Well worth the price of admission is this year's plethora of short programs. Punctuated with rye South Park style graphics by Filipino-American sister act Barkada (Ko) director Grace Lee asks the question “How did I wind up with a name that essentially makes me the one loser in a sorority of super Asians”? In the reality genre I highly recommend the slyly funny, stereotype bustin' The Grace Lee Project. This year's “Remembering Hiroshima 60 years later” focusįeaturing a timely screening of Alain Resnais 1959 iconic film Hiroshima, Mon Amour and the world premiere of The Mushroom Club by this year's spotlight filmmaker, Academy Award documentarian Steven Okazaki.
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In the not to be missed category I'd say is Evans Chan's documentary Sorceress Of The New Piano chronicling the rise of the world's first professional toy pianist, Margaret Leng Tan, featuring a live Castro Theatre stage performance that's certain to become the talk of the town. The large and varied program is sure to have something for everyone-reality or fantasy, queer or straight, humorous or serious, modern or retro. Follow it up by joining talented filmmakers and special guests at a lively closing night after-party at San Francisco's grand historic War Memorial Building.Īccording to SFIAAFF festival director Chi-hui Yang this year's lineup is peppered with gems that might possibly never be seen elsewhere and, hopefully, a few breakout films. Afterwards head off to the opening night gala at the posh Asian Art Museum to hobnob with the director & cast and explore the museums latest treasures while blissing out to the very best in local beats by famed artists DJ Dan Nakamura, Dhamaal and DJ King Kong.Ĭlosing night promises to be just as good with a screening of Michael Kang's prized debut feature, The Motel, just back from it's world premiere at Sundance. This warm family drama, set in a tight-knit (read gossipy) New York Chinese community, is chock-full of snarky humor and one of the hottest girl/girl romances seen on film in years. The 2005 SFIAAFF, one of the largest and most influential Asian film festivals in North America, will showcase a staggering 131 films and videos over a ten-day span this March.įittingly chosen for the splashy premiere at the Castro Theatre is San Jose homegirl Alice Wu's charming directorial debut, Saving Face, featuring illustrious Bay Area transplant Joan Chen in a very plumb role. And let me tell ya Santa gets more generous every year! As most of you already know the very wonderful people at NAATA are the committed presenters of the festival now in it's 23rd year. When you're an Asian film fangirl the San Francisco International Asian American Film Festival (SFIAAFF) is your Christmas.
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