MULLIGAN SCREENING UPDATE AS OF FRI 924A: #LAAPFF

Posted in film on April 29, 2011 by The Alpha Company

THE SCREENING IS SOLD OUT.

THERE ARE RUMORED TO BE A FEW TICKETS (maybe 20) AT THE WAIT-LIST LINE, SO GET THERE SUPER EARLY (like an hour)  IF YOU DON’T HAVE A TICKET.

I talked to David Magadel, who co-runs LA Asian Pacific Film Fest , sent an E-mail tpo Abe, David’s co-king of the festival, AND some folks at the DGA, who’s sponsoring the fest, so we’ve ignited the discussion about getting an encore screening.   Tim Tau, who directed The Case, is helping me round out the other filmmakers in the shorts program to coalesce and make the screening happen.

If you are SANS ticket, go to http://www.facebook.com/AsianFilmFestLA and make a comment requesting for another Take a Mulligan screening!   All the noise from the fans will be noticed for sure!

Thanks everyone. We are having so much fun.    V

TAKE A MULLIGAN FAN REFERS A GOOD COLONIC #LAAPFF

Posted in film on April 29, 2011 by The Alpha Company

A renowned music producer from the Seattle scene wants to share a couple things with you.

Enjoy!  Mulligan screening tonight!

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#LAAPFF LA ASIAN PACIFIC FILM FEST DIRECTOR’S BRUNCH @ THE DGA.

Posted in film on April 29, 2011 by The Alpha Company

From R to L, Sandy Tung (DGA), Shanae (LAAPFF Exec Dir), Daniel Tenkman(DGA), Christine Yoo (director, Wedding Palace)

All the directors from the film fest were invited for free eggs/sausage/coffee and community. Enjoyed chatting with the other directors, like Christine Yoo, Soham Mehtra, Teddy Chen Culver, John Raposas and Derek Nguyen. Always cherish these conversations because directors typically work in a vacuum and in my current day job on House, sometimes I feel I have to be careful about talking like “a filmmaker,” which is weird, because in my AD capacity, I’m very much a filmmaker – for others’ visions. I think the grips and everybody else are filmmakers, too, but the studio side of the biz is funny about that. Anyway…

Dave Magdael, who co-runs the film fest, gave an inspiring speech about film and art and personal stories needing to be told. Usually in these sort of steering / diversity committee situations, the topic tends to go to the “woe is me” place. But not today. Dave had a very understated but fire in his spirit about the film fest: “work hard,” “meet and learn from each other,” and “tell your stories,” he said to us. He really impressed me.

All the sweat equity crawling up on the DGA career ladder felt validating. To see Henry Chan, Sandy Tung and Jon Larson, all of whom I knew when I started in the Guild, got me choked up. Today was pretty special.

I LOVED, LOVED LOVED the seniors who were given opps to make their films and tell their little stories. That’s what a film fest is all about. Francois Truffaut felt that films should be more autobiographical and personal. To give the tools for seventy-year old ladies making their little films. I LOVE THAT. Way to go LAAPFF!

Spent the last hour picking Henry’s brain about directing episodic TV, which was awesome, because with my AD hat on, even at the DGA, those conversations don’t come readily available. Nice to be regarded at my DGA home as a director, finally. I know, it’s only a short film, but still, I directed it, and I’m proud of our work, so, baby steps. It’s very difficult to make the transition from AD to director. The professional studio community is often a rough crowd – even from your own peers – so these kind of upward mobility / creative outlet scenarios are so critical.

So grateful to LA Asian Pacific Film Fest. So supportive to the filmmakers. They’re giving me opportunities and filmmaking experiences. And we get to meet fresh faces. Love that.

I’m having fun. The whole team is having fun. Onto the screening tonight!

V

FUN WITH THE FILM FEST ANGELS @AsianFilmFestLA #LAAPFF

Posted in film festivals with tags , , on April 29, 2011 by The Alpha Company

Patrick Quinlan is one charming young man. Let the fun begin!

FILM FEST BLOG: MULLIGAN UPDATE!

Posted in film on April 29, 2011 by The Alpha Company

The Take a Mulligan Team at The LAAPFF Opening NIght Party

Mulligan friends!

So we spent the entire night looking for Abe and Jimmy, who run the fest and we are going to talk tomorrow about organizing a second screening. So for you hundreds of people who aren’t going to make it for the premiere screening of Take a Mulligan, stay tuned for further developments about encore screenings. We are exploring several options, but we are so thrilled about all the enthusiasm!

Stay tuned!
Vince

FILM FEST BLOG: GREAT NEWS & NOT SO GREAT RE: MULLIGAN SCREENING

Posted in film, film festivals with tags , , , , , , on April 29, 2011 by The Alpha Company

Guys,

The “Take a Mulligan” screening this Friday is SOLD-OUT. Can you believe that?!?
If you hadn’t bought a ticket or got on the Alpha Company list (which was full two weeks ago) then we are very sad to say that there are no more places to sit in the theatre. (BUT MAYBE IF YOU JUST COME AND DEMAND TO GET IN, we’ll fill the aisles. NOW THAT WOULD BE AWESOME!)
I am working to speak with LA Asian-Pacific Film Fest about scheduling another screening. I hope to get the other fimmakers from the Epic Jukebox screening to form a team to get another screening going.
It’s so sad. we had hundreds of people who won’t be able to get in.
I’m gonna work on it. Meanwhile, here’s the trailer:

OLIVIA WILDE IS A BIG MULLIGAN FAN.

Posted in film on April 28, 2011 by The Alpha Company

And we’d love for you to be one, too:

TAKE A MULLIGAN’S CAROLINE PHO – ON TV’S BONES THURS ON FOX

Posted in film on April 26, 2011 by The Alpha Company

Here’s the promo to the show.

And here's the beautiful girl we're talking about. See her live this Friday night at 930PM - Sunset Laemmele 5 for the screening of Take a Mulligan.

FILM FEST BLOG – IT’S FILM FEST WEEK!

Posted in film on April 26, 2011 by The Alpha Company

So much to do. Two film fests in one week. Patrick Quinlan and I are up late tonight, organizing our schedule to attend the Opening and Closing Night Parties, making sure the FB fan page is loaded with content, getting friends to watch the trailer, organizing the crazy ticket requests. NUTS! Caroline Pho has been so awesome coordinating b/w us and the festivals.

Julia’s doing her part to get the party going at Sushi Dan’s, which by the way is set up for us after the 930P screening at the Sunset Laemmele 5.

This is what it’s all about! I’d rather have ten friends attend a screening than have 5,435 YouTube hits on our short. We love connecting with the filmmakers and the audience. Come on out!

TAKE A MULLIGAN TO SCREEN AT LA ASIAN PACIFIC & NEWPORT BEACH FILM FESTS

Posted in film, film festivals with tags , , , , , , , , , , , , on March 1, 2011 by The Alpha Company

Take a Mulligan is an official selection for the 2011 Newport Beach Film Festival and the Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival.

The 27th Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival will be presented April 28 – May 7, 2011 at the Directors Guild of America; Laemmle’s Sunset 5 Theatre; National Center for the Preservation of Democracy; and additional venues throughout Los Angeles. A key highlight of the month-long Asian Pacific Heritage Month activities, the Film Festival is produced by Visual Communications, the nation’s premier Asian Pacific American media arts center.

CLICK ON THE LAAPFF SITE HERE.

Newport Beach Film Festival – April 28 – May 5. 350 fIlms. 40 countries.

CLICK ON THE NBFF SITE HERE.

More details on screening dates and afterparties soon!

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