media arts center, held the 27th edition of the Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival (LAAPFF) from April 28 - May 7, 2011 at the Director’s Guild of America (DGA), Laemmle’s Sunset 5 Theatres, and the CGV Cinemas located in Koreatown. As Southern California’s largest and most prestigious film festival of its kind, the LAAPFF launched the celebration of Asian Pacific Heritage Month through the 2011 slate of 180 films from both Asian Pacific American and Asian international directors from 20 countries. Over the past 27 years, the Festival has presented over 3400 films and shorts by Asian American and Asian international artists. This year, 32 feature films and 148 shorts were showcased throughout the 10-day fest.
About the Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival
The Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival presented by Visual Communications is the Southland’s premier showcase for the best and brightest of Asian Pacific cinema. Since 1983, the Film Festival has presented over 3400 films and videos by Asian international and Asian American artists, and additionally features seminars and panels, in-person guest appearances, and filmmaker awards. For more information, please visit: www.vconline.org/festival or contact Visual Communications at (213) 680-4462 x68 or Eseel Borlasa at: eborlasa@tcdm-associates.com.
About Visual Communications
Visual Communications (VC), the nation's premier Asian Pacific American media arts center, was established in 1970. The organization has established a lengthy track record of pioneering achievements in producing, presenting, and preserving more honest and accurate representations of Asian and Pacific Islander communities in America. Visual Communications is also recognized as an incubator of emerging Asian Pacific American cinematic talent. The organization's works have been exhibited in numerous venues and broadcast outlets around the world. The mission of Visual Communications is to promote intercultural understanding through the creation, presentation, preservation and support of media works by and about Asian Pacific Americans.
About Eye on Entertainment
"Eye on Entertainment," a division of Eye on Excellence™ Productions, is broadcast twice weekly on Time Warner Cable on the West coast and through Cox, Comcast and Verizon on the East coast. The EOE team covers entertainment and music events, film festivals, red carpets and award shows, and features interviews with successful people in all walks of life, exploring the traits they have in common. Dawna Lee Heising, EOE executive producer and host, is a member of SAG & AFTRA, has earned an MBA and PhD and was Ms. World 2008. The EOE team includes Linda Maxwell and Chris Leist of Time Warner Cable, producer/editor John Cox, producer Jerry Moore, director Steve Van Wormer, cinematographer/editor Jeremy Yorba, graphic designer Mark Schrimmer, guest host Stan Goodrich, music director Richard Myles and Dawna’s manager Matt Chassin (matt@mattsmarketing.com). Please visit http://www.eyeonentertainment.tv and http://www.imdb.com/name/nm3148014.
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Timothy Tau writes fiction and directs, produces as well as writes films. His short story "Land of Origin" recently garnered Second Prize honors in the prestigious and highly competitive 2010 Playboy College Fiction Contest, beating out thousands of entries. He is currently adapting the short story into a feature-length film project. Under Firebrand Hand Creative, Tim Wrote and Directed "The Case," a detective film that is a hybrid of Film Noir, Sci-Fi and Spaghetti Westerns initially for the Interpretations Initiative sponsored by You Offend Me, You Offend My Family, Fox, Universal Studios and WGA. The full version of “The Case” is an Official Selection of the 2011 Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival and will make its World Premiere there. He has also served as a Writer, Executive Producer and Legal Counsel for Van Blumreich (Vantage Point Productions) on short films such as "Imprint" (Philadelphia Asian American Film Festival), "Fury" (LA Shorts Fest, Cannes), and "The Natural Order of Things" (Los Angeles Film Festival). He is currently in production on and writing a trilogy of short films that The Case will be first in a series of, and working on other documentaries, short films, stage plays, fiction pieces and screenplays. In addition, Tau is also an Intellectual Property (IP) Attorney. He is a graduate of the University of California Hastings College of the Law, the University of California, Berkeley and the University of California, Los Angeles.
Visual Communications (VC), the nation’s premier Asian Pacific American media arts center, held the 27th edition of the Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival (LAAPFF) from April 28 - May 7, 2011 at the Director’s Guild of America (DGA), Laemmle’s Sunset 5 Theatres, and the CGV Cinemas located in Koreatown. As Southern California’s largest and most prestigious film festival of its kind, the LAAPFF launched the celebration of Asian Pacific Heritage Month through the 2011 slate of 180 films from both Asian Pacific American and Asian international directors from 20 countries. Over the past 27 years, the Festival has presented over 3400 films and shorts by Asian American and Asian international artists. This year, 32 feature films and 148 shorts were showcased throughout the 10-day fest.
About the Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival
The Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival presented by Visual Communications is the Southland’s premier showcase for the best and brightest of Asian Pacific cinema. Since 1983, the Film Festival has presented over 3400 films and videos by Asian international and Asian American artists, and additionally features seminars and panels, in-person guest appearances, and filmmaker awards. For more information, please visit: www.vconline.org/festival or contact Visual Communications at (213) 680-4462 x68 or Eseel Borlasa at: eborlasa@tcdm-associates.com.
About Visual Communications
Visual Communications (VC), the nation's premier Asian Pacific American media arts center, was established in 1970. The organization has established a lengthy track record of pioneering achievements in producing, presenting, and preserving more honest and accurate representations of Asian and Pacific Islander communities in America. Visual Communications is also recognized as an incubator of emerging Asian Pacific American cinematic talent. The organization's works have been exhibited in numerous venues and broadcast outlets around the world. The mission of Visual Communications is to promote intercultural understanding through the creation, presentation, preservation and support of media works by and about Asian Pacific Americans.
About Eye on Entertainment
"Eye on Entertainment," a division of Eye on Excellence™ Productions, is broadcast twice weekly on Time Warner Cable on the West coast and through Cox, Comcast and Verizon on the East coast. The EOE team covers entertainment and music events, film festivals, red carpets and award shows, and features interviews with successful people in all walks of life, exploring the traits they have in common. Dawna Lee Heising, EOE executive producer and host, is a member of SAG & AFTRA, has earned an MBA and PhD and was Ms. World 2008. The EOE team includes Linda Maxwell and Chris Leist of Time Warner Cable, producer/editor John Cox, producer Jerry Moore, director Steve Van Wormer, cinematographer/editor Jeremy Yorba, graphic designer Mark Schrimmer, guest host Stan Goodrich, music director Richard Myles and Dawna’s manager Matt Chassin (matt@mattsmarketing.com). Please visit http://www.eyeonentertainment.tv and http://www.imdb.com/name/nm3148014.
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