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Silent Awarded Best Director & Best of Festival at CMFF
Years of Hard Work Being Realized! We’re thrilled to share that Silent War: Asian American Reckonings with Mental Health has received two top honors at the 2025 Columbia Maryland Film Festival: Best Director and Best of Festival! Congratulations to Director Changfu Chang for this remarkable recognition, producer Lily Chen, 1st AD A.C. Brooke and everyone else involved in bringing this powerful story to…
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Director Changfu Chang Interviewed by Severna Park Voice
Severna Park Filmmaker Makes Documentary About Asian Severna Park Voice | Article by Alyson Kay Filmmaker Changfu Chang’s new documentary, Silent War: Asian American Reckonings with Mental Health, follows Asian American families as they grapple with cultural and language barriers and stigmas surrounding mental health to help themselves and their communities on the path to…
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Silent War Team Captures One Last Scene During Conference Trip
And That’s A Wrap! Before we share about how AMAZING the world premiere of Silent War was this past weekend, we thought we’d share some behind the scenes pics from Monday! Director Changfu Chang, Producer & WAVES Executive Director, Lily Chen, and Assistant Director, A.C. Brooke, gathered one last time to get a final shot for the…
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See Silent War at the Columbia Maryland Film Festival!
Everything You Need to Know About This Early Screening Are you going to be near Columbia, Maryland on Tuesday, September 9th? Then you should visit the Maryland Innovation Center and get a ticket to an early screening of Silent War! Last month, we were notified that our documentary was selected to be in the Columbia…
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A Special Celebration Beyond the Screen
Director Changfu Chang Celebrates Silent War Interviewee, Gurbinder’s wedding Last week was extra special for the Silent War team: Director Changfu Chang was invited to the wedding of one of the film’s main interviewees, Gurbinder. It was a touching reminder of the beautiful bonds that come out of documentary filmmaking. When we think of who…
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Silent War Selected for Silicon Valley Asian Pacific FilmFest
Still Batting 1,000! Your well wishes worked! Just yesterday, we were notified that Silent War: Asian American Reckonings with Mental Health was selected to be included in the Silicon Valley Asian Pacific FilmFest! This was an extra pleasant surprise as we weren’t anticipating to hear back on the status of this submission until the end…
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Silent War Accepted Selected for the Columbia Maryland Film Festival
A Strong Start to the Film Festival Circuit Kicking off the wee—and the festival circuit—with an amazing start. Silent War: Asian American Reckonings with Mental Health has been selected to be included in the Columbia Maryland Film Festival! This is particularly special as director, Dr. Changfu Chang, resides in the area, as well as one…
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Behind the Scenes of Silent War: A Look Back at 2021
From Set to Screen: Revisiting Sandy’s Interview as Silent War Nears Its Premiere We’re throwing it way back today for #throwbackthursday! This is from September 2021 on the set of Silent War at director Dr. Chang’s house. This was a retapping of Sandy’s interview. Each day, we get closer to festival season and the grand premiere at…
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Film Stills from Silent War
Join Us in North Carolina for the Grand Premiere! Some more film stills from Silent War! We’re exactly a month out from the Columbia Maryland Film Festival, and are awaiting to hear the acceptance status on a few other festivals this month. We’re also about a month and a half out from UCA WAVES upcoming…
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Meet the Team: Jordan Graff
Meet Our Editor, Jordan Graff Get a chance to see the epic trailer to Silent War? Well, that was the work of Jordan Graff! Jordan brings nearly a decade of experience—and a deeply story-driven approach—to his craft. A former student of director Dr. Changfu Chang at Millersville University, Jordan has long believed that #editing is…