September 8, 2006 The Center

Kathy Shao-Lin Lee, Sarah E Shively, Sandra Grace
Photo by Jicky

October Notes

We had a great turnout of over 100 people for the September 8th screening of "Contemplating Emily" at the Gay and Lesbian Center. Our thanks go out to Sandra Grace for coordinating the evening. In addition to seeing a number of cast and crew, we were thrilled by the attendance of our personal friends. All told there were 25 people that came specifically to see our short.

Congratulations to the filmmakers of "Red Doors", the film that also stars Kathy Shao-Lin Lee. They not only enjoyed a thumbs-up review in the "New York Times" on September 8th, but they were also the number one grossing film in the nation per-screen for their opening weekend! (Okay, so they only had two screens, but still $17,500 per screen beat out “Snakes on a Plane” among other box office draws that weekend). I see this as true testament to the power of grass-roots efforts in the independent filmmaking community. Through relentless emailing and personal drive, the team of Red Doors filled the seats at the Angelika and Imagin Asian. Check out their website to follow their latest adventures including having nailed down a distribution deal with Warner Bros. Home Video. www.reddoorsthemovie.com

Our congratulations too to Sarah Cawley, our attached DP for the feature. Sarah is the Cinematographer for the new ABC television series “Ugly Betty” which also boasted a number one viewed pilot last week. Obviously getting top reviews, “Ugly Betty” is the English version of the very popular “Betty la Fea” series. The English version stars the talented America Ferrera as Betty Suarez.

We are still awaiting specific information regarding the Rehoboth Beach Film Festival where we will be screening next. The dates of the festival are November 8-12.

I have begun work on the latest redraft and am actively scouting for Taiwanese casting and for our potential director. There was a Film Festival at the Donnell Library Center in September that presented a Taiwanese Women’s Film Series. I attended one of the screenings.

At long last Marilys and I were able to send out DVD screeners to our cast and crew – many of whom had never seen the film. It was really a delight to get such positive feedback from the people who gave their time and talents to be apart of this project.