Co-directed and written by Albert, Welcome to the World heads to Missouri to screen at QFest St. Louis on April 5, 2018, at 9pm, at the .ZACK Theatre in the Grand Center Arts District. The film will be screened in the short film block Queer Shorts 2: Adam. Albert’s award-winning film The Commitiment played at…

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Welcome to the World will have its Ontario premiere at the Reelout Queer Film + Video Festival at noon on February 10, 2018, at The Screening Room in Kingston, Ontario, Canada. The film plays in the session Queerly Canadian Shorts Program, a collection of experimental and traditional narrative and documentaries that explore queer identities across…

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Albert was recently interviewed for Eastside Story, a new series produced by Hoon Productions that talks about how Asian-Americans achieved success in their creative field, with the goal of providing advice for the upcoming generation of Asian-Americans. “I really love to tell stories that matter, that make a difference, that talk about how the human…

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em>UK Film Review published a highly favorable review today of Welcome to the World. Rachel Pullen writes, “Leading man Albert M. Chan… plays an emotionally raw man with a grace and ease that is often only seen within some of the most high end actors”. She adds that the film “packs a huge punch… to…

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Operation Condor reviewer Max White praises Albert’s performance in his self-penned Welcome to the World: “Chan gives a gripping, heartfelt and sincere performance which plunges you into the murky waters of modern humanity and masculinity before you get to glimpse the surface light again.” Referring to the fact that the film is shot in one…

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Determined to complete the second edition of the Queer Kampala International Film Festival after an unlawful police raid, organizers have announced that The Commitment, written and directed by Albert, will now have its Ugandan premiere on December 29, 2017. New venue details will be communicated privately to trusted community members. For security purposes, live updates…

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