Asia Society at the 2020 Sundance Film Festival
From left to right: Bing Chen (Asia Society Southern California Board Member), Janet Yang (Academy Governor-at-Large and Executive Producer of The Joy Luck Club), Alice Mong (Asia Society Hong Kong Executive Director), Margaret Conley (Asia Society Northern California Executive Director), Rexille Uy (Asia Society Northern California Director of Programs)
From left to right: Janet Yang, Nina Yang Bongiovi, (Producer, Fruitvale Station and Roxanne, Roxanne), Mynette Louie (Producer, I Carry You with Me), Naja Lockwood (co-founder of Gamechanger Films) address a packed room.
Producers: Women Hold Up Half the Sky at Sundance
From left to right: Janet Yang, Bao Nguyen (Director/Producer, Be Water), and Edson Oda (Writer/Director, Nine Days)
Directors: Telling Original Stories
From left to right: Janet Yang, Daniel Dae Kim (Blast Beat, Always Be My Maybe, Hellboy), Benedict Wong (Nine Days, The Martian, Avengers: Endgame), Chris Pang (Palm Springs, Crazy Rich Asians)
Actors: Cutting it on the Big Screen
Daniel Dae Kim has a laugh on stage
A packed house at Kimball Art Center
The team poses for a photo with Daniel Dae Kim after the Actors panel
As Parasite made Oscar, Golden Globe, and Screen Actors Guild Awards history, Asia Society honored Asian filmmakers and talent in a series of panels at Sundance Film Festival on January 24, 2020, moderated by Academy Governor-at-Large and Executive Producer of The Joy Luck Club, Janet Yang.
The first of three panels, “Producers: Women Hold Up Half the Sky at Sundance”, featured veteran producers of numerous Sundance films: Nina Yang Bongiovi and Mynette Louie, and film financier Naja Lockwood.
The second panel, “Directors: Telling Original Stories”, featured directors Edson Oda, writer/director of Nine Days (U.S. Dramatic Competition), and Bao Nguyen, director of Be Water (U.S. Documentary Competition).
“Actors: Cutting it on the Big Screen” featured actors in this year’s U.S. Dramatic Competition films at Sundance. They are Chris Pang (Palm Springs, Crazy Rich Asians), Benedict Wong (Nine Days, The Martian, Avengers: Endgame), and Daniel Dae Kim (Blast Beat, Always Be My Maybe, Hellboy).
The three panels were followed by an invite-only soirée attended by Asia Society VIPs and Hollywood talent.
Last year’s panel featured The Farewell director Lulu Wang.
Presented by Asia Society Northern California, Asia Society Southern California, and Harbour