Student Delegate Blog: A Clashing Recap
After a full weekend of programs from morning to night, only one word can describe the experience – Awesome!
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SFIAAFF29 in San Jose
On Friday, SFIAAFF29 packs up and heads down to the South Bay.
SF Closing Night Film: SURROGATE VALENTINE
SURROGATE VALENTINE is the SFIAAFF Closing Night film for San Francisco. Bay Area music stalwart Goh Nakamura plays “Goh,” a low-key indie rocker on tour with a sycophantic Hollywood actor. When he reconnects with a longtime friend (Lynn Chen), he is forced to make some bold decisions about his life. From the director of WHITE ON RICE.
Student Delegate Blog: Wheelchairs and Backwoods and Duct Tape, OH MY!
We watched Ian Gamazon’s after watching the bone-crunching, Vietnamese action film CLASH.
Student Delegate Blog: Cerebral Work!
LIVING IN THE SEDUCED CIRCUMSTANCES – A cerebral work by the auteur filmmaker Ian Gamazon takes the audience into a different cinematic realm. The quirky narrative keeps the audience on the edge.
Student Delegate Blog: Suh-weeeet Suite Chinatown!
Over the course of one’s life, one will encounter numerous Chinatowns—each with its own peculiarities. Be it the historical importance of a long-gone Laundromat or the specific taste of your favorite egg tart, each Chinatown evokes a different series of emotions and memories in each person.
Catch AMIN in San Jose
If you missed the world premiere of AMIN in San Francisco, you can catch a screening of the documentary in San Jose. Director Shahin Parhami will be in attendance.
Memoirs of a Superfan, Vol. 6.4
If I could hear neurons firing, they must sound like the live musical accompaniment by Jack Tung and Arthur Yeung for SUITE SUITE CHINATOWN. Neurons fired, and patches of grey matter lit up: memories, habits, foods, families – a “mind space” of Chinatown, as Supervisor David Chiu put it in the panel discussion afterwards, moderated by CAAM Board Member Dr. Konrad Ng.
Student Delegate Blog: Learning and Unlearning!
The lazy Sunday started with the meet up with the filmmaker of SAIGON ELECTRIC. He gave us insight his approach to story telling and how to work with the actors and non-actors.
Student Delegate Blog: The Passion of the Filmmaker
When filmmakers talk about their “passion project”, they usually mean something that is deeply meaningful or relevant to them.
Student Delegate Blog: Saigon Fresh!
First of all, Chuck Mitsui is a cool dude. The delegates had brunch with him and got to ask the burning questions we had about his film, One Kine Day
Watch The “Issues” Issue Panel
Watch The “Issues” Issue: Decoding Race and the American Immigrant Experience in Comic Books panel.