It is exciting because anytime you get to do what you love, you pour a lot of energy and time into preparing for these production days and it is incredible to see something come to life. As a producer, you see months or even years of hard work come together in the form of people, locations, money, and resources. As a director, you see your vision, the look and feel of a story come to life. The possibilities and direction of creativity are endless. For non-filmmakers, the feeling can be best equated to how you feel at the beginning of a New Year. It is hard to predict just exactly how the New Year will go, but the possibilities are endless.

Christine ChenJanuary 25, 2018

Confessions of an Entrepreneur - The Emotional Grind

Being an entrepreneur, though extremely rewarding, is not for everyone. It is emotionally taxing and consistently challenging. Having been an entrepreneur since I was in high school I can tell you, starting earlier in your career definitely helps a lot. Your world is less bombarded with the usual priorities and social expectations of fulfilling some unspoken checklist of life milestones by a certain “proper” time. Once you hit your 30s, the world seems to try at every opportunity to test your resilience.

EntrepreneurshipChristine ChenJanuary 7, 2018female, entreprenuer, small business, women, girl boss, emotional grind, filmmakerComment

Day Before Thanksgiving

I am sitting at the Austin airport as I write this, about to leave for Colorado to visit my brother in Denver for Thanksgiving. While I am waiting, I’m busily trying to write posts and generate buzz about our Academy qualified film, My Heart – Ya Albi. Academy qualified. It doesn’t seem real. I remember a few years ago watching the Academy nominated films in the movie theater and thinking that my filmmaking was still a long way from the caliber of those films. Yet, here I am in the airport in 2017, only a few years later, trying to promote our film that could potentially be nominated for an Oscar. It is quite surreal.