Memoirs of a Superfan, Vol. 3.1
“So it begins!” said my friend Chihiro. The 26th annual SFIAAFF has been launched, and we’re on board for a fantastic ride. An incredible journey awaits.
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JAMAN/SFIAFF Ticket Giveaway
SFIAAFF partner, jaman.com is giving away 3 free films on Jaman for the first 500 people who register at www.jaman.com/sfiaaff
Watch and Interact with SFIAAFF events Online!
We will be using Yahoo! Live to broadcast live on www.asianamericanmedia.org from SFIAAFF events. You will be able to people watch as well as chat with festival goers and maybe ask a question to a filmmaker or two.
Opening Night
Get out your party shoes! Opening Night starts tomorrow night, 7pm March 13th at the Castro Theatre with A Thousand Years of Good Prayers followed by the Gala at the Asian Art Museum.
2008 CPB/PBS Producers Academy Scholarship
Up to twenty scholarships will be offered to station-based and independent producers for an intensive seven-day, hands-on training seminar at WGBH in Boston, June 21 – June 27, 2008.
WETA News Academy 2008
WETA News Academy 2008 is an intensive, five day residential course designed to offer applicants experience in the practical and technical capabilities of contemporary local news gathering and reporting, both on TV and online. Participants will explore the underlying principles of modern news programming with some of the nation’s premier journalists and producers.
AMONG B-BOYS: Crashing the Festival!
Among B-Boys is smashin’ your average B-boy vids! But here’s a few that might be able to compete… It’s been a long time… I shouldn’t have left you, without some dope films to step to! films to step to! Since it’s SFIAAFF time, here’s 3 B-Boy related films I want to see…
SFIAAFF Guests Announced
A partial list of filmmakers and actors attending SFIAAFF has been announced. They include: John Cho (Harold & Kumar Escape From Guantanamo Bay; West 32nd), Adinia Wirasti (Three Days to Forever) and Daniel Wu (Blood Brothers).
Festival Forum Lineup and Outdoor Screening Announced
Live bands, breakdancers, a ping pong challenge, a free outdoor screening of Hayao Miyazaki’s The Castle of Cagliostro, and much more.
LITTLE MANILA on PBS May 2008
LITTLE MANILA: Filipinos in California’s Heartland tells the immigrant story as Filipinos experienced it.
SIKHS IN AMERICA on PBS in May 2008
SIKHS IN AMERICA is a half hour documentary profiling the Sikh community in the United States. The program takes an in-depth look inside the Sikh community with its religious and cultural practices, social and family traditions, and economic and work life.
WHATEVER IT TAKES: We Are a Family
Everyone tells you that you can’t make a film by yourself. So true. But while it’s absolutely crucial to have a wonderful camera crew and editing team, it also really helps to have an awesome film organization (or two) backing you up. For this project, we have had amazing support from CAAM, and I want to spend some time bragging about them… (FYI, CAAM did not put me up to this; this is completely my own doing.)