One Big Hapa Family

One Big Hapa Family
Directed by	Jeff Chiba Stearns
Produced by	Ruth Vincent
Written by	Jeff Chiba Stearns
Music by	Genevieve Vincent
Cinematography	Jason Woodford, Jeff Chiba Stearns
Editing by	Jeff Chiba Stearns
Studio	Meditating Bunny Studio
Release date(s)	2010 (2010)
Running time	85 minutes
Country	Canada
Language	English

One Big Hapa Family (2010) is an animated/live-action feature-length documentary directed by Canadian director Jeff Chiba Stearns. The documentary explores aspects that influence most Japanese-Canadians to marry inter-racially and how the mixed Japanese generation perceives its multiracial identity.^[1]

1 Awards and nominations
- 1.1 Awards
- 1.2 Nominations
2 References
3 External links

Awards and nominations

Awards

2010 NFB Best Canadian Film and Video Award: Toronto Reel Asian International Film Festival^[2]
2010 Closing Night Film: Vancouver Asian Film Festival^[3]
2011 Opening Night Film: DisOrient Asian American Film Festival of Oregon^[4]
2011 Best Documentary Award: Trail Dance Film Festival^[5]
2011 Opening Night Film: AmérAsia International Film Festival^[6]
2011 Closing Film: Mixed Roots Film and Literary Festival^[7]
2011 Rising Star Award – Documentary Competition: Canada Film Festival^[8]
2011 Edith Lando Peace Prize: Reel 2 Real International Film Festival for Youth^[9]
2011 Special Jury Award, Documentary: Outstanding Cinematography: Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival
2011 Special Jury Award, Documentary: Outstanding Editing: Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival^[10]
2011 Best Film Featuring a Person with a Mixed Background: Mixed Roots Film and Literary Festival 2011
2011 Best Historically Accurate Depiction of the Mixed Experience: Mixed Roots Film and Literary Festival 2011^[11]

Nominations

2011 Nominated for Best Multicultural: Yorkton Film Festival
2011 Nominated for Best Short Documentary Program: Leo Awards 2011
2011 Nominated for Best Screenwriting in a Documentary Program or Series: Leo Awards 2011
2011 Nominated for Best Picture Editing in a Documentary Program or Series: Leo Awards 2011
2011 Nominated for Best Musical Score in a Documentary Program or Series: Leo Awards 2011^[12]

References

^ One Big Hapa Family (2010). IMDb.
^ "2010 Festival Award Winners". http://www.reelasian.com/index.php/k2/item/158-2010-festival-award-winners. Retrieved 2011-11-22.
^ "Closing Night: One Big Hapa Family". http://www.vaff.org/fest10/closing-night-one-big-hapa-family. Retrieved 2011-11-22.
^ "DisOrient Film Festival Press Release". http://disorientfilm.wordpress.com/208-2/. Retrieved 2011-11-28.
^ "AmérAsia Film Festival Press Release". http://www.amerasiafestival.com/press/pressrelease_amerasia_en.pdf. Retrieved 2011-11-23.
^ "AmérAsia Film Festival". Mi-Jeong Lee. http://www.amerasiafestival.com/. Retrieved 2011-11-23.
^ Carolyn Kellogg (June 6, 2011). "This weekend: The Mixed Roots Film & Literary Festival". Los Angeles Times. http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/jacketcopy/2011/06/this-weekend-the-mixed-roots-film-and-literary-festival.html. Retrieved 2011-11-23.
^ "2011 Rising Star Award Winners". http://www.canadafilmfestival.com/(X(1)S(ao34r4ufjnufz53yzi25tr55))/Default.aspx?TabId=430&AspxAutoDetectCookieSupport=1. Retrieved 2011-11-23.
^ "Jeff Chiba Stearns Wins the Edith Lando Peace Prize at the Reel to Reel Film Fest". http://www.ecuad.ca/about/news/125763. Retrieved 2011-11-28.
^ "Film Festival 2011 Announces Award Winners". http://asianfilmfestla.org/2011/film-festival-2011-announces-award-winners/. Retrieved 2011-11-28.
^ "See the ‘Best Of’ choices here!". http://www.mxroots.org/award-nominations. Retrieved 2011-11-28.
^ "2011 Nominees by Name". http://www.goldensheafawards.com/default.aspx?page=207&a=n. Retrieved 2011-11-28.

External links

One Big Hapa Family at the Internet Movie Database