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.
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.
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.
When filmmakers talk about their “passion project”, they usually mean something that is deeply meaningful or relevant to them.
Watch The “Issues” Issue: Decoding Race and the American Immigrant Experience in Comic Books panel.
The first full day of life as a student delegate consisted of very cinematically and contextually rich works including the stark Dooman River and numerous short films from the collection Life, Interrupted.
We managed to visit the tropical beaches of Hawaii, the desolate ice wastelands of China, and also discuss the future of Vietnamese cinema with Vietnam’s own “Bradalinga”—Ngo Tranh and Johnny Tri Nguyen—which shows the incredible diversity of Asian and Asian-American films in the 29th annual San Francisco International Asian American Film Festival.
THE TAQWACORES is playing at the 29th SF International Asian American Film Festival. Check out the trailer. Director Eyad Zahra will be in attendance.
The light goes dim, the music takes over and the images start to flicker on the screen. The audience gets immersed in the stories. Giggle, silence, disturbed, mixed emotions spread the auditorium.
CAAM worked with director Tanuj Chopra to create this short piece that humorously highlights this year’s festival’s focus on South Asian films and filmmakers.
The ten-day SFIAAFF kicked off last night with the opening movie WEST IS WEST followed by the Opening Night Gala at the Asian American Art Museum.
If you have an Android phone you can now download the FilmFest SFIAAFF app. Keep in the know while you’re on the go at the festival.