Welcome to cultivate., with Jessica Taghap – a new podcast exploring different art forms and their creative processes through interviews with some of the most exciting artists working today.
I first met Holly Kaplan during this past summer’s Asian-American International Film Festival (#AAIFF47), and she was kind enough to set some time aside to chat with me about her short film Sunflower Girl, along with the film’s star, Malea Emma Tjandrawidjaja (previously seen in 2021’s After Yang).
In this episode, we talked about the delicate transitional phase of the tween years, the film’s casting process, and the impact of the recent wave of Asian-American and Asian-centered films.
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You can follow Holly on Instagram at @holly.maikin, as well as Malea at @maleaemma. For those in the Boston area, can also catch a screening of Sunflower Girl this Friday at the Boston International Kids Film Festival – more info at bikff.org/schedule.
For further reading, check out my write-up on Sunflower Girl over on Asian CineVision’s publication, CineVue.
cultivate. is produced, presented, and conceived by Jessica Taghap and is a Resident Artist production. Our intro music is by Bohdan Kuzmin, and our outro is by Taffy Rhythm. New episodes available every Friday on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, and Substack. You can follow us on Twitter, Instagram, and YouTube, and get updates on residentartist.substack.com.
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