CALLS FOR ENTRIES
VC FILMFESTThe Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival – early deadline November 14, late deadline December 16 – www.vconline.org PANSINEMA/BINDLESTIFF STUDIOBindlestiff Studio is now accepting submissions for its Filipino-American/Pan-Asian short-form film festival, to be held at Bindle Alley on the weekend…
Northwest Asian Weekly
By Ann-Marie StillionNorthwest Asian Weekly The Northwest Asian American Film Festival (NWAAFF) has for many years been an on-again, off-again event, laments Wes Kim, the 2003 festival’s director. If Kim and his supporters have their way, though, this year could…
CLOSING NIGHT PROGRAM: ROBOT STORIES
Our closing night feature is the award-winning ROBOT STORIES from New York filmmaker Greg Pak. Billed as “science fiction from the heart” and featuring Tamlyn Tomitaand Sab Shimono, ROBOT STORIES is an anthology of four short stories that explore the varied relationships…
LATE-NIGHT SHORTS PROGRAM: LET’S TALK ABOUT SEX
A series of short films exploring Asian American sexuality, culminating in MASTERS OF THE PILLOW, an unprecedented documentary about UC Davis professor Darrell Hamamoto’s attempt to repair the sexual image of Asian American males by producing an Asian American erotic…
SHORTS PROGRAM: DIRECTOR’S CHOICE
Festival director Wes Kim has put together a program of his favorite picks encountered during his festival travels. Just sit back, enjoy, and leave the driving to us! Note: A portion of ticket sales will be donated to the SFSU Don…
NORTHWEST PROGRAM #3: CANADIAN WOMEN SHOWCASE
From Canada come two assured works by women filmmakers: LILY’S CRICKETS tells the story of a successful businesswoman who must leave her urban enclave and return to her family’s small-town bakery following the death of her father, and C.D. HOY:…
THE FEMALE VOICE: SHORTS BY ASIAN AMERICAN WOMEN
Men may dominate mainstream cinema, but in the independent world, women’s voices ring loud and clear. For your enjoyment, a collection of some of the latest treasures from Asian American women filmmakers. Co-presented by SIS Productions. FILMS: UNDER: ELEGY by NaRhee…
NORTHWEST PROGRAM #2: NARRATIVE AND ANIMATED SHORTS
Curiously, all our Northwest narrative filmmakers in this program hail from the United States, while our animators all come from Canada. Coincidence? You be the judge as you proceed on a whirlwind tour of dreamlike memories, martial arts, thwarted love,…
NORTHWEST PROGRAM #1: DOCUMENTARY SHORTS
NOTE: This program repeats at 1pm on Saturday, October 25th. Our first program of works by Northwest artists illustrates the breadth of the documentary genre. Subjects covered include an account of forced busing in Seattle, a Japanese American woman whose high…
Program spotlight: OPENING NIGHT GALA: THE GRACE LEE PROJECT
TEST What’s in a name? Our opening feature THE GRACE LEE PROJECTdocuments the highly entertaining journey of filmmaker Grace Lee as she scours the globe tracking down the many other Grace Lees in the world to find out what makes them (and herself)…
