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Anderson Le

Artistic Director
Hawaii International Film Festival

Anderson Le diligently works in the global promotion of independent and world cinema as Artistic Director of the Hawaii International Film Festival (HIFF). In addition to his duties at HIFF, Le also serves as a program consultant for several film festivals including the Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival and the Far East Film Festival in Udine, Italy, Singapore International Film Festival and Reel Asian in Toronto. Le previously worked as the international programmer for Comcast, working in providing monthly content for Xfinity on Demand with a focus on Asian and Asian American content. In 2012, Le co-founded You Offend Me You Offend My Family, the digit content offshoot of Perfect Storm Entertainment, FAST & FURIOUS director Justin Lin's production company. In 2019, he co-founded EAST, a transpacific production company producing global content. Their latest project MAIKA (2022) was an official selection of Sundance 2022. Le is currently producing THE OTHERED, a Vietnam-based folk horror project based on TAM & CAM, the Vietnamese ‘Cinderella’ story that won a prize at Bucheon Fantastic Festival Project Market and will go into production on early 2023.

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