Well, this is awesome: Long Distance has been featured on the front page of Apple Podcasts under the “New & Noteworthy” section! We’re wedged right between Maria Shriver and good ol’ Dr. Phil. It’s been a lot of work (especially…
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Long Distance Podcast: Episode 4 – 1.5
Episode 4 of Paola Mardo‘s Long Distance podcast is out and it’s about the 1.5 generation: What happens when you’re caught between two worlds — your homeland and your new home country? A 1.5 generation story set in Cerritos, California…
My Very First YouTube Video from 2006
I dug up my old DV camera as well as my 1st YouTube video, a spoof of NBC’s “The More You Know” PSAs – but about Filipinos. Please don’t hold it against me. Here’s the ORIGINAL video upload from 2006…
A Very Special Long Distance Announcement
As you may know, NFS is co-producing Paola Mardo‘s Long Distance podcast. And it was recently announced that Long Distance was named as one of the six shows accepted into the inaugural Google Podcasts creator program. Well, we have another…
Long Distance on Inquirer.net, Fast Company, Adobo Magazine
Long Distance podcast and its involvement in the Google Podcasts creator program with PRX were written up by Inquirer.net, Fast Company, and Adobo Magazine. Bitter Melon even got a shout from Inquirer.net: A Filipino American millennial host, producer and creator…
Bitter Melon Screening in NORWAY!
Bitter Melon is making its European Premiere at the 29th Tromsø International Film Festival in Norway with three screenings. It’s part of the wonderful Horizons program: Horizons features a selection of high quality films in different genres and styles, and…
Long Distance Joins the Google Podcasts creator program
Some awesome news! Long Distance, Paola Mardo‘s podcast about living in the Filipino diaspora, which I’m co-producing, has been chosen as one of the six inaugural podcasts for the Google Podcasts creator program with PRX! From Google Podcasts: The Google…
Bitter Melon Previz Animatic
This is pretty cool. An animatic previsualization of some Bitter Melon scenes H.P. used to garner support for the project. In some cases, the final result is spot-on. From Bitter Melon‘s Facebook page: The BITTER MELON animatic was created by…
San Francisco Film Critics Circle Radio Review of Bitter Melon
Long-time Bay Area film critic Tim Sika from the San Francisco Film Critics Circle gives his review of H.P. Mendoza‘s Bitter Melon on KGO 810. It’s from the premiere screening back in May when the film was the Centerpiece at…
“Wind Chime” Music Video
This is the song from the end of Bitter Melon written by H.P., arranged by Marco D’Ambrosio, and performed by H.P. and Quartet SF. He wasn’t able to obtain another song he’d wanted, so he composed this one instead and…