Yen Tan Articles

Alessandro Calza, Adam Neal Smith in Ciao CIAO: Q&A with Yen Tan – Part I The Ciao screenplay is credited to both yourself and Alessandro Calza. How did you guys collaborate on the various drafts — with you in the US and Calza in Italy? Did he focus on the Italian character, or …? The initial draft of Ciao, which is a lot different from [...]

Adam Neal Smith, Alessandro Calza in Ciao Yen Tan's Ciao, an intimate, deliberately paced drama about two strangers who develop a close bond following the unexpected death of a mutual friend, has been garnering praise at various film festivals, winning the jury prize at the Philadelphia Gay & Lesbian Film Festival, the audience award at Montreal's Image + Nation, and an Honorable Mention at AFI [...]