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May 11, 10:40 pm

Graduate student premieres personal short film ‘The Blessing’

Sometimes an unexpected blessing brings a much-needed conversation. Through nonprofit organization Visual Communications’ Armed With a Camera Fellowship, graduate student in directing Ziyao Liu premiered her short film “The Blessing” on Thursday at the Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival, which is running until Friday. Read more...

Photo: Graduate student in directing Ziyao Liu premiered her short film “The Blessing” at the 2022 Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival. The documentary short captures Liu’s process of blessing her mother’s nuptials while coping with the loss of her father. (Neha Krishnakumar/Daily Bruin)

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May 6, 9:41 pm

Q&A: Lead actors of ‘Along For The Ride’ discuss character development and chemistry

Sarah Dessen is teaching Netflix viewers to carpe diem. Releasing Friday, Dessen’s novel-turned-film “Along For The Ride” follows recent high school graduate Auden (Emma Pasarow), who visits her father in the small beach town of Colby where she meets Eli (Belmont Cameli), a bike store owner who shares her struggle to cope with the past. Read more...

Photo: Belmont Cameli (left) and Emma Pasarow (right) play Eli and Auden in Netflix’s “Along For The Ride. (Emily V. Aragones/Netflix)

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May 6, 8:22 pm

Cinematic Culture: Musicals offer escapism, insight into characters’ inner worlds

From lighthearted rom-coms to blood-curdling horror flicks, movies tend to follow a formula for storytelling made successful by the predecessors of their genres. Given the recurring character and narrative archetypes that characterize each genre, people have come to know and identify with these tropes by relating them to their own lives. Read more...

Photo: (Anna Richardson/Daily Bruin)

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April 29, 6:57 pm

UCLA Center for Chinese Studies hosts series on Taiwanese film, culture

Countries and artistic mediums are being brought into conversation through “Taiwan in Dialogue.” Hosted by the UCLA Center for Chinese Studies, the lecture series features dialogues with Taiwanese American directors Arvin Chen and Feng-I Fiona Roan. Read more...

Photo: Jack Yao (left) and Amber Kuo (right) play Kai and Susie in Arvin Chen’s “Au revoir Taipei.” (Courtesy of Beta Cinema)

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April 27, 10:09 pm

UCLA Film & Television Archive, Farhang Foundation celebrate Iranian cinema

Iranian cinema is hitting the ground – and the road – running with its newest celebration of film. The UCLA Film & Television Archive and Farhang Foundation are continuing their tradition of embracing Iranian cinema since the event’s start in 1990. Read more...

Photo: Rayan Sarlak plays Little Brother in writer-director Panah Panahi’s feature debut “Hit the Road.” The film will be the first shown in a nine-film series at the 2022 UCLA Celebration of Iranian Cinema. (Courtesy of Kino Lorber)


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