Joan Chen News

The San Francisco Asian American Film Festival held a special reunion on March 12 for the feature film Saving Face directed by Alice Wu , a cult classic that debuted at the 2005 festival starring Joan Chen, Michelle Krusiec and Lynn Chen .

The San Francisco Asian American Film Festival is a showcase of new films by directors of Asian heritage who grew up in America.

The decision to honor Joan Chen at the 30th San Francisco International Asian American Film Festival makes sense in just about every way.

The 30th annual San Francisco International Asian American Film Festiva l , presented by the Center for Asian American Media , is the world's largest and most prestigious showcase of new Asian and Asian American cinema.

San Francisco actress Joan Chen, in the midst of a career resurgence fueled by her embrace of independent film, was just breaking into American films when the San Francisco International Asian American Film Festival got under way in the 1980s, and she would hit her stride late in the decade with memorable roles in "The Last Emperor" and "Twin ... (more)