CAAM Co-presentation: A VILLAGE CALLED VERSAILLES
The Center for Southeast Asia Studies at UC Berkeley presents a free film screening of A Village Called Versailles.
The Center for Southeast Asia Studies at UC Berkeley presents a free film screening of A Village Called Versailles.
CAAM is thrilled to co-present two programs at the upcoming 54th San Francisco International Film Festival, running April 21-May 5, 2011.
In this next episode of ON THE CLOCK, Kyle Chu, winner of the Mr. Hyphen 2010 pageant stops by the CAAM office to talk about what he’s been up to since winning the title. Everyone in the office is happy that Kyle wears the Mr. Hyphen crown. But there is one CAAM employee who is quite jealous of the attention and fame that the crown brings.
We Are One Island, an evening of honoring, remembrance and hope, featuring Kara Tsuboi, Marina Fukushima, Purple Moon Dance Project, Dirty Boots, and more.
Last Friday, I made the trek from the bay to sunny LA to check out the Transmedia, Hollywood 2: Visual Culture and Design conference at the UCLA film school. This conference brought together an interesting collection of screenwriters, theme park creators, production designers, executive producers and media scholars to discuss Transmedia Storytelling.
MATCHA celebrates Contemporary Chinese Art this April.
This all-day film festival centers on the histories, communities, identities, and imaginaries of Vietnam and the diaspora.
Our good friends over at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts will be screening “under the radar” documentaries from independent filmmakers based in China. When they say “under the radar” they mean stories that depict human rights abuses, stories of chaos and neglect, and of state-sanctioned deception. We have a feeling these works would not be approved by President Hu Jintao.
The 29th San Francisco International Asian American Film Festival Award Winners are now posted on our site. See who won the 2011 Comcast Narrative Competition, the 2011 Documentary Competition, the 2011 Verizon Audience Awards, and the new 2011 Loni Ding Award in Social Issue Documentary.
On behalf of the Center for Asian American Media, thank you for your support of the 29th San Francisco International Asian American Film Festival!
Short films are particularly sakura blossoms. I’m reminiscing now about one of my favorite shorts of SFIAAFF, one that exemplifies the festival’s best artistic aims.
BREAK UP CLUB features mainstream Chinese actor Jaycee Chan and popular TVB actress and singer Fiona Sit in a romantic, bitter sweet comedy.