Reel Asian Book Launch February 28, 2008

Far East Filmmaking meets the West Coast
Celebrate the Year of the Rat with the Vancouver Reel Asian
Book Launch
On Thursday, February 28, celebrate the publication of Reel Asian: Asian Canada
On Screen on Canada’s west coast with a book launch at VIVO Media Arts. The
first anthology of its kind, Reel Asian, co-published with the Toronto Reel Asian
International Film Festival, examines East and Southeast Asian Canadian contributions
to independent film and video and marks the eleventh year of the
groundbreaking filmfestival. Fromartist-run centres, theories of hyphenation,
gay and lesbian cinema, newmedia technologies and sweet 'n' sour controversies,
Reel Asian is a multi-faceted picture of independent Asian film in Canada
and features a substantial selection of images and stills.
Reel Asian features the work of Vancouver-based filmmakers such as Karin Lee, Mina Shum, Wayne Yung, Paul Wong, Anne-Marie Fleming and Ho Tam, among others.

The Vancouver launch will feature a program of short screenings
of work by some of the filmmakers and a night-long party.
Reel Asian: Asian Canada On Screen Vancouver Launch
co-hosted by Cineworks, Centre A and On Edge
sponsored by the Canada Council for the Arts, BC Arts Council, British Columbia and the City of Vancouver
VIVO Media Arts Centre, 1965 Main Street
Vancouver, BC
Thursday, February 28, 2008
7:00 pm
Free