COMING SOON:
MANHATTAN PREMIERE! IN-PERSON SCREENING
45TH ASIAN AMERICAN INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
THE ASIA SOCIETY
725 Park Avenue
New York, NY 10021
* Park Ave between 70th and 71st on the Upper East Side
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We are thrilled to present an IN-PERSON screening! Honored to take part in this film festival & organization that supports and champions filmmakers and the community in so many ways!
Director Chris Chan Lee, Actors West Liang, Amy Tsang and Executive Producer Phil Lam expected to be in attendance for a post-screening Q&A.
45TH ASIAN AMERICAN INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
THURSDAY AUGUST 4 @ 8:15PM
THE ASIA SOCIETY
725 Park Avenue
New York, NY 10021
* Park Ave between 70th and 71st on the Upper East Side
We are thrilled to present an IN-PERSON screening! Honored to take part in this film festival & organization that supports and champions filmmakers and the community in so many ways!
Director Chris Chan Lee, Actors West Liang, Amy Tsang and Executive Producer Phil Lam expected to be in attendance for a post-screening Q&A.
CLOSING NIGHT FILM!
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA!THE VALLEY FILM FESTIVAL
Sunday August 7 @ 6:30PM PT
LAEMMLE NOHO
5240 Lankershim Blvd
North Hollywood, CA 91601
We are thrilled to present this IN-PERSON screening! Honored to take part in this amazingly curated & filmmaker-friendly film festival!
Director Chris Chan Lee, Cast & Crew including Actors West Liang, Amy Tsang, Max Faugno, Chandra Anderson, Dakota Loesch and Producer Robert Cho expected to be in attendance for a post-screening Q&A.
NEWS:
BUENOS AIRES INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
Honored to share that the 9th Buenos Aires International Film Festival has awarded our director Chris Chan Lee with the “Best Director - Feature Film Award”! Thank you BUEIFF22 !
NEXT GENERATION INDIE FILM AWARDS
Thank you Next Generation Indie Film Awards! What an amazing event at the Loews Hotel in the heart of Hollywood, CA! An inspiring night amongst fellow filmmakers. Finalist - Best Cinematography - Norbert Shieh
Finalist - Best Actress in a Feature Film - Amy Tsang
Finalist - Best Actor in a Feature Film - West Liang
Finalist - Best Feature Film Screenplay - Chris Chan Lee
So proud of the SR team!
At our East Coast & Brooklyn NY Premiere at
The 12th Annual ART OF BROOKLYN FILM FESTIVAL we were honored with two awards!
Outstanding Narrative Feature and
Outstanding Performance in a Feature Film - West Liang!
Thank you AoB!
PREVIOUS EVENTS:
The 18th Annual HOUSTON ASIAN AMERICAN PACIFIC ISLANDER FILM FESTIVAL (HAAPIFEST2022)
Friday June 10th - 6PM
East Coast & Brooklyn NY Premiere!
The 12th Annual ART OF BROOKLYN FILM FESTIVAL
Thrilled to announce we are the OPENING NIGHT FILM
Wednesday June 1st - 8PM
COBBLE HILL CINEMAS - 265 Court St, Brooklyn, NY 11231
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COBBLE HILL CINEMAS - 265 Court St, Brooklyn, NY 11231
We are honored to be in this program and to be working with the team of this amazing film festival.
Director Chris Chan Lee, Actors West Liang, Amy Tsang, Max Faugno, and executive producer Phil Lam expected to attend. There will be a Q&A.
San Francisco Premiere!
IN-PERSON Screening @ 40th Anniversary CAAMFest film festival!
@SFMOMA
FRIDAY MAY 20th @ 6PM
Director Chris Chan Lee, actors West Liang, Amy Tsang, Max Faugno, composer Brian Ralston, producer Robert Cho and more cast & crew TBA expected to be in attendance.
55TH ANNUAL WORLDFEST HOUSTON FILM FESTIVAL
IN-PERSON Screening. Texas & Regional Southern Premiere!
Cinemark Theatre Memorial City
310 Memorial City Mall, Houston, Texas 77024
WINNER: GOLD REMI AWARD for Feature Film - Fantasy/Horror.
APRIL 21, 9:00PM TICKETS:
https://filmfreeway.com/worldfest/ticketsONE NIGHT ONLY!
Director Chris Chan Lee &
Executive Producer Phil Lam in attendance
OMAHA FILM FESTIVAL
Regional Premiere
March 13 through April 2, 2022
CHICAGO ASIAN AMERICAN SHOWCASE
IN-PERSON Screening!
Gene Siskel Film Center. Chicago IL
Exclusively on Friday April 8 at 8pm
Director Chris Chan Lee, lead actor West Liang, and executive producer Philip Lam in attendance.
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17th DISORIENT FILM FESTIVAL
Oregon Premiere
April 1 through April 10, 2022
10th Annual SEATTLE ASIAN AMERICAN FILM FESTIVAL
Washington State Premiere
March 3-13, 2022 (Virtual)
PARIS INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
Winner: Best Feature for Change
“SILENT RIVER”
OFFICIAL SELECTION
International Premiere
February 10 - 20, 2022
RECENT NEWS:
Wonderful review from filmandtvnow.com ahead of our International Premiere at the Paris International Film Festival!
https://www.filmandtvnow.com/paris-international-film.../
"Some movies I have encountered over the years have been such an idiosyncratic experience on first viewing but have nonetheless compelled me to watch again and again... Now, I have to add Chris Chan Lee’s SILENT RIVER, which for all intents and purposes will throw a few curveballs into the deeper reaches of your mind from the first half, which plays like David Lynch and Andrei Tarkovsky attempting to collaborate on a reboot of Wim Wenders’ PARIS, TEXAS (1984) – and a second half that emerges like a rural companion piece to EX MACHINA and WESTWORLD... It is very difficult to categorise this film and your own acceptance of what transpires will depend on your willingness to change perspective mid-point like (Chris Chan) Lee asserts to do, who has stated that the film is about existential crisis and what happens when our pre-occupations vanish."
PREVIOUS EVENTS:
CINEQUEST FILM FESTIVAL
“SILENT RIVER”
OFFICIAL SELECTION
WINNER: Best Horror, Thriller, Science Fiction Feature Film
Narrative Feature Film Showcase
Desperate to reconcile with his estranged wife, Elliot stops at a desert motel to await her call. He encounters Greta, an uncanny woman on the run from a mysterious past. Compelled to help, Elliot soon discovers her secret — and faces a choice between her longing or his own survival.
Virtual Screening Presentation - USA Only
Available between November 4 and 14, 2021
SAN DIEGO ASIAN FILM FESTIVAL
“SILENT RIVER”
SAN DIEGO PREMIERE
Asian American Panorama Section
“There’s no decoder ring for SILENT RIVER, Chris Chan Lee’s gloriously hallucinogenic, sci-fi desert noir. Lee rips apart the double helix of identity and memory and replaces it with a mobius strip—make that a mobius strap—lashing us to a ride that careens toward WTF borders, twisting and U-turning from beginning to end and back again. Dear Audience, simply surrender to the unnerving pleasures of Lee’s Lynchian cocktail of love on the run, motel showdowns, and Americana gone haywire.”- Christina Ree
Sunday, October 31, 2021 7PM PT
Special Halloween Night Costume Screening!
TALLGRASS FILM FESTIVAL
“SILENT RIVER”REGIONAL PREMIERE - Wichita, Kansas
WINNER: Outstanding Courage in Filmmaking Award - Narrative Feature
NOMINATED: Stubbornly Independent Award - Best Narrative Film
Screened at Groover Labs Friday, Oct 22, 2021 at 6:15pm.
Cast & Crew in attendance.
More information on the Awards round-up:
NEWS:
AsAmNews.com
Asian Am filmmakers “find themselves” in Sci-Fi & ghost stories
PREVIOUS EVENTS:
LAAPFF PRESENTS:
“SILENT RIVER”
WORLD PREMIERE
We are proud and honored to announce our World Premiere screening of SILENT RIVER will be at the 37th annual Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival.
The in-person screening is scheduled for September 25, at 4:30PM PST at the Regal L.A. Live theater. Barco Innovation Center: 1000 W Olympic Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA 90015.
Ticketing information will be forthcoming on Monday September 13th.