Variety Review:
"..This fine first feature is a disarming personal docu that turns into a very moving consideration of historical genocide and individual heroism. Winner of a well-deserved jury prize at the San Francisco Asian-American Film Festival, it merits further exposure..." - Dennis Harvey


IDA Documentary Magazine Review:
"...New Year Baby is a moving personal journey ...deservedly earned the $25,000 Target Filmmaker Award for Best Documentary."


Select Honors:

-Wins the 'Movies That Matter' Human Rights Award, an initiative by Amnesty International (unanimous jury decision)
-Wins BEST DOCUMENTARY at the 25th Annual San Francisco International Asian American Film Festival.
-Wins BEST DOCUMENTARY at the AFI Dallas International Film Festival (unanimous decision)
-Wins the AUDIENCE AWARD at the Los Angeles VC Film Festival.
-Wins the SPECIAL JURY AWARD at the Asian American International Film Festival - NY, NY
-Wins the AUDIENCE AWARD at the Asian American International Film Festival - NY, NY
-Wins the CRYSTAL HEART AWARD by the Heartland Film Festival
-International Documentary Festival Amsterdam (IDFA) - top ten audience favorite of 172 films
-Selected HOT FILM at the Goteborg Film Festival.
-Selected for MassMoca's Working Films Residency
-Opening Film: UNHCR Film
-Opening Film Guth Gafa Film
-Closing Film DC Asian American Film Festival
- ITVS National 30 City Community Screenings Outreach tour
-National PBS's Independent Lens broadcast (Audience Award Finalist)



Festivals:
International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam (World Premiere & WINNER: Movies That Matter Award)
Nov. 22nd to Dec. 2nd / Amsterdam - Holland

Goteborg Film Festival (New Year Baby is marked as a Hot Film)
Jan. 26th to Feb. 5th / Goteborg - Sweden

Sedona Film Festival
Feb. 28th - March 4th / Sedona, AZ - USA

One World International Human Rights Film Festival
Feb. 28th - March 8th / Prague - Czech Republic

Amnesty International Film Festival
March 14th to 18th / Amsterdam - Netherlands

San Francisco International Asian American Film Festival (WINNER: Best Documentary)
March. 15th to Feb. 25th / San Francisco, CA - USA

Thessaloniki Documentary Festival
March 16th to 25th / Thessaloniki - Greece

Docaviv Film Festival
March 15th to 24th / Tel Aviv - Israel

OxDox Film Festival
March 10th to 25th / Oxford & London - England

AFI Dallas International Film Festival (WINNER: Best Documentary)
March 22nd to April 1st / Dallas, TX - USA

Chicago Asian American Showcase
March 31st to April 12th / Chicago, IL - USA

VC Film Festival (WINNER: Audience Award)
May 3rd to May 10th / Los Angeles, CA - USA

Barcelona Asian Film Festival
April 27th to May 6th / Barcelona - Spain

Guth Gafa Documentary Film Festival (OPENING FILM)
May 10th to 13th - Ireland

UNHCR Refugee Film Festival (OPENING FILM)
June 14th to 19th / Phnom Penh - Cambodia

Asian American International Film Festival (WINNER: Audience Award & Special Jury Award)
July 22nd to 25th / New York, NY - USA

Martha's Vineyard Film Festival
August 15th / Martha's Vinyard, MA - USA

DC Asian Pacific American Film Festival (CLOSING FILM)
October 6th / The Smithsonian Institution Freer - Washington, DC - USA

San Diego Asian Film Festival
October 11th - 18th / San Diego, CA - USA

Warsaw International Film Festival
October 12th to 21st / Warsaw - Poland

Middle East International Film Festival
October 14th to 19th / Abu Dahbi - United Arab Emerates

The Heartland Film Festival (WINNER Crystal Heart Award)
October 18th to 26th / Indianapolis, IN - USA

Village Cinema Documentary Series
October 29th - 7pm @ Charles B. Wang Center / Port Jefferson, NY - USA

Amnesty International Film Festival (Spotlight Film)
November 8th -11th / Vancouver - Canada

Seattle Human Rights Film Festival (SHRFF) - OPENING FILM