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 December 2005*Socheata surprised her family in Texas for Christmas. We got great footage. *Dr. Leakhena Nou at California State University, Long Beach Dept. of Sociology and the CSULB Cambodian Student Association are sponsoring and organizing the reunion in Long Beach for January 28th. November 2005
*Socheata spoke on the panel for Pan Asian Repertory ( http://www.panasianrep.org )
*Socheata filmed her family in Texas. oThank you to Leslie Bumgarner for volunteer camera work. *Chef Keith Tomas from More Please Catering wowed us at our first Chef Night (http://www.morepleasecatering.com ). Photos are on the website. oKendra Collins provided her midtown apartment. oCorvo provided wine for the evening. ( http://www.vinicorvo.it ) *Socheata was interviewed with Director Tisa Chang on the Joey Reynolds national radio show.  October 2005 *Socheata & Hoa spoke with the Federal Office of Refugee Resettlement and SEARAC in Washington D.C. *Socheata & Tisa Chang interviewed on the Joey Reynolds national radio show. *Hoa Duong arranged for a dinner party and talk in Washington D.C. Pics are on the website. *We spent a long day with an internationally musician whom Socheata looks forward to working with. *Jacob has been burning through digitizing *Andrew at SpinnMedia has been cloning our media *New Pictures are posted. Wish List:  *Bonus miles. We can provide the tax deduction for the value of plane tickets. *Include New Year Baby and the link on your website and blog. *Introduce NYB to your friends. Thank you for keeping us going. -Charles Vogl Producer/Writer September 2005
 *We spent an afternoon with Paul & Sandra Fierlinger who look forward to animating for New Year Baby. oTheir film Still Life with Animated Dogs is PBS's best selling video of all time. oThey are Peabody recipients and Academy Award Nominated animators and filmmakers *Socheata & Charles spoke to the NYC Asian American Film Lab . *Charles spoke with Women Make Movies filmmakers selected for IFP/ New York . *Gil Talmi spent an evening with us. oHe is an Emmy Nominated composer interested in creating more powerful music for the trailer. *Our first Dinner with Strangers & Filmmakerswas a total success and a lot of fun! oKenway Louie, Hiroko Miyamura and Angela Gee made it great. Photos are up. oYou can sign up or volunteer for a dinner one at http://www.newyearbaby.net  *Jacob Okada is our new Assistant Editor. oHe is a Warner Brothers Pictures Production Award recipient and his documentary Curtis was a 2004 Sundance festival selection. -Charles Vogl Producer/Writer August 2005
Newly Awarded: *ITVS Open Call Funding Award - Funding Provided by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. oConsidered among the most prestigious funding for independent film: 400 applicants - 7 funded projects oThis year 5 ITVS projects are Emmy nominated. oIncludes 4 year licensing agreement and funds toward a 1 hour PBS broadcast piece. oRecent recipients include Sundance Festival Jury Prize Winners "Brother to Brother" and "Farmingville". oSocheata & Jason spent a week in San Francisco with ITVS preparing for the coming year. (http://www.ITVS.org) *NYSCA funding award $20,000 - New York State Council on the Arts (http://www.NYSCA.org) Other August News:  *Now that we have a 4 year PBS license agreement, we've increased our goal to move & inspire 10 million people! *The Debauve & Gallais Chocolate Tasting was as much fun as adults are allowed to have. *Our NYC Rooftop Smoothie Summer Party with Sambazon, Papagayo Rum & Zico was a smashing success (again). Over 100 participated. Acknowledgement goes to Brian, Judy, Kelly, Amy & Kevin for their commitment. Support: *Can we support you or your organization? Broken English is interested in combining resources to host at least one event a month. We look to build community, forward our mission and support others with lofty goals. Partners to date include Zico, Sambazon, Papagayo Rum, Debauve & Gallais Chocolate, Potluck Stories & Tiger Beer. -Charles Vogl Producer/Writer July 2005  Introducing LOVE, JOY & PARDON. "I realize when I was interviewing the Khmer Rouge, I was waiting for them to ask me for forgiveness. They never did. Now I know forgiveness is a gift. I need to offer it whether I think they deserve it or not. As a result we have a powerful new element to our project." -Socheata Poeuv More than 1 & 1/2 years ago Socheata and I sat in prayer before she left for Cambodia for the first  time. We did not know then where this project would go if anywhere. The theme of NYB came to me clearly. We would make a film on Love, Joy & Pardon. When the story of her parents' survival and life reclaimed in America were uncovered, the love and joy was obvious. We have been looking and waiting for the pardon. Now we think we found it.The mission of New Year Baby is to touch, move & inspire 3 million people with a story of Love, Joy & Pardon. How and when we succeed is a matter of time and commitment. This project is so much bigger than one film, one broadcast or one story. No one can do it alone. Here are our recent efforts.: *Socheata is writing an article for the Open Society Justice Institute's Magazine, a George Soros foundation. *We are still negotiating the licensing agreement with NAATA. * Soch and Charles met with animator/graphics designer/illustrator Andy Gonsalves. You can check out his work at AndyGonsalves.com . He's very talented . * Our first donor hosted dinner party was on June 25 at Dana Lynn's Upper East Side apartment. * Our next donor hosted dinner party is on July 30th at Jonathan Hogg's midtown apartment. * Our sponsor Sunshine Realty is providing terrific office space @ Astor & Lafayette. -Charles Vogl Producer/Writer
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