Interview with SFIAAFF ’11 Panelist: Gene Yang (Illustrator/Comic Book Writer)
In this interview, illustrator and comic book writer of American Born Chinese, Gene Yang explores the craft of storytelling in the comic book form.
In this interview, illustrator and comic book writer of American Born Chinese, Gene Yang explores the craft of storytelling in the comic book form.
If you turned to the pink pages of Sunday’s SF Chronicle, you’ll find a great cover story on the 29th SF International Asian American Film Festival with CAAM’s very own Festival Director Masashi Niwano.
SFIAAFF is thrilled to present the 3rd annual Verizon Student Delegate Program! Aimed to cultivate and engage the next generation of scholars, filmmakers, artists, and administrators in the field of Asian and Asian American media, these students were selected from a competitive pool of applicants from around the nation.
Need to look up a film in SFIAAFF and forgot your catalog at home? Want to watch a trailer while you are waiting in the rush line? Download our FilmFest SFIAAFF program guide app for all the latest Festival information, available in iTunes App Store now.
It’s time. Oh, yes, it’s time. The restlessness and giddy anticipation usually begins in December for me, and reaches a fever pitch by the time of the Festival Launch party, when the catalogs are delivered into our hot little hands. I spend an afternoon charting out my festival cruise, an afternoon which mixes joy, frustration, accommodation, bargaining and a twinge of disappointment, as I realize that despite my best attempts, I can’t see absolutely everything.
Ann Yu of the Silver Swans discusses the inspiration that grew from checking out a previous SFIAAFF and Directions in Sound showcase.
The independent feature ALMOST PERFECT directed by Bertha Bay-Sa Pan, starring Kelly Hu and Edison Chen, will be having it’s World Premiere at the 29th SF International Asian American Film Festival.
You may have noticed that the Center for Asian American Media has gotten a massive makeover, with a bold new logo, festival campaign, and this year a beautifully sleek, black bound program guide.
Musician Jack Tung talks about the music he will create and play live along side the short films showing at the SUITE SUITE CHINATOWN program.
In this clip, Pahole cuts loose with guests and festival staff at the SFIAAFF Launch Party that happened at 111 Minna Gallery on 2/10.
The much-anticipated follow-up to the pioneering cross-cultural comedy EAST IS EAST, WEST IS WEST is the coming-of-age story not only of a 15-year-old boy, but also his 60-year-old father. Check out the trailer and get your tickets!
In examining the variety of classes offered at institutions around the nation, Tracy finds some valuable information about the trends, both changing and consistent, in Asian American Film education. A list of interesting factoids that will make you scratch your head.