Almost Perfect is a 2011 drama film written and directed by Bertha Bay-Sa Pan starring Kelly Hu, Ivan Shaw, Edison Chen, Roger Rees, Christina Chang, and Tina Chen. Pan received an HBO Emerging Filmmaker Award at the 2011 Philadelphia Asian American Film Festival for the film.

Almost Perfect
Directed byBertha Bay-Sa Pan
Written byBertha Bay-Sa Pan
Produced byDerrick Tseng
Riva Marker
Bertha Bay-Sa Pan
StarringKelly Hu
Ivan Shaw
Edison Chen
Roger Rees
Christina Chang
Tina Chen
CinematographySam Chase
Edited bySheri Bylander
Music byJeff Martin
Distributed byEleven Arts
Release date
  • March 13, 2011 (2011-03-13) (San Francisco International Asian American Film Festival)[1]
Running time
106 mins.
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Premise

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A 30-something career woman named Vanessa Lee (Kelly Hu) tries to find the balance between her demanding family (Tina Chen and Roger Rees) and her perfect new boyfriend (Ivan Shaw).

Cast

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Reception and release

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The film screened at numerous film festivals including The San Francisco International Asian American Film Festival, The Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival (as Centerpiece Film), Hawaii International Film Festival (as American Immigrant Filmmaker in Profile), Friars Club Comedy Film Festival, and the San Diego Asian Film Festival (as Opening Night Film), Vancouver Asian Film Festival (as Opening Night Film), Boston Asian American Film Festival (as Opening Night Film), Pune International Film Festival, Gwangju International Film Festival, amongst others.[2]

Pan also received the Philadelphia Asian American Film Festival's HBO EMERGING FILMMAKER AWARD. The film had a limited U.S. theatrical release in 2012,[3] garnering positive reviews from Variety, San Francisco Examiner, The Honolulu Pulse, etc.[4]

Awards

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References

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  1. ^ "S.F. International Asian-American Film Fest caps". 6 March 2011.
  2. ^ Tofu, Stinky. "Interview with Bertha Bay-Sa Pan, Director of "Almost Perfect"". Taiwaneseamerican.org. Retrieved 2011-10-15.
  3. ^ "Almost Perfect". IMDB.
  4. ^ "Almost Perfect-Bertha Bay-Sa Pan". richgirlproductions.com. 2012-09-26. Archived from the original on 2014-02-23.
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