Official Lineup for the Philadelphia Asian American Film Festival Presented by HBO
August 27, 2009
Philadelphia Asian American Film & Filmmakers is very pleased to announce that Comcast has come on board as a Premier Sponsor and HBO is returning as the Presenting Sponsor for the 2009 Philadelphia Asian American Film Festival, which runs October 9-11, 2009 at the Ibrahim Theater at the International House and the Asian Arts Initiative.
Congratulations to all of our filmmakers!
NARRATIVE FEATURES
Opening Night Film – Children of Invention Tze Chun & Mynette Louie
Centerpiece Presentation – Formosa Betrayed Adam Kane & Will Tiao
Closing Night Film – Story of Wine Cheol-ha Lee & Cha Seung-jae
Karma Calling Sarba Das & Sarthak Das
Second Moon Masahiro Sugano & Sanghoon Lee
Why Am I Doing This? Tom Huang & N.D. Brown
DOCUMENTARIES
Operation Babylift Tammy Nguyen Lee
A Song For Ourselves Tadashi Nakamura
Sounds of New Hope Eric Tandoc
A Village Called Versailles S. Leo Chiang
Whatever It Takes Christopher Wong
SHORT FILMS
Blood Colony Jacob Holcomb
Boba and Melon Gum Alice Park
Cotabato City Karen Lin
Evolution Kenji Lui
Fine Threads Adele Pham & Desi Girls on the Rise
Fortune Cooking Jason Karman
Foxes Rob Schwartz
Half Kenneth Ken Ochiai
The Humberville Poetry Slam Emily Chang
I Don’t Sleep I Dream J.P. Chan
Imprint Van Blumreich
In Search of Colors Will Kim
Interpretation Lin Oeding
Let Old Ghosts Rest Gregory Cooke
The Letter Kris Mendoza
Lui Lui in Amelica Vera Wing Lui
Manoj Zia Mohajerjasbi & Hari Kondabolu
Memory Block Hari Alluri
Motoo Adele Pham & Bao Nguyen
Mr. Cupcakes Angela Chen
Pho Dac Biet Christina Tran
Plan B Kaidy Kuna
Seen/Unseen Sara Suleman
Subconscious Jason Chen
Survivors Soham Mehta
Tatang Jean “Nico” Paolo
The Veiled Commodity Vinh Dickson
Wake Up Dawen Wang
PAAFF Trailer Contest
August 1, 2009
The Philadelphia Asian American Film Festival is now accepting newly shot, original 30 second videos promoting the upcoming film festival running October 9-11, 2009.
Submission period ends Sept 13, 2009.
For more details click here.
PAAFF Benefit Dinner – Thurs. July 23rd, 6-8:30pm
July 6, 2009
Join us for an evening of food and fun to support the Philadelphia Asian American Film Festival! Featuring a delicious 8-course Chinese dinner, silent auction and door prizes including All Access film passes and prizes provided by HBO.
Ocean City Restaurant
234-236 N. 9th Street (9th St. between Race & Vine)
Chinatown, Philadelphia
Map
$50/Individual seats
$80/Parties of 2
$40/Member of partner organizations (AAI, APABA PA, ICON, OCA, NAAAP, etc.)
$30/Student (w/current ID)
TICKETS MUST BE PURCHASED BY MON. JULY 20TH:
http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/70133
(Please note meals are NOT tax-deductible)
Call For Entries Deadline Extended to June 30th
June 7, 2009
Due to overwhelming demand, we’ve extended our call for entries final postmark deadline to Tuesday, June 30th. Submissions are open to Asians and non-Asians filmmakers producing content by and/or about Asian Americans.
Click here for more details on submitting.
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THE ASIAN AMERICAN FILM LAB PRESENTS
THE 6TH ANNUAL 72 HOUR FILM SHOOTOUT
JUNE 26-29, 2009
New York, NY – The Asian American Film Lab (AAFilmLab), in association with Asian CineVision, is pleased to announce the Sixth Annual 72 Hour Film Shootout (“Shootout”) taking place this year from June 26-29, 2009. The Shootout is a nationwide competition where filmmaking teams have 72 hours to complete short films up to five minutes in length. Teams are given a common theme at the start of the competition to use creatively as they see fit. Teams compete for cash and prizes and the chance to have their films screened at film festivals.
For more info, visit: 72hourfilmshootout.com
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Santa Mesa, the winner for Best Feature Film from our 2008 Film Festival, is now available on dvd. For more info, click here.
3rd Annual Asian Pacific American Heritage Month Celebration
May 26, 2009
Join PAAFF at the APA Heritage Festival on Sat. May 30th 11am-5pm, details are below.
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