Share |

Perry Chen & Mom had a Perrific Time@ San Diego Asian Film Festival

Published on: 16th November, 2009

Perry Chen with Lee Ann Kim, San Diego Asian Film Festival Founder@ SDAFF Gala

Perry interviewed on tthe red carpet@ San Diego Asian Film Festival

Perry interviewing director Howie Snyder of "My Beijing Birthday" at San Diego Asian Film Festival

Perry Chen with Anna Lee, Netflix Keynote Speaker@ SDAFF gala

Perry Chen with prominent blogger Phil Yu aka Angry Asian Man@ YouTube panel

David Choi, musician & YouTube panelist with Perry and Perry's mom Dr. Zhu Shen

Kev Jimba, comedian & YouTube panelist with Perry

Perry Chen @ Toyota Photo Booth

Perry Chen, Dan Hom, SD Asian Film Foundation chairman, Perry's mom Dr. Zhu Shen

The longest film festival in San Diego, the 10th annual San Diego Asian Film Festival (SDAFF, Oct 15-29) was a tremendous success! Over 200 films, including features, shorts, documentary were shown.

This was Perry’s first experience at SDAFF. He was invited to interview filmmakers and festival executive director Lee Ann Kim, attend the gala dinner and was interviewed on the red carpet for the first time! Perry made many friends with filmmakers and audience alike. The photos above showed some of the activities and festivities at the festival.

Perry reviewed multiple award-winner feature “Children of Invention” and “My Beijing Birthday,” on We Chinese, KUSI San Diego, and enjoyed meeting both directors Tze Chun and Howie Snyder. He also met director Laura Bari who directed “Antoine” about a blind boy which he enjoyed. Other movies Perry loved include Korean family comedy “Scandal Makers” and documentary film “Between the Folds” about origami artists around the world.

————-

Perry Chen is a 9-year-old columnist, movie critic, and radio talk show host of “Perry Previews the Movies” on www.wsRadio.com . His movie reviews have been published on “We Chinese,” “La Jolla Light,” “Del Mar Times,” “Carmel Valley Leader,” “Solana Beach Sun,” “Rancho Santa Fe Record,” “Del Mar Village Voice,” “Carmel Valley News,” and “Santa Fe Review.” He has been featured on CBS Evening News, Fox, KUSI TV, San Diego Union Tribune, San Diego Magazine, San Diego Family Magazine, San Diego News Network, The China Press, World Journal, etc. He is in fourth grade at the Torrey Hills Elementary School in San Diego.

Perry has also been invited to attend, speak, and review movies at various film festivals and events, including the Disney D23 Expo, the San Diego International Children’s Festival, the San Diego Film Festival, and the San Diego Asian Film Festival.

Perry’s reviews are available on his website: www.perryspreviews.com. Listen to his radio show on www.wsRadio.com/perry