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APAture 2015: Future Tense

Film Showcase | Artist Bios

 

Evyn Lê Espiritu is a U.C. Berkeley Rhetoric PhD student and filmmaker interested in the politics of memory, the aesthetics of diaspora, and the spatialization of historical production. Her current project analyzes the South Vietnamese refugee population in Israel as a means to problematize diaspora, citizenship, and humanitarian rhetoric.  

 

Kristine Gerolaga is an actress-filmmaker from Vallejo who now resides in Los Angeles. She studied acting at the Beverly Hills Playhouse San Francisco for five years and has worked on a number of independent shorts and features, web series, industrials, and local, regional, and national commercials. “A Period Drama” is Kristine's solo directorial debut.

 

Lamnho Giang is an illustrator, game artist, and concept artist. He is a graduate from San Jose State's illustration/animation program. He self-­published a sketch book, One, with his twin brother, Lam Giang. Recently, Lamnho finished his first animation short, “Winter of The Unforgettable.”

 

Jazmin Jamias recently graduated from San Francisco State University with a B.A. in cinema and an emphasis in fictional filmmaking. Her last film, a short documentary entitled “The Altered Lives of LaVonne Salleé,” garnered two audience awards and screened in several film festivals across the nation and overseas. “I Hate the Color Red,” her senior thesis project, is a short comedy about a pair of siblings who inherit a failing video store. She hopes to continue making narrative films that not only entertain but also provoke thought and insight with Filipino leading characters.

 

Sine68 Films is an independent film production company based in San Francisco. It is available to both community and private constituents and aims to provide fresh, innovative, and quality film services to its clients. Its vision is to be a film production company that encourages and cultivates new thoughts, approaches, techniques, and strategies to filmmaking. Sine68 Films is guided by the principles of hard work and determination to make any project possible. In this spirit, it create films founded on its motto, “Seize Power.”

Ava Tong's short drama film, “Accident,” is the first film project that she wrote, directed, and produced. A true lover of comedy, she co-founded the all-female, Asian-American sketch comedy troupe Granny Cart Gangstas with Aureen Almario. Together, they write and perform at Bindlestiff Studio in San Francisco. Her influences include The Kids in the Hall, Broad City, Amy Schumer, and Kevin Camia. Her style of comedy often explores both the positive and negative aspects of being a woman in modern society. Their next comedy show will be mounted in late March/early April of 2016.