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CAAM Presents, festival, SFIAAFF 2012 August 26, 2011 October 11, 2011

Submit Your Film to the 30th SF Int’l Asian American Film Festival

Submit your film to the 30th San Francisco International Asian American Film Festival (March 8-18, 2012). Be part of the largest showcase of Asian and Asian American cinema in North America!

Submit your film early and save on entry fees.

Early deadline – Sept 2, 2011
$25 entry fee (Withoutabox upgraded projects save $5)

Late deadline – Sept 30, 2011
$35 entry fee (Withoutabox upgraded projects save $5)

Withoutabox extended deadline (available only through Withoutabox) – Oct 7, 2011

CAAM Presents August 26, 2011 August 29, 2011

SFIAAFF ’11 Replay: Race & Immigrant Experience in Comic Books Panel

Watch a replay of The “Issues” Issue: Decoding Race and the American Immigrant Experience in Comic Books panel that took place at the 29th SF Int’l Asian American Film Festival.

CAAM Presents August 2, 2011 August 5, 2011

What Would You Like To See In The Future of Asian American Media?

CAAM was recently at the 2011 Association for Asian American Studies Conference in New Orleans and interviewed several attendees. We asked scholars and educators their thoughts on the future of Asian American media.

CAAM Presents June 14, 2011 March 23, 2016

CAAM Presents: JUST LIKE REALLY by Cherylene Lee

Cherylene Lee reads from her upcoming memoir JUST LIKE REALLY. In this segment, How I Learned How to Cope with the Green Eyed Monster, Lee talks about being a child actor and dealing with jealousy.

Articles, CAAM Presents, sfiaaff 2011 April 1, 2011 April 19, 2011

2011 SFIAAFF Award Winners

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.

CAAM Presents, Student Delegate Blog March 28, 2011 March 28, 2011

Student Delegate Blog: “If You Want, You Can”

BREAK UP CLUB features mainstream Chinese actor Jaycee Chan and popular TVB actress and singer Fiona Sit in a romantic, bitter sweet comedy.

CAAM Presents, sfiaaff 2011, Student Delegate Blog March 22, 2011 March 22, 2011

Student Delegate Blog: Love and Bicycle Parts

For my last evening in dreamy San Francisco, I decided to expose myself to as many artists’ work as possible. I went to see TAINTED LOVE and SILENT RITUALS AND HOVERING PROXIES back-to-back – two collections of shorts offered by SFIAAFF.

CAAM Presents, sfiaaff 2011, Student Delegate Blog March 22, 2011 March 22, 2011

Student Delegate Blog: All Good Things Come to An End

The weekend wrap up of the 29th annual SFIAAFF in San Jose had a great turn=out despite the rainy weather overhead! Many films were screened in the South Bay at Camera 12 theaters such as MADE IN INDIA, WHEN LOVE COMES, SURROGATE VALENTINE and BREAK UP CLUB.

CAAM Presents, sfiaaff 2011, Student Delegate Blog March 21, 2011 March 21, 2011

Student Delegate Blog: Tainted Valentine

First things first: I am a hopeless romantic. I swoon at musicals, clutch my heart during quirky rom-coms, break out the tissues during tear-jerking scenes. That said, I accidentally-on-purpose chose to back-to-back, love-themed screenings: TAINTED LOVE (the cleverly named shorts program) and SURROGATE VALENTINE (the closing night film).

sfiaaff 2011, Student Delegate Blog March 21, 2011 March 21, 2011

Student Delegate Blog: Social Commentary and Transgressing Social Norms

FutureStates is rare; public television rarely ever ventures into the genre of science-fiction, let alone sci-fi as social commentary (the program is funded by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting). Political and universal issues are being explored, such as global warming, refugees, the gay gene, and family.

CAAM Events, CAAM Presents, sfiaaff 2011 March 17, 2011 March 17, 2011

SF Closing Night Film: SURROGATE VALENTINE

SURROGATE VALENTINE is the SFIAAFF Closing Night film for San Francisco. Bay Area music stalwart Goh Nakamura plays “Goh,” a low-key indie rocker on tour with a sycophantic Hollywood actor. When he reconnects with a longtime friend (Lynn Chen), he is forced to make some bold decisions about his life. From the director of WHITE ON RICE.

CAAM Presents, sfiaaff 2011 March 16, 2011 March 16, 2011

Student Delegate Blog: Cerebral Work!

LIVING IN THE SEDUCED CIRCUMSTANCES – A cerebral work by the auteur filmmaker Ian Gamazon takes the audience into a different cinematic realm. The quirky narrative keeps the audience on the edge.