The Center for Asian America Media presents the San Francisco International Asian American Film Festival (SFIAAFF) every March. The SFIAAFF is the nation’s largest showcase for new Asian American and Asian films.
Information
- Founded:
- March 1982
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SFIAAFF 2009 Best Fest Photo Contest Part DeuxCreated about 3 weeks ago
SFIAAFF 2009 Best Fest Photo ContestCreated about 3 weeks ago
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CAAM Presents the 2009 SFIAAFF Trailer
A sneak look at the trailer for the 2009 San Francisco Int’l Asian American Film Festival, with animation designed by NOON and music composed by Jack Tung!
Events
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- SFIAAFF 2009 SAN JOSE OPENING ...
Camera 12 Cinemas
Friday, March 20 at 7:00pm - SFIAAFF 2009 CLOSING NIGHT FIL...
temple nightclub
Thursday, March 19 at 9:30pm - FESTIVAL SOCIAL CLUB
poleng lounge
Saturday, March 14 at 10:00pm - SFIAAFF 2009 FEST FORUM
Japantown Peace Plaza
Saturday, March 14 at 12:00pm - DIRECTIONS IN SOUND 2009
111 Minna Gallery
Friday, March 13 at 9:00pm - SFIAAFF 2009 OPENING NIGHT FIL...
Castro Theatre / Asian Art Museum
Thursday, March 12 at 7:00pm - A Free outdoor screening of A ...
Peace Plaza in Japantown
Friday, September 19 at 8:00pm - Flashing Lights
Poleng Lounge
Thursday, May 22 at 10:00pm - San Jose Opening Night, Fri Ma...
Camera 12 Cinemas and San Jose Muse...
Friday, March 21 at 7:00pm - Directions In Sound @ the Rick...
Rickshaw Stop
Tuesday, March 18 at 9:00pm


San Francisco International Asian American Film Festival Mark your calendars and and watch Israeli Herzl's world start to change when he discovers the one place where fat guys can be rock stars: the world of sumo wrestling!
Source: asianamericanmedia.org
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San Francisco International Asian American Film Festival
Today begins the NEW MUSLIM COOL Recession-Buster Film Festival; No tickets, no lines, no paparazzi - just you, your family, friends, and community, and a working TV!
Tonight, watch rapper turned Muslim, Hamza Pérez, rebuild his broken family and start a new religious community in Pittsburgh's tough North, taking his message of faith to other young people through hard-hitting hip-hop music.
Source: www.pbs.org
New Muslim Cool is Islam as you have never seen it. It is also hip-hop as you have probably never heard it. This film gives audiences an insider's view of a little-known cultural fusion between Muslims and street beats that has been developing since the very beginnings of hip-hop culture. ...


San Francisco International Asian American Film Festival To all of you New York natives and visitors, Subway Cinema presents the annual NY Asian Film Festival with over fifty films this time around. Cope out the schedule, enjoy the shows, and meet all the new and returning directors!
Source: www.subwaycinema.com
Welcome to Subway Cinema! Home of the New York Asian Film Festival.


San Francisco International Asian American Film Festival http://hapas.us/ will be at SubZero Art Fest in San Jose tomorrow night! Come stop by their booth http://zero1.org/events/subzero
Source: hapas.us
Hapa identity is rich, varied, dynamic and even contested. Share your individual stories about the multiracial Asian experience through words, pictures, videos, and collaboration.


San Francisco International Asian American Film Festival Award-winning writer/director and cinematographer PJ Raval's (SFIAAFF, 07) new documentary Trindad will be airing on Showtime tonight at 8PM. Check it out!
Source: www.sho.com


San Francisco International Asian American Film Festival Make last minute weekend plans to see Academy Award winner DEPARTURES opening tonight in SF, Berkeley, & San Rafael!


San Francisco International Asian American Film Festival Scope out Kero One at Polenge Lounge this Saturday where they'll host the "Early Believers" official release party!
Source: www.myspace.com
MySpace Music profile for KERO ONE. Download KERO ONE Hip Hop / Soul / Electronica music singles, watch music videos, listen to free streaming mp3s, & read KERO ONE's blog.


San Francisco International Asian American Film Festival Starting Today, Award winning documentary “HOLLYWOOD CHINESE” Available Exclusively on Comcast On-Demand, May 28-31!
Source: asianamericanmedia.org
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San Francisco International Asian American Film Festival at 4:34pm May 28
cool, what did you think?


James at 5:37pm May 28
I'm now scrambling to find someone with Comcast On-Demand...
Jonathan at 9:15pm May 28
this is a reallie good documentary. I took his wife class in Asian American teen and children literature. and I just saw this in my Asian Americans & Mass Media class like a couple months ago.


San Francisco International Asian American Film Festival Congratulations to Cannes 2009 winner of the Best Director Prize: Brillante Mendoza for "Kinatay".
Source: tinyurl.com
The Best Director Prize was awarded to Brillante Mendoza for Kinatay and presented by Terry Gilliam:"First of all I would like to thank the selection committee, who are responsible for bringing my films here for the past three years. ...


San Francisco International Asian American Film Festival
Join LLSF for a special screening of CHINATOWN with Faye Dunaway at Foreign Cinema. RSVP today before 5PM: rsvpsf@ladieslotto.com
Hurry seating is limited!
Source: ladieslotto.blogspot.com
Join LLSF for a special screening of CHINATOWN with Faye Dunaway at Foreign Cinema.It's time to network with LLadies. Expect dinner and drinks with SF's finest in a covered outdoor courtyard with the film projected on an exposed wall. ...


San Francisco International Asian American Film Festival Award winning documentary “HOLLYWOOD CHINESE” Available Exclusively on Comcast On-Demand May 28, 2009!
Source: asianamericanmedia.org
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Oscar at 4:37pm May 22
OH Yeah!


San Francisco International Asian American Film Festival
BIG MAN JAPAN
Japanese Superhero Comedy
Opens Friday, May 29, 2009 at Landmark’s Lumiere Theatre (SF) and Landmark’s Shattuck Cinemas (Berkeley)
Buy your tix in advance at: http://www.landmarktheatres.com/tickets and at theatre box office.
Source: www.sixshooterfilmseries.com
A middle-aged slacker living in a rundown, graffiti-ridden slum, Daisato’s job involves being shocked by bolts of electricity that transform him into a stocky, stick-wielding giant several stories high who is entrusted with defending Japan from a host of bizarre monsters. ...


San Francisco International Asian American Film Festival chinese restaurants can't be good in istanbul... can they? http://tinyurl.com/qu5rwx
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CHINESE RESTAURANTS tells the story of the Chinese Diaspora through its most recognizable and enduring icon the family-run Chinese restaurant. In this 5-part series, Canadian filmmaker Cheuk Kwan takes ...


San Francisco International Asian American Film Festival snippit from "Chinese Restaurants - South Africa" tells the story of the Chinese Diaspora through its most recognizable and enduring icon the family-run Chinese restaurant. available exclusively through Comcast ON DEMAND for APA Heritage month throughout May...
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CHINESE RESTAURANTS tells the story of the Chinese Diaspora through its most recognizable and enduring icon the family-run Chinese restaurant. In this 5-part series, Canadian filmmaker Cheuk Kwan takes ...


San Francisco International Asian American Film Festival TICKET GIVEAWAY! 1st TEN people to comment here win a pair of tix to a special THE MOSQUE IN MORGANTOWN screening on Thurs 5/21, 7PM @ Ninth Street Independent Film Center (145 9th Street)! Don't miss out!
San Francisco International Asian American Film Festival at 7:51pm May 20
Yep! Winnie you're #10! We actually have a few more tix from our http://www.twitter.com/caa m side that are free too! So let us know if you want a pair of tix here!
Sharon at 3:35pm May 21
dear SFIAAFM, sorry something came up and I cannot go :( : ( :(
please share my pair of ticket to someone else.. hopefully i will make it next time!
please share my pair of ticket to someone else.. hopefully i will make it next time!


San Francisco International Asian American Film Festival It's time to brush up on international awareness! The Bade Museum in Berkeley is holding a short series of photographs by Jon Vidar, which focuses on Kurds in both southeastern Turkey and northern Iraq. He purposefully ignores the politics of the region and, instead, tells the story of a staunchly traditional culture grappling with modernization.
Source: www.artslant.com
Details for art An intimate look at an ancient culture in modern times .


San Francisco International Asian American Film Festival peep this snippit from "LALA: The Kogi Taco Truck" available exclusively through Comcast ON DEMAND for APA Heritage month throughout May... i'd drive to the BAY to LA just for this taco truck!
Source: www.youtube.com
This documentary and other award winning programs will be available exclusively through Comcast ON DEMAND for APA Heritage month throughout May 2009. •The Kogi Taco Truck blends the best of Korean, Mexican and late night dining to-go. ...


San Francisco International Asian American Film Festival Take those good TGIF vibes and go check out the SFIAAFF 2009 closing night film TREELESS MOUNTAIN, opening today in San Francisco and San Jose! TGIF!
Source: asianamericanmedia.org
Kaifu at 9:53am May 15
Also playing at Rialto Cinemas Elmwood in Berkeley!
San Francisco International Asian American Film Festival at 10:26am May 15
Ohh, that's right, thanks Kaifu!
San Francisco International Asian American Film Festival at 3:05pm May 15
Jenny, it never ends! The possibilities are endless! :o)


San Francisco International Asian American Film Festival Want to access CAAM APA Heritage Month Programming on Comcast On Demand? Visit http://asianamericanmedia.org to find out.
Source: asianamericanmedia.org


San Francisco International Asian American Film Festival Don't miss this special BAVC event! BAVC Mediamaker Award recipient Banker White and project collaborators Black Nature, Zach Niles and Dave Robb will join us for the launch of the new website for WeOwnTV, a collaborative media project that promotes self-expression as a way to explore our shared humanity and build a foundation for the future.
Source: www.bavc.org
BAVC is a non-profit media arts organization that provides high-quality, industry standard training in video production, video post-production, graphic arts, 3d arts, gaming, and digital animation. BAVC is also a leader in the youth media and workforce development fields.


San Francisco International Asian American Film Festival If you are looking for something to do this weekend in SF, you can check out the Taiwanese American Cultural Festival going down in Union Square this Saturday from 10am-6pm. Tons of performances and events going on! Yay for APA Heritage Month!


San Francisco International Asian American Film Festival Check out this free event at the San Mateo Central Park Recreation Center, from 10am-5pm! Come out and enjoy music, food, arts & crafts, exhibitions, performances by the Urisawe Korean Drum Group, California Youth Chinese Sypmphony, Charlie Chin's performance of Uncle Toisan, Thia Konda Okasan and Me- Shamisen Jazz and Pop, Project Garunda- Indonesian Music, and the Filipino Association of Foster City Choir!
Source: www.asianamericanbooks.com
Featuring Urisawe Korean Drum Group California Youth Chinese Symphony Charlie Chin doing a one man performance of Uncle Toisan Thia Konda Okasan and Me, Inc. - Shamisen Jazz and ...


San Francisco International Asian American Film Festival For all you artsy peeps out there: SHINGANIST, a group show at FIFTY24SF Gallery opening tonight! Featuring works by USUGROW, MOZYSKEY, TOSHIKAZU NOZAKA, BENE and JUN KANEKO.
San Francisco International Asian American Film Festival at 2:35pm May 7
i'll hit this
Cheryl at 4:11pm May 7
interesante


San Francisco International Asian American Film Festival CAAM Releases APA Heritage Month Programming Exclusively Through Comcast On Demand!
Source: asianamericanmedia.org
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San Francisco International Asian American Film Festival This exhibit illustrates the disparity between representation and reality. While Lang comments on contemporary China's socio-economic conditions through a documentary, Lin chooses the same commentary on this disparity through appropriated imagery. Check it out!
Source: www.sfcamerawork.org
Organized by guest-curator David Spalding, Curator at the Ullens Center for Contemporary Art (Beijing), Even in Arcadia combines photography and a single video work, made roughly ten years apart, to examine ...






































































San Francisco International Asian American Film Festival The First Annual Asian American ComiCon in NYC! July 11th at The Museum of Chinese in America.