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2022 Emerging Artists Showcase

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Sino Ako
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​Sunday, March 6th, 2022
Denver Sie FilmCenter

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​​A second year Filipina coding student struggles between her family's desires for her to become a nurse while discussing the future with her Filipina academic advisor, and ultimately makes a pivotal choice for her career.

About the Cast & Crew
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Director - Myles Aquino
Myles is a third year Cinema Production and Creative Technology and Design Engineering student at the University of Colorado Boulder. He's a videographer, a film projectionist for Colorado Festival Productions, and teaches a class at the University for the CTD Program. He is the recipient of two Virgil Grillo Outstanding
Achievement in Filmmaking Award from the Department of Cinema Studies at CU Boulder, and has had several works admitted into several film festivals throughout Colorado.

Contact Information
Instagram: @maqu3
Website: mylesaquino.myportfolio.com


Key Cast - Izzy Hennage

Izzy Hennage is a student majoring in Computer Science and minoring in Philosophy at the University of Colorado Boulder. Her mother is from Sabang, and small and rural village in the Philippines. She is half Filipino and half white, and has found unique experiences in her biracial upbringing. Izzy strives to use the skills she has gained at CU Boulder to help create an equitable educational community for less privileged children who do not have access to basic technology.

Contact Information
Instagram: @izzyhennage


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Key Cast - Jennie Javier
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Jennie Javier is a Filipino American actress located in Denver, Colorado. Jennie has done a couple films and plays over the years and continues to do so today. Jennie studied at Coastal Carolina University where she found her love for acting. Jennie
grew up as a military brat and uses her experiences to bring authenticity to her craft.

Contact Information
Instagram: @jenfacee
Website: www.natalielynntalent.com/profile/jennie-javier/

Cast & Crew
DIRECTOR: Myles Aquino 
PRODUCERS: Stella McCain, Misha Kuetemeier, 
CAST: IZZY- Izzy Hennage, JENNIE- Jennie Javier, MOTHER- Raquel Vigo-Aquino
1ST ASSISTANT DIRECTOR / SCRIPT SUPERVISOR: Misha Kuetemeier
2ND ASSISTANT DIRECTOR / COVID SAFETY OFFICER: Audrey Faue, Abby Mortinsen
DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY: Myles Aquino
1ST ASSISTANT CAMERA: Stella McCain
2ND ASSISTANT CAMERA: Peyton Doyle
GAFFERS: Grace Harrison, Rob Ruiz
KEY GRIP: Austin Reed
SOUND RECORDISTS: Robert Coller, Alex Britti
SOUND ENGINEER: Ayla M. Charness
FOLEY ARTIST: Frico Ahrendts
COMPOSERS: Ayla M. Charness
LEAD PRODUCTION DESIGNER: Addi Blocher
PROPS DEPARTMENT: 
Calista Nguyen, Kiley Beckwith
ART DEPARTMENT: Lucy Bowling
COSTUME & MAKE-UP DEPARTMENT: Abby Mortinsen
POSTER DESIGN: Myles Aquino
EDITOR: Myles Aquino
COLORIST: Rob Ruiz
PRODUCTION ASSISTANTS: Rishabh Sharma, Joe Dombrowski, Lucy Bowling
SET PHOTOGRAPHERS: Rishabh Sharma, Joe Dombrowski, Lucy Bowling
CRAFT SERVICES: Rishabh Sharma, Joe Dombrowski, Lucy Bowling

SPECIAL THANKS: Frank Aquino, Raquel Aquino, Rachel Aquino, Remidos Vigo, Rolando Vigo, Zhuolin Hong, Andy Busti, Emily Van Loan, Beau Walters, Geoff Marslett, Laura Conway, Chris Osborn, My Friends in CINE 3400-802

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  • Home
  • Sponsors / Donors
  • 2022 Raffle
  • 2022 Program
    • 2022 Community Conversations >
      • 3/5 - CAPU
      • 3/6 - AGI
    • 2022 Short Films Showcase >
      • #AsianAmResilience Microdocs
      • good enough
      • In Wake of the Crashing Dawn
      • Projections
      • Charlie
      • Desert Lotus
      • Ara, Untamed
      • My Name is not Amy
    • 2022 Emerging Artists Showcase >
      • Sino Ako
      • All Mine
      • Winter Glass Glare
      • Core
      • Maa
      • Heart Sutra
  • About / Contact
  • Previous Programs
    • 2021 Program >
      • 2021 Short Film Showcase >
        • #AsianAMCovidStories
        • Duo Pandemia
        • Mastery I & II
        • Ib Tsug 13 Hnub
        • Ntuj Tsim Txom
        • Mechamorphosis
        • The 3 Day Nun
        • The Loyal Betrayal
        • Voices
      • 2021 Emerging Artists Showcase >
        • Check Box: Other
        • I Put the Bi in Bitter >
          • I Put the Bi in Bitter S2
          • I Put the Bi in Bitter S1
        • Safe
        • In the Spotlight
    • 2020 Program >
      • Digital Program Book
      • 2020 Creative Conversations >
        • 2/21 - Best Tasting Wild Foods of Colorado​
        • 2/22 - Health & Mental Health
        • 2/22 - Mushroom Foraging 101
      • 2020 Asian American Documentaries >
        • Palliative
        • Love Boat: Taiwan
      • 2020 Colorado Showcase >
        • The Rock Within
        • Ma
        • For Tashi
        • people (of water)
        • Not Pictured
        • I Put the Bi in Bitter
      • Ang Larawan (The Portrait)
      • Asian American Artist Showcase
    • 2019 Program >
      • 2019 Film Shorts >
        • Runner
        • Tears of the Sky
        • I Put the Bi in Bitter
        • My Escape
      • 2019 CU Denver Showcase >
        • Three Worlds One Stage
        • Virtual Mandala
      • 2019 Festival Talkbacks >
        • Creative Leadership Talkback
        • CU Filmmaker Q&A
        • Film Industry Talkback
    • 2018 Program
    • 2017 Program >
      • Taipei Story
      • The Last Princess
      • Mid-Length Films Block
      • Ten Years
      • What's in the Darkness
      • Millennium Actress
      • The Future Perfect
      • Youth of the Beast
      • Being Good
      • Heart Attack
      • Bloody Dairy
      • Bruce Takes Dragon Town
      • Cowboy and Indian
      • Dancing Through Life: The Dorothy Toy Story
      • Ho Chi Minh Kim Chi
      • Mango Sticky Rice
      • Night-Fly
      • Sumo Road - The Musical
      • Threads - The Art and Life of Surayia Rahman
      • Twenty Years
    • 2016 Program >
      • Wolf Children
      • Uzumasa Limelight
      • Changing Season
      • Plastic Paradise: The Great Pacific Garbage Patch
      • Awesome Asian Bad Guys
      • Off the Menu: Asian America
      • Winning Girl