northwest asian american theatre presents
northwest asian american film festival january 26-29, 2006 | seattle, wa

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thu jan 26: 

7pm       

sat jan 28: 

1pm  3pm  7pm  10pm

fri jan 27: 

7pm  10pm

sun jan 29: 

11am  1pm  3pm  7pm

SATURDAY SHORTS: NARRATIVES
Sponsored in part by Immedium

A showcase of Asian American short narrative films.

Selected films include the following:

FALLING IN RHYTHM
US, 2004, 18 minutes
> Northwest premiere!
Caught in the monotonous rituals of everyday life, a young couple discovers newfound passion in the rhythm of Latin dance.
WRITER/DIRECTOR: Malcolm Lam
PRODUCER: Andrew van den Houten

5X90: THE WAKE
Canada, 2005, 11 minutes
> Northwest premiere!
> Best Experimental Film, San Diego Asian Film Festival
Five different stories comprise a single ninety-second vignette, each tale illuminating an element of the deceased's life during his wake. A meditation on the Buddhist notion of reincarnation as presented through an interracial family coping with a death in the family.
WRITER/DIRECTOR/PRODUCER: Samuel Kiehoon Lee
PRODUCER: Alyx Park

SUMMER OF THE SERPENT
US, 2004, 27 minutes
> Northwest premiere!
> Grand Jury Prize, Brooklyn International Film Festival
> Best Dramatic Narrative Short, San Diego Asian Film Festival
Eight-year old Juliette sits at the side of the local pool waiting for another lonely summer day to pass when an unexpected pair of Japanese newcomers arrives. Fascinated by the mysterious black-clad woman and her yakuza assistant, Juliette transforms an ordinary day into an imaginative adventure, embarking on a surreal journey of discovery.
WRITER/DIRECTOR/PRODUCER: Kimi Takesue

SEIBUTSU (STILL: LIFE)
US, 2004, 18 minutes
> Northwest premiere!
> National Finalist, Student Academy Awards
> Grand Jury Award, San Diego Asian Film Festival
For Tokio, the day is time to sleep. At night, he works the graveyard shift at a high-speed photomat. One fateful night, a photo gets jammed in the machine, and Tokio falls in love...
WRITER/DIRECTOR: Joe Turner Lin
PRODUCERS: Dennis Lee, Francisco Ordonez

FISHBOWL
US, 2005, 28 minutes
> Northwest premiere!
> Film in Hawai'i Award, Hawaii International Film Festival
> Hawaii Film and Videomaker Award, Hawaii International Film Festival
Hawaii, 1975. It's Halloween and for 13-year-old Lovey Nariyoshi, it's a chance to be someone different. Adapted from three chapters ("Obituary," "A Fishbowl and Some Dimes," and "Blah, Blah, Blah�) from the novel Wild Meat and the Bully Burgers by award-winning Hawaii writer Lois-Ann Yamanaka.
WRITER/DIRECTOR/PRODUCER: Kayo Hatta
PRODUCERS: Linda Barry, Eleanor Nakama-Mitsunaga

Tickets: $9 / $7 (student/senior)


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