Indie Filmmaking Adventures with the Cast and Crew of The Last Tour – Kollaboration @ LAAPFF 2016

Kollaboration’s coverage of the 2016 Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival (LAAPFF) organized by Visual Communications continues with an interview with the feature film, The Last Tour. We chat with producer/actor Franz Elizondo Schmelkes, producer/actor Diana Lee Inosanto, director/actor Ryun Yu, and actor Elizabeth Ho about independent filmmaking, using impromptu engineering to solve production problems, and how the director helped create the theater program at MIT.

ABOUT THE FILM:
JUN, A BURNED-OUT GULF WAR VETERAN, is kidnapped from his L.A. neighborhood, flown to North Korea, and pressed into service for one last, secret mission: to watch over a hostage and insure that no harm comes to him while Jun’s employers extract an unspecified confession out of the prisoner. A crisis of conscience, a daring escape, and suddenly, this international prisoner drama literally shifts scenes from a North Korean gulag into… well, somewhere else?!? And what exactly WAS that “confession” that was being extracted, anyway?

Learn more about the film on their Facebook Page

You can still catch screenings at the LAAPFF this week, check out laapff.festpro.com for the schedule and tickets.

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Meet the Filmmakers of Pali Road – Kollaboration @ LAAPFF 2016

Welcome to Kollaboration’s coverage of the 2016 Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival (LAAPFF) currently being held across Los Angeles and organized by Visual Communications. For this segment, we interview the filmmakers of Pali Road, a feature-length thriller that’s also the festival’s closing night film. We chat about the making of the film, diversity in entertainment, and their favorite foods in Hawaii. The film is set for a limited theatrical release in several major cities across the nation this week on Thursday April 28, 2016.

ABOUT THE FILM:
PALI ROAD is a mysterious and thrilling journey in search for true love between two different worlds. Lily, a young doctor, wakes up from a car accident and discovers she is living a completely different life. Now married to her boyfriend’s rival, Dr. Mitch Kayne, and a mother to a 5-year- old son, she has an established life she remembers nothing about.

Everyone around her denies that her boyfriend Neil ever existed. As Lily begins to doubt her own sanity, memories of Neil resurface, causing her to encounter unexplainable incidents. While desperately searching for the truth of her past life, she questions her entire existence; but in the end, she discovers the meaning of true love.

PALI ROAD will keep you on the edge of your seat and have you constantly second-guessing what is real.

Shot in Hawaii and starring a world-renowned cast: Jackson Rathbone (TWILIGHT), Sung Kang (FAST & FURIOUS), Henry Ian Cusick (THE 100, LOST) and Chinese superstar Michelle Chen (YOU ARE THE APPLE OF MY EYE).

For more information on the film, check out their website at http://paliroadfilm.com/

You can still catch screenings at the LAAPFF this week, check out laapff.festpro.com for the schedule and tickets.

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Peter Chung – The Green Room

Kollaboration SF, LA, and Star alum Peter Chung joins us for this edition of the Kollaboration Green Room. Check out his amazing guitar skills as he sings a few of his original songs. Try not to fall too hard in love with this super talented singer-songwriter!

Hear more from Peter Chung on his YouTube

Setlist:
“If You”
“Back”

Anne Marie Ceralvo Teases the Return of One Vo1ce – Coffee Break with Minji Chang

On this edition of Coffee Break, Minji chats with an important vo1ce  from her formative years, Anne Marie Ceralvo of the Asian American pop group One Vo1ce. They talk about the Bay Area, dream collaborators, and most importantly the upcoming reunion of One Vo1ce!

Credits:
Producers: Minji Chang & Marvin Yueh
Director: Dennis Chang
Assistant Directors: Eva Hsia & Brianna Kim
Camera Operator: John Enriquez, Shannon Wong, Jimmy Hang

 

AJ Rafael – The Green Room

AJ Rafael steps into the Green Room to play a few songs for us, including a medley of his favorite Disney tunes and a very special live collab with beatboxer (and fellow Kollaboration Alum) TrackIX!

Want more AJ? Check out his Coffee Break interview with us.

Hear more from AJ Rafael at https://www.youtube.com/user/ilajil

Setlist:
“We Could Happen”
AJ’s Disney Medley
“Just Friends” ft. TrackIX (Musiq Soulchild Cover)

Samantha Futerman Talks Twinsters and Surfing – Coffee Break with Minji Chang

Samantha Futerman visits us for a Coffee Break to chat about her new project, the Kindred Foundation for Adoption, as well as what life’s been like since finding her twin sister. Sam also shares about how she got into acting and her newfound surfing hobby.

Find out more about “Twinsters” at http://twinstersmovie.com and Kindred Foundation at http://www.kindredadoption.org/

Credits:
Producers: Minji Chang & Marvin Yueh
Director: John Enriquez
Camera Operators: Brianna Kim & Derek Miranda

 

Angie Kim on Spa Night and Chasing Her Acting Dreams – Coffee Break with Minji Chang

We finish our series of interviews with the cast and  crew of “Spa Night” with Angie Kim, who was also in 2015’s K-Town Cowboys. Angie shares her experiences of watching the film for the first time at Sundance as well as what drives her to pursue her acting career. Can you guess who her acting role model is?

Find out more about “Spa Night” at http://www.nonethelessproductions.com/spanight

Credits:
Producers: Minji Chang & Marvin Yueh
Director: Dennis Chang
Assistant Director: Eva Hsia
Production Assistant: Brianna Kim
Camera Operator: John Enriquez
Edited by: Aubrey Magalang

Special thanks to Zenith Division for their assistance in making this video.

AstraLogik – The Green Room (SF Session)

The Green Room sets up shop in the Bay Area for a special acoustic set from musical duo Astraogik (lead singer Charito Soriano was a finalist from the first Kollaboration SF showcase). A self described Ambient Future Soul group, their sound combines influences from neo-soul, reggae, r&b, island, hip-hop, electronic, world & indie. For this set, they put down their tech for a stripped down sound that’s just as mesmerizing.

Hear more from Astralogik on their social media –  SoundcloudFacebookInstgramTwitterSpotifyiTunesYouTubePandoraTumblr, & Snapchat (@astralogik)

Setlist:
“Groovin’ Up”
“Mountains Breating”
“Here and Now”

A Chat with Joe Seo on his Sundance Breakthrough Performance – Coffee Break with Minji Chang

Joe Seo is having a great year. Besides making his feature film lead debut in Andrew Ahn’s Spa Night, he was also awarded the 2016 Sundance Special Jury Award for Best Breakthrough Performance! Minji Chang sits down with Joe for a Coffee Break to chat about the film and his Sundance experience.

Find out more about “Spa Night” at http://www.nonethelessproductions.com/spanight

Credits:
Producers: Minji Chang & Marvin Yueh
Director: Dennis Chang
Assistant Director: Eva Hsia
Production Assistant: Brianna Kim
Camera Operator: John Enriquez
Edited by: Aubrey Magalang

Special thanks to Zenith Division for their assistance in making this video.

When That Audience Takes the Stage for a Freestyle Dance-Off, That Can Only Mean One Thing!

From the 2015 Kollaboration Star Showcase, it’s Kollaboration’s long-running fan-favorite segment, the Freestyle Dance Competition, where audience members take the stage to show off their moves!

Videographers: Derek Lee, Eva Hsia, Lance Heruela, Brandon Kim
Edited by: Marvin Yueh

Special thanks to Zenith Division for production support