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| FESTIVALS AND AWARDS |
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World Premiere: 2007 Sundance Film Festival. |
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San Francisco International Asian American Film Festival: March 15 - 25, 2007
• Special Jury Mention, Acting: Ken Leung |
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AFI Dallas International Film Festival: March 22 - April 1, 2007 |
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Independent Film Festival Boston: April 25 - 30, 2007
• Winner: Dewar's Collective Choice Audience Award
• Winner: Audience Award for Narrative Feature |
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deadCENTER Film Festival: June 6-10, 2007
• Opening Night Gala |
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Nantucket Film Festival: June 13-17, 2007 |
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Avignon Film Festival: June 21-24 , 2007
• Winner: Le Prix Tournage (Grand Jury Prize) |
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PiFan - Puchon International Fantastic Film Festival (S. Korea): July 12-21, 2007 |
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30th Asian American International Film Festival (NYC): July 19-28, 2007 |
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23rd Haifa International Film Festival: Sept. 27 - Oct. 4 • Haifa, ISRAEL |
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Icon Festival 2007: Sept, 28 - Oct. 4 • Tel Aviv, ISRAEL |
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Taiwan International Animation Festival: Sept. 28 - Oct. 7 • Taipei City, TAIWAN |
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San Diego Asian Film Festival: Oct. 11 - Oct. 18, 2007 • San Diego, CA |
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Austin Film Festival: Oct. 11 - Oct. 18 , 2007 • Austin, TX |
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Hawaii International Film Festival: Oct. 18 - Oct. 28 , 2007 • Honolulu, HAWAII |
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Sao Paulo International Film Festival: Oct. 19 - Nov. 1 • Sao Paulo, BRAZIL
• Paulista Finalist |
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Asheville Film Festival: Nov. 8 - 11 • Asheville, NC
• Best Film
• Audience Award
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| PRAISE FOR YEAR OF THE FISH |
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“[ONE OF] OUR 20 FAVORITE FILMS FROM SUNDANCE ‘07... not only charming, it’s also amazing
to look at.” - AOL Moviephone.com |
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“Doyer Street has never looked so poetically sun-dappled... the piquancy of a fresh slice of
ginger... the thing glows.” - Ty Burr, The Boston Globe |
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“Sundance ’07 was one of the best... [one of] the festival’s most memorable films.” - Don Marshall, Deseret Morning News |
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“FOUR STARS... [the director] finds the sweet spot where "Year of the Fish" is able to be mature
and "real" enough to play to an adult audience while not losing track of the simple, hopeful idea
that makes this story work in the first place.” - Jay Seavor, efilmcritic.com |
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“Superb – wonderfully acted and scripted.” - Michael Chen, San Diego Film Foundation |
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“The logline for this first feature by writer-director David Kaplan says, "Cinderella set in a
Chinatown massage parlor," and he's not kidding. Even more surprisingly, it works.” - Bruce Newman, San Jose Mercury News |
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“Painterly and lyrical.” - Cynthia Wisehart, Digital Content Producer |
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"Dreamlike" - Contra Costa Times |
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"Gratifyingly unlike the Disney version." - CinemaPlanet |
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"A wonder of wonders." - San Francisco International Asian American Film Festival |
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| ARTICLES & PRESS |
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"Asheville Film Fest Runs a Cool Gamut" • The Charlotte Observer (November 12, 2007) |
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"Winners Announced for Film Festival" • Asheville Citizen-Times (November 11, 2007) |
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"The Best of the Fest: An Insider's Guide to the Asheville Film Festival" • Mountain XPress (November 07, 2007) |
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"SDAFF Day 5: The Chinese and Japanese Have the Same Tears" • REIDDERS Blog (October 16, 2007) |
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"Hawaii International Film Festival: Screensamplers" • Honolulu (October 19, 2007) |
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"The Mostra, More Animated than Ever" (October, 2007) |
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"Dark Matters Series" • Austinist (October 10, 2007) |
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"Postcards of Leningrad: Finalist in Sao Paolo" • Blogacine (October, 2007) |
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"'Year of the Fish' and 'A Scanner Darkly'" • A*my Magazine (August 12, 2007) |
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"'Year of the Fish' Reels In Praise at Asian American International Film Festival" • Epoch Times (August 3, 2007) |
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"Surreal Life: Behind David Kaplan's psychadelic fairy tale 'Year of the Fish'" • Cinevue (July, 2007) |
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"Asia Brief: 'Year of the Fish'" • New Tang Dynasty TV (July 30, 2007) |
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"deadCENTER Film Festival 2007" • Microcinema Scene (June 12, 2007) |
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"Avignon Film Festival Fetes Fish: Kaplan's Animated Romance Wins Prix Tournage" • Variety (June 25, 2007) |
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"Year of the Fish" • Film Threat (June 8, 2007) |
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"Viola and Year of the Fish Surprise " • Sure Crossing Films (June 8, 2007) |
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"Thoughts on Year of the Fish" • HP Backstage at Sundance (May 10, 2007) |
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"IFFBoston: Awards" • Wild Sound (May 2, 2007) |
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"FESTIVALS: IFFBoston Celebrates a Pivotal Fifth Year" • indieWIRE.com (April 30, 2007) |
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"IFFBoston: Year of the Fish" • Wild Sound (April 29, 2007) |
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"Forget it, Cinderella, it's Chinatown" • efilmcritic.com (April 29, 2007) |
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"Leung's Star Meter is Rising" • Variety Weblog (April 23, 2007) |
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"It's Fun to be 5" • (Capsule Review ) The Boston Globe (April 22, 2007) |
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"SFIAAFF Awards" Green Cine Daily (March 23, 2007) |
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"Michael in San Francisco" San Diego Asian Film Foundation Blog (March 22, 2007) |
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"A Chat with Tsai Chin" SFGate.com Culture Blog (March 17, 2007) |
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"SFIAAFF Opens March 15 with Finishing the Game" Cinema Planet (March 15, 2007) |
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"This One Goes Out to All the Lovers: Year of the Fish" Hyphen Magazine (March 15, 2007) |
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"Broad Range of Themes at Asian Film Fest" Contra Costa Times (March 14, 2007) |
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"25th San Francisco International Asian American Film Festival" San Francisco Chinatown (March, 2007) |
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"From Viet Nam to Sundance, a Young Actress Has Arrived" (March 1, 2007) |
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"'07 Festival Was One of the Best" Deseret Morning News (February 2, 2007) |
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"Asian Pop: Indie Jones " SFGate.com (February 1, 2007) |
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"Best of the Fest: Our 20 Favorite Films from Sundance '07 (#16) " Moviefone (February 2007) |
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"Year of the Fish (Review)" Eye for Film (February 2007) |
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"Taking Cinderella Back to her Roots (Interview) " Eye for Film (February 2007) |
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"Sundance, Day Nine: Fish Stories" Boston Globe (January 27, 2007) |
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"Sundance Film Picks 2007," Wired Blogs (January 2007) |
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Photos of Q&A with cast and director following World Premiere, Sundance Film Festival (January 24, 2007) |
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Interview with David Kaplan, Filmmaker Magazine (January 24, 2007) |
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"From Abu Ghraib to Chinatown," New York Magazine (January 22, 2007) |
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"Sundance 2007: Day 4 ," Eye For Film (January 22, 2007) |
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"Sundance Blog Podcast: Year of the Fish Director David Kaplan," Digital Content Producer (January 20, 2007) |
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"Sundance Features: David Kaplan, Year of the Fish, " The Reeler (January 18, 2007) |
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"Studio Artist animated indie feature "Year of the Fish" to premiere at 2007 Sundance Film Festival," Creative Cow (January 18, 2007) |
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"'Year of the Fish' to Premiere at Sundance," Aint It Cool News (January 17, 2007) |
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"Painterly Rotoscope" • Digital Content Producer (January 1, 2007) |
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"Inspiration: Year of the Fish," Toolfarm (January 2007) |
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