Pusan International Film Festival
Live Octopus, A Giant Mall, and a Gazillion Movies (well, not exactly). SFIAAFF Program Manager Christine Kwon chronicles her first trip to the “Cannes of Asia, the Pusan International Film Festival.
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Apply for the 2010 BAVC Producers Institute
Applications are now available for the 2010 Producers Institute for New Media Technologies. The Institute is a ten-day residency for eight creative documentary teams with the shared goal of developing and prototyping an interactive, multiplatform project that has social justice and human rights impact.
ITVS International Call 2010
International Call provides production funds for independent producers who are non-U.S. citizens, helping them create documentaries for American television. This production funding initiative is designed to showcase international documentaries with powerful global stories that inform, inspire and connect Americans to the world at large.
Gabe Bondoc at Polenge Lounge Photos online now!
An evening with Gabe Bondoc at Poleng Lounge was fun filled with great music and people! Thank you to everyone who came out to support CAAM. To see the photos from the event go to our Photo Gallery on the CAAM Channel.
FRUIT FLY with H.P. Mendoza – Film Screening and Q&A
Townsend Center for the Humanities will be screening FRUIT FLY at UC Berkeley on Friday November 6. This free screening will conclude with a question-and-answer discussion with director/composer H.P. MENDOZA.
PeliKULa! Pin@y Film Series – All Soul’s Day
The second screening in Kularts PeliKULa! Pin@y Film Series. Honoring All Soul’s Day by exploring the dark corners of the human psyche.
An Evening with Gabe Bondoc
Join CAAM on October 22nd at 9pm for a special fundraiser event at the Poleng Lounge! Youtube star Gabe Bondoc will be performing and available for a meet and greet.
SFFS presents Cinema By the Bay
From October 22 – 25 the San Francisco Film Society’s inaugural Cinema by the Bay festival will celebrate the passion, innovation and diversity of Bay Area filmmaking.
Jake Shimabukuro at the SF Jazz Festival
Hawaiian-born ukulele maestro Jake Shimabukuro will be performing at the SF Jazz Fest on Wednesday October 21 7:30PM at Davies Symphony Hall.
MATCHA: Thai River Festival
Join MATCHA at the Asian Art Museum on October 29 for a Loi Krathong celebration–Thailand’s annual river festival of lights!
4th KAFFNY 2010 Call for Submissions
The 4th Annual Korean American Film Festival New York is scheduled for February 27th 2010 at TheTimesCenter. KAFFNY is now accepting short film submissions from filmmakers of Korean descent and of any nationality through November 30.
Still Lives: Unseen China and the Films of Jia Zhangke at USF
Chinese filmmaker Jia Zhangke (Still Life, 24 City, Unknown Pleasures) is perhaps the most significant artist working in China today. In this session, Chi-hui Yang, Director of SFIAAFF, will discuss and show clips from Jia’s films, and illustrate how his works reveal the invisible side of China’s modernization.