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Far East Deep South Wins Telly Award

Far East Deep South Wins Telly Award

The prestigious Annual Telly Awards, honors video and television across all screens and we’re excited to announce our film, Far East Deep South, won an award in the Television: History category. Congratulations to our whole FEDS team for this big win! Far East Deep South aired on TV on season 9 of “America… Read more

Larissa Lam Wins Mary Pickford Award for Outstanding Achievement in Filmmaking

Larissa Lam Wins Mary Pickford Award for Outstanding Achievement in Filmmaking

Our co-founder, Larissa Lam, won the prestigious Mary Pickford Award for Outstanding Achievement in Filmmaking at the 2021 Coronado Island Film Festival. Named for the industry pioneer who was an actress, producer and co-founder of United Artists studio, the award is given to a female filmmaker in recognition of excellent… Read more

Far East Deep South Broadcast Premieres May 4th on World Channel’s “America ReFramed”

Far East Deep South Broadcast Premieres May 4th on World Channel’s “America ReFramed”

Directed by Larissa Lam and produced by Baldwin Chiu, Far East Deep South premieres on the WORLD Channel (PBS) documentary series America ReFramed on Tuesday, May 4, 2021, 8:00 p.m. ET (check local listings). It will also be available to stream on WORLDchannel.org, PBS.org and the PBS Video app beginning at time of broadcast on May 4 and… Read more

Far East Deep South Launches Educational Distribution with New Day Films

Far East Deep South Launches Educational Distribution with New Day Films

We are delighted to announce that our film, Far East Deep South, has joined the roster of esteemed documentaries of New Day Films. With this new distribution deal, the film will be made available for licensing to the educational market on New Day Films’ proprietary streaming platform on NewDay.com and… Read more

FAR EAST DEEP SOUTH WINS AT OXFORD FILM FESTIVAL

FAR EAST DEEP SOUTH WINS AT OXFORD FILM FESTIVAL

Our 76-minute feature documentary, Far East Deep South, won one of the major awards at the Oxford Film Festival. The festival moved online this year but jury awards were still handed out and Far East Deep South took the prize for Best Mississippi Feature. The film was also the most… Read more

WATCH COVID-19 PSAs

WATCH COVID-19 PSAs

The global shutdown caused by COVID-19 has impacted so many people. Life is not the same as it was. Our creative team of Larissa Lam and Baldwin “Only Won” Chiu are making a series of PSAs to address different issues that have arisen as a result of this coronavirus crisis…. Read more

Far East Deep South World Premiere at Cinequest

Far East Deep South World Premiere at Cinequest

Larissa Lam and Baldwin Chiu, will debut their 76-minute documentary Far East Deep South about Chinese families in the Mississippi Delta at the 30th Annual Cinequest Film and Creativity Festival. Cinequest runs March 3-15, 2020 and was previously named #1 film festival by USA Today. Named one of the “top… Read more