Philadelphia Asian American Film Festival 2008

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Half-Life (Sponsored Screening)
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Official Selection Sundance Film Festival Winner of the Grand Jury Prize in Gen Art New York Winner of the Jury Prize for Emerging Director at the Asian American International Film Festival In Diablo Valley, California a complacent community struggles to adapt to a changing world where global chaos looms and threatens to alter life as they know it. As troubling worldwide disasters accelerate and reach into a complacent community, a brother and sister grapple with being abandoned by their father and the powerful presence of their mother's new boyfriend. The siblings are forced to take control of the chaos around them and reinvent everyone's lives.
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Documentary/Shorts
Two half Vietnamese documentary filmmakers, both named Adele, weave a shared narrative of mixed Asian (hapa) experiences through interviews with 5 other hapa subjects. History, memory, and anecdotes on mixed race and ethnicity are represented by archival images, super 8 film, verité, and interview.
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White on Rice screening

PAAFF is proud to promote a screening of White on Rice on Wed, Feb 10th at 7:30pm presented by the Philadelphia Film Society.
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White on Rice

Posted: Jan. 30, 2010 at 1:29PM by Joe
The Spy Next Door starring Jackie Chan

In association with Lionsgate Films and David Magdael and Associates Inc, PAAFF is promoting “The Spy Next Door”, starring Jackie Chan which will be released nationally on January 15, 2010.

As part of the promotion, we will be giving away branded binoculars, posters, laser pointers and id badges to APA youth and family organizations/groups/businesses in the Philadelphia area. For more info, please send an email to: info@phillyasianfilmfest.org.

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The Spy Next Door

Posted: Jan. 10, 2010 at 10:19AM by Joe
PAAFF In the news

We were proud to have Comcast and NBC10 document portions of the 2009 Philadelphia Asian American Film Festival for television audiences.

Comcast, our Premier Sponsor, filmed an “On The Red Carpet” short breaking news segment as a drop-in story for CNN Headline News in the regional cable subscriber market.

Denise Nakano of NBC10 interviewed Aaron Yoo as part of a promotional story about the festival.

Posted: Dec. 13, 2009 at 5:38PM by Joe
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