SANTA MESA will make its next festival appearances in

Chicago Asian American Showcase:

April 24th - 8.15pm at Gene Siskel Film Center
164 N. State S. Between Randolph and lake S.
http://showcase.faaim.org/FilmFestival/app

Visual Communications Film Festival (Los Angeles):

May 3 - 7pm, 5/3/08 at the Laemmle's Sunset 5, 8000 Sunset Blvd., West Hollywood (corner of Sunset and Crescent Heights). Director Ron Morales and Producer Louise Lovegrove will be in attendance for Q/A after the screening.
http://www.vconline.org/festival/program.cfm?program_id=20

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I recently joined a company called Mixr Media, which builds online communities for niche audiences.  Currently, Mixr runs three sites:

Asian news and entertainment - www.ningin.com

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Cars and auto industry - www.ziggytek.com

I'm still working in the film industry, but this was a really interesting opportunity that I couldn't pass up.  Hope you can check them out!  And we're always looking for bloggers to add to these sites, so if you're interested, send me a message...

Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mH4u3ls2ZhI

Synopsis: After the death of his mother, 12-year-old Hector arrives in Manila to live permanently with his grandmother, Lita, a woman whom he has never met. 

http://www.santamesamovie.com

SANTA MESA premiered at the 2008 San Francisco International Asian American Film Festival, where it won the Narrative Competition Jury Special Prize.  It also just completed a successful screening at the Singapore Film Festival.  Upcoming festival screenings are as follows:

*    LA Visual Communications Film Festival  - May 3rd - 7pm at Laemmle's Sunset 5 Theater - 8000 Sunset Blvd.

More to come!

UNDOING has completed it's US theatrical run. We'd like to thank everyone who came out to see us in SF, New York, Boston and LA for helping us make this run a great success!

UNDOING is being released on DVD on March 11, 2008!

And in addition to the feature film, DVD extras will include:

Behind-the-scenes featurette
Deleted Scenes
Interviews with actors
Festival trailer
Music Video featuring music from Far East Movement
Short Film: "9:30" (featuring some cast/crew from UNDOING, including actor Sung Kang, director of photography John DeFazio, and composer Ceiri Torjussen)
Sneak Previews
Theatrical Trailer

Distributed by Indican Pictures, UNDOING is now available for pre-order on numerous online retail sites, including:

BestBuy.com
http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp?skuId=16186743&st=undoing&lp=1&type=product&cp=1&id=1781487

CircuitCity.com:
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Frys.com
http://shop2.outpost.com/product/5508520;jsessionid=gYj3BysI9Hi1YUKXsXGn3A**.node3

Amazon.com
http://www.amazon.com/Undoing-Sung-Kang/dp/B000YVBDJM

BN.com
http://video.barnesandnoble.com/search/product.asp?z=y&EAN=825284200508&itm=1

YesAsia.com
http://us.yesasia.com/en/PrdDept.aspx/code-w/section-videos/pid-1005144878/

...and many others!

UNDOING is now also available to add to your NetFlix and Blockbuster rental queues!

http://www.netflix.com/Movie/Undoing/70083865?trkid=222336&lnkctr=srchrd-sr&strkid=410654842_0_0

http://www.blockbuster.com/catalog/movieDetails/308351


From reviews received during our festival and theatrical runs:

"A film of remarkably direct emotions"
- SLANT Magazine

"Tough and heartfelt"
- NY Times

"A film of discrete sensitivity and unusual emotional intelligence. Sincere, smart, and exceptionally well-cast and performed, the film clicks."
- NEW YORK SUN

"An energetic, visually stunning and absorbing neo noir... Lee's direction is confident, bold"
-G. Allen Johnson SF CHRONICLE

"Stylish, if True Romance is the gonzo extreme of the noir genre, UNDOING is more of a cool mood piece."
-Variety

"Visually arresting, with a few virtuoso turns (including a surprising one by veteran Russell Wong)"
- Jeff Yang SF GATE