Academy Award Winner DEPARTURES Bay Area release tonight
Yojiro Takita’s Academy Award winning film DEPARTURES opens May 29 in Bay Area theatres.
May, 2009
SDAFF 2009 Call For Entries
The San Diego Asian Film Foundation would like to announce the Final Deadline for their 2009 Call For Entries. Their 10th Annual Asian Film Festival will be their biggest and best yet, held this year October 15-29.
BIG MAN JAPAN screening in the Bay Area
BIG MAN JAPAN, featured at the SFIAAFF 2009 Festival Forum, will screen for one week in the Bay Area starting May 29th.
“HOLLYWOOD CHINESE” Available Exclusively on Comcast On-Demand May 28, 2009
“Hollywood Chinese” by celebrated filmmaker Arthur Dong, is a captivating revelation on a little-known chapter of cinema: the Chinese in American feature films. From the first Chinese American film produced in 1916, to Ang Lee’s
triumphant Brokeback Mountain nine decades later, Hollywood Chinese brings together a fascinating portrait of actors, directors, writers, and iconic images to show how the Chinese have been imagined in movies, and
Award Winning Media Fund Films
Several films we’ve funded have received acceptance into some wonderful film festivals and a record number have also gone on to win awards. BOLINAO 52 won two Northern California Emmy awards Outstanding Achievement in Documentary and Outstanding Music Composition.
CAAM Member Screening – THE MOSQUE IN MORGANTOWN
Crowned Best Documentary at the 27th San Francisco International Asian American Film Festival, THE MOSQUE IN MORGANTOWN will be screening at the Ninth Street Independent Film Center on Thursday May 21st.
How to Access CAAM APA Heritage Month Programming on Comcast On Demand
To access the APA Heritage Month programming, you must be a Comcast customer. All the programs are in Top Picks, then go to Asian Entertainment. Then the programs are in the following files:
CAAM Releases APA Heritage Month Programming Exclusively Through Comcast On Demand
Beginning May 1, 2009, for the first time ever, the Center for Asian American Media (CAAM) will present over 10 hours of Asian American programming exclusively through Comcast On Demand in recognition of Asian Pacific American Heritage Month.
SFIAAFF ’09 Closing Film TREELESS MOUNTAIN opens in the Bay Area!
SFIAAFF 09 Closing Film TREELESS MOUNTAIN will open at the San Francisco Landmark Theater, Berkeley Rialto Elmwood and San Jose Camera 3 May 15!
SFIAAFF WRAPS UP 27TH YEAR
The San Francisco International Asian American Film Festival (March 12 – 22, 2009), presented by the Center for Asian American Media, wrapped with an estimated attendance of over 25,000, including over 200 filmmakers, actors and industry guests.
SFIAAFF AWARD WINNERS ANNOUNCED!
The Festival is pleased to announce the winners of its two juried competitions for Best Narrative Feature and Best Documentary Feature, and the winners of its Comcast Audience Award.