Asian American International Film Festival Kick-off and Fundraiser Event

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Asian CineVision will holding the Asian American International Film Festival Kick-off and Fundraiser event on Tuesday, June 23, at BLVD, 199 Bowery. The Festival’s full film lineup, including special presentations, will be unveiled as part of the festivities. The event will be hosted by FOX5 News Reporter Julie Chang and will feature musical performances by Heather Park and other special guests. The main event, from 7:00-9:00 p.m., will be preceded by a V.I.P. Hour.

Proceeds from ticket sales will go towards supporting this year’s film festival, to be held July 23-26. So if you really want to get into the exciting film festival action, support the AAIFF and the Asian American film industry and also meet some great people, come along!

Meet local filmmakers whose work will be screening at AAIFF ’09. All of the festival organizers will be in attendance as well. Celebrate with us and help us continue to serve up and coming media artists from the Asian American community.

Advance sale tickets are $20 for general admission ($30 with V.I.P. Hour).
Admission at the door will be $25 for general admission ($40 with V.I.P. Hour).

 

 

The Raj family is definitely not comprised of your stereotypical Asian model minorities living the American Dream. On top of the Raj’s troubled finances, the family hosts a recently widowed relative, Mausi, a fount of comic disasters.

 

Li Tong, a restless young girl, loses her bus pass one day after school. Her meandering trip home is the thread of this poignant “day in the life” tale, which wends its way through the various homes, personae and urban landscapes of contemporary Beijing.

 

A documentary about the Manongs in San Francisco’s Manilatown and a look into the life of the late poet Al Robles, Manilatown Is In the Heart is a touching eulogy to an activist/historian who was outlived by the vanishing subject that he strived to preserve.

 

The youngest of four daughters traces the story of her life through the weddings of her sisters. As each member of the family comes to terms with her own womanhood, a simple egg tart becomes the anchor of their experiences and emotions.

 

Ethnomusicologist Ngawang Choephel travels across Tibet to record and study the rich diversity of traditional folk songs but is arrested by the Chinese government for suspected espionage.

 

The first year of the Bronx Center of Science and Mathematics is documented in this film. With a stated mission of patching the cracks in the education system, it’s clear that the odds are stacked against it.

 

Way before Harold and Kumar’s search for sliders, before we learned about Drifting in Tokyo’s parking structures, and before the All-American Girl Margaret Cho’s foray into network television, there was Jack Soo.