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Nov 16, 2005
Here is a link to the HIFF Trailer. Watch it here.
Nov 14, 2005
There is a nice article in the Honolulu Advertiser about Kinetic and what they are up to. Read it here.
Nov 10, 2005
James is mentioned in another article about HIFF. Read it here.
Oct 30, 2005
Roger Ebert loved the trailer that we created for the Hawaii International Film Festival and has invited the trailer to open his own festival, the Roger Ebert Overlooked Film Festival. Someone told me that he yelled out after seeing the trailer in one of the screening, "That is the best trailer I have ever seen!" What an honor.
Oct 30, 2005
SAND ISLAND DRIVE INN ANTHEM won the Blockbuster Audience Award for Best Short Film at HIFF. The short was directed by Ryan Kawamoto and Executive Produced by James Sereno.
Oct 21, 2005
James is mentioned in an article about the HIFF trailer. Read it here.
Oct 06, 2005
SAND ISLAND DRIVE INN will make it's world premiere at the Hawaii International Film Festival. Hawaii Panorama 4 October 27th - Dole Cannery Theatres 8pm HIFF listing here. To learn more about the film click here.
Aug 15, 2005
SILENT YEARS has just been invited to the Palm Springs International Short Film Festival and Film Market. Dedicated to the art of short filmmaking, the festival plays from September 20th-26th.
Aug 01, 2005
"Silent Years" has been invited to the prestigious IFP/Market in New York. The IFP/Market is a place where filmmakers can showcase their projects, whether it is a short film, documentary, screenplay or feature film in progress. Over 1500 producers, distributors, productions companies, film financiers and agents visit the market in mid September looking for the next big film or filmmaker.
Jul 15, 2005
SILENT YEARS, has been selected as one of the five finalists in the 28th Asian American International Film Festival Short Film Competition in New York.
Jul 01, 2005
Here is the latest blurb on Kinetic. Check it out here.
May 13, 2005
GROWING UP LOCAL, has been selected as one of the five finalists in the 28th Asian American International Film Festival Screenplay Competition in New York.
May 03, 2005
SILENT YEARS has been nominated for the Golden Reel award (Best Short Film) at this years VC Film Fest. Check it out here.
Apr 02, 2005
Silent Years was listed as one of the top ten short films of the year on the FANBOY PLANET web site! Check it out here.
Apr 02, 2005
James has a nice mention in an article written by Chuck Boller of HIFF. Check it out here.
Apr 01, 2005
Silent Years has just been accepted into the 28th Asian American International Film Festival in New York. (AAIFF)
Apr 01, 2005
Here is the program for the Singapore Film Festival. Check the schedule here.
Feb 28, 2005
Silent Years is now playing in the Cinequest Online Film Festival. To cast your vote, please follow the link below. If you have not seen the film, this will be an excellent opportunity to check it out. The top three short films will go on to the Cinequest Festival in March. To log in, please go here. Click on: Viewers Voice Collection & Competition Click on: Viewers Voice Under NEW SHORTS click "Silent Years" Register w/e-mail or log in.
Feb 16, 2005
S.F. Asian American Film Festival has just completed their program and "Silent Years" is honored to be in a section entitled "Fishbowls and Silent Years". "Silent Years" will be playing three times during the festival including a screening in San Jose. Check the schedule here.
Feb 16, 2005
Congratulation to "Silent Years" which has just been accepted into the Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival playing at the end of April.
Feb 03, 2005
"Silent Years" has just been accepted into the prestigious Singapore International Film Festival.
Jan 19, 2005
"Silent Years" will be playing in the Cinequest Online Film Festival. Stay tuned for updates.
Jan 10, 2005
"Silent Years" has just been accepted into the San Francisco Asian American Film Festival.
Nov 22, 2004
"Silent Years" receives a nice mention on the Aint-It-Cool-News website wrapup of the Hawai'i International Film Festival. Read it here.
Nov 21, 2004
Today James Sereno and "Silent Years" were featured in a Honolulu Advertiser article on Hawai'i independent filmmaking. Read it here.
Oct 27, 2004
James Sereno wins the Hawaii International Film Festival's 2004 Hawaii Filmmaker Award for "Silent Years" in what was widely acknowledged to be the strongest year for local filmmaking in the Festival's 24-year history! As a result of the film's winning the award, "Silent Years" will be screened again at 8pm on the evening of October 31, 2004, at the Dole Cannery Signature Theaters. Please visit www.hiff.org to purchase tickets.
Oct 25, 2004
Today the Honolulu StarBulletin ran a story on "Silent Years," headlined "No Fairy Tale Ending For Solemn Tale." Read it here.
Oct 22, 2004
"Silent Years" took first runner-up honors at the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA-LA) Awards for Short Film. The BAFTA Awards are the UK equivalent of the Oscars, and "Silent Years" was competing against more than 300 of the world's top short films.
Oct 19, 2004
Today the Honolulu Advertiser ran a review of the film. Please see "Story of Child Abuse Told In 'Silent Years'" here.
Oct 08, 2004
"Silent Years" will be featured on the season premiere of "Hawaii's Reel Stories" on November 4, 2004, at 8:30pm on Oceanic Cable's OC16 channel. This episode will air an additional seven times throughout the subsequent week (for a complete list of airdates, please go here). "HRS" producer Don Brown interviewed "Silent Years" director James Sereno, cinematographer Paul Atkins, and editor Jay K. Evans as they provided a breakdown of a critical scene from the film. Tune in for this fascinating analysis of the adaptation and filmmaking process!
Oct 03, 2004
Join director James Sereno and author Lois-Ann Yamanaka at the Bamboo Ridge Writer's Conference on October 23, 2004, at the UH-Manoa campus. They will be discussing the process of adapting Lois-Ann's poetry for the screen. More information is available at the www.bambooridge.com website.
Sep 13, 2004
"Silent Years" will screen as part of the Mill Valley Film Festival's "5@5: Sweet Sixteen Blues" program at 5pm on Thursday, October 14. The venue will be the Century Regency Theater in San Rafael, California. Tickets to the show are available online at the www.mvff.com website.
Sep 12, 2004
The Louis Vuitton Hawai'i International Film Festival has announced its 2004 schedule. "Silent Years" will screen as part of the "Hawaii Panorama 7" program on October 26 at 7:30pm at the Signature Theaters Dole Cannery. For information about purchasing tickets, please visit the www.hiff.org website.
Sep 01, 2004
"Silent Years" will make its Northern California premiere at the Mill Valley Film Festival, which runs from October 7-17, 2004. As soon as we are assigned a screening date and venue, we'll post it here-- so check back frequently!
Aug 28, 2004
If you're in the Los Angeles area and would like to see "Silent Years," tickets have gone on sale for both of the Southern California-area film festivals featuring the short. Visit www.lashortsfest.com to purchase tickets for the September 11 screening, and www.malibufilmfestival.org for the September 17 showing of the film.
Aug 16, 2004
"Silent Years" wins the award for First Prize in Cinematography at the Rhode Island International Film Festival! Congratulations to Director of Photography Paul Atkins and telecine colorist Tim Maffia over at Modern Digital in Seattle.
Aug 03, 2004
"Silent Years" will make its West Coast debut at 5:30pm on September 11, 2004, during the Los Angeles International Short Film Festival at Hollywood's ArcLight Cinemas. As the largest short film festival in the world, the "L.A. Shorts Fest" features the best in international short movies and benefits from being situated in the heart of the Hollywood filmmaking industry.
Jul 23, 2004
"Silent Years" has been accepted to the Hawai'i International Film Festival, held from October 21-31, 2004. As a film shot entirely on O'ahu featuring an all-local cast and crew, we are proud to present our Hawai'i premiere at the Pacific region's leading film event.
Jul 07, 2004
"Silent Years" will make its world premiere on August 10, 2004, at the Rhode Island International Film Festival in Newport, Rhode Island. In its eighth season, the festival will screen 265 independent films over six days. The Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences has designated the RIIFF as a qualifying festival for the Short Films category of the annual Academy Awards.