Hong Sangsoo wins Berlinale Best Director
By Diana ChengAAP Film & Arts Writer Renowned South Korean director Hong Sangsoo won the prestigious Silver Berlin Bear for Best Director at the 70th Berlin International Film Festival (Berlinale)[…]
Category: Awards/Recognition
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‘Parasite’ wins Best Picture, makes Oscar history and more
By Diana ChengAAP Film & Arts Writer After sweeping one award show after another, beginning with the Palme d’Or in 2019, the South Korean movie “Parasite” topped it off by[…]
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Lee Isaac Chung Wins Sundance 2020 Top Prizes
By DIANA CHENGAAP Film & Arts Writer Korean American filmmaker Lee Isaac Chung scored double honors at the Awards Ceremony of the 2020 Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah,[…]
Kirsten Tan wins 2020 SFFILM New American Fellowship
San Francisco International Film Festival (SFFILM) announced today that Singaporean American filmmaker Kirsten Tan is the winner of the 2020 New American Fellowship, supporting her narrative feature “Higher” which is[…]
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Shakopee SciMent student named Regeneron Science Talent Search Scholar
Washington D.C. (Jan. 14, 2020) — Gautham Nair, a Shakopee High School student in Minnesota, was named a Regeneron Science Talent Search Scholar on Jan. 8. The Regeneron Science Talent[…]
‘Parasite’ Makes Oscar History
By DIANA CHENGAAP Film & Arts Writer The Bong Joon Ho directed, genre-bending South-Korean feature ‘Parasite’ makes history today as the 92nd Academy Awards announced its nominees in the early[…]
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Lulu Wang’s ‘The Farewell’ is poised to be noticed at Awards Season
By Diana ChengAAP Film & Arts Writer At the Gotham Awards on December 2 in New York City, the multi-talented Chinese-American rapper, comedian, and actor Awkwafina just wins the Best[…]
Hmong American Partnership, Minnesota Indian Women’s Resource Center receive Bush Prize
Five Organizations Win 2019 Bush Prize for Community Innovation SAINT PAUL, Minn. (Nov. 12, 2019) — The Bush Foundation today awarded the 2019 Bush Prize for Community Innovation to five[…]
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Mendis honored for service in Korea, China, and America
By Ajith KumarajiwaSejong Press SEOUL, South Korea (Oct. 17, 2019) — After his lecture at the ancient Longquan Buddhist Monastery in China, Sri Lankan-born American diplomat Patrick Mendis arrived in[…]
Gregg Araki among FilmNorth honorees
St. Paul, Minn. (October 10, 2019) — FilmNorth, the Minneapolis-St. Paul based nonprofit organization empowering media artists in The North to tell their stories and build successful careers, announced Thursday[…]
