ISAFF ticket giveaway!
The Independent South Asian Film Festival (ISAFF) is in full swing this weekend, and our friends at Tasveer have made NWAAFF fans a special offer: Be one of the first five people to email info@tasveer.org with the subject line "NWAAFF," and you can get a free ticket to Saturday night's screening of Tanuj Chopra's PUNCHING AT THE SUN!
The film was an official selection at both the Sundance and Tribeca film festivals, and the San Francisco International Asian American Film Festival gave the film the award for Best Narrative Feature Film. What's more, writer/director Tanuj Chopra will attend the screening and be available for a Q&A afterwards. Don't miss the chance to catch this film and its filmmaker!
Punching at the Sun
Saturday Sept 30th - 7:30pm
Broadway Performance Hall
(Tanuj Chopra, USA, 2006, 83min)
ISAFF website: http://isaff.tasveer.org
Official film website: http://www.punchingatthesun
Send those emails to info@tasveer.org right away!
Festivals, screenings, calls for entries, and more...
NWAAFF 2007 CALL FOR ENTRIES STILL OPEN!
Entries are still being accepted for NWAAFF 2007, but the deadline is this Saturday, September 30! Email us your entry forms and get your films in the mail! Full details at www.nwaaff.org.
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FESTIVALS FESTIVALS FESTIVALS!
Lots of festivals opening in the next couple months. Here's a quick rundown:
INDEPENDENT SOUTH ASIAN FILM FESTIVAL - STARTS TODAY!- Our friends at Tasveer bring us another year of the Independent South Asian Film Festival starting TODAY at Broadway Performance Hall! Full details at www.tasveer.org.
- DC APA FILM FESTIVAL - STARTS TOMORROW!
- Tell your friends in DC to check out this great festival. Opening night film is Eric Byler's AMERICANESE based on local author Shawn Wong's novel, and closing night film is Julia Kwan's EVE AND THE FIRE HORSE from Vancouver. Full details at www.apafilm.org.
- LOCAL SIGHTINGS - STARTS OCTOBER 6!
- Northwest Film Forum's celebration of regional filmmaking. Featuring an archival screening of the locally made indie feature BEACON HILL BOYS (Dean Hayasaka, Ken Mochizuki & William Satake Blauvelt), the new feature THE FRENCH GUY by Vancouver's Ann Marie Fleming (THE MAGICAL LIFE OF LONG TACK SAM), and shorts including AIR by Patti Sakurai (NWAAFF 2006) and AQUARIUM KIDS by festival director Wes Kim. Full details at www.nwfilmforum.org/cinemas/local_sightings.php.
- SAN DIEGO ASIAN FILM FESTIVAL - STARTS OCTOBER 12!
- The stars come out for this fabulous film festival -- special guests include Justin Lin (BETTER LUCK TOMORROW), Grace Park (BATTLESTAR GALACTICA), Daniel Dae Kim (LOST), and many more! Full details at www.sdaff.org.
- SEATTLE LESBIAN AND GAY FILM FESTIVAL - STARTS OCTOBER 13!
- Our friends at Three Dollar Bill Cinema pull out all the stops for this year's festival which opens with John Cameron Mitchell's SHORTBUS. Full details at www.seattlequeerfilm.com.
- HAWAII INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL - STARTS OCTOBER 19!
- There are few better reasons to go to Hawaii than to attend this world-renowned film event. Full details at www.hiff.org.
OTHER SCREENINGS AND EVENTS
On October 14, Oscar-winning director Jessica Yu will be in Seattle at the Frye Museum to present her documentary IN THE REALMS OF THE UNREAL in conjunction with the Frye's current exhibit of works by outsider artist Henry Darger. More information at www.fryeart.org.
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OTHER CALLS FOR ENTRIES
As long as you're already submitting to NWAAFF...
- Al Gore's CURRENT TV is looking for films to promote their SEEDS OF TOLERANCE campaign to explore the theme of tolerance including topics such as racism, sexism, homophobia, and issues related to class, disability, age or religion. A cash prize of $100,000 for the top film plus $15,000 to a charity of the filmmaker's choice! Submission deadline is October 2 -- full details at www.current.tv/make/vc2/sot.
- The Center for Asian American Media (fka NAATA) is still accepting submissions for the 25th annual San Francisco International Asian American Film Festival. Final deadline is October 6 -- full details at www.asianamericanfilmfestival.org.
NWAAFF IS CONSUMED BY GIANT ROBOT!!!
Check out the current issue (#43) of Giant Robot magazine for a sprawling survey of Asian American film festivals including our very own NWAAFF!
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PLUGS FOR OUR FRIENDS
ReAct Theatre is presenting Jean Davies Okimoto's play UNCLE HIDEKI & THE EMPTY NEST at the Theatre Off Jackson in a production benefiting Northwest Asian American Theatre. Show ends October 8 -- full details at www.reacttheatre.org/box.html#Unclehidekiandtheemptynest.
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Until next time...
September 2006 update: Call for entries, etc.
Lots of news to report -- details for all these tantalizing announcements are included below:
CALL FOR ENTRIES OPEN FOR NWAAFF 2007: Calling all filmmakers — the deadline for NWAAFF 2007 entries is approaching! Submit your films and videos ASAP. You can even submit your video via YouTube! Read below for more -- entry forms and complete information at www.nwaaff.org.
JESSICA YU'S "IN THE REALMS OF THE UNREAL": In conjunction with an exhibit of the works of outsider artist Henry Darger, the Frye Museum will be screening the documentary IN THE REALMS OF THE UNREAL by Oscar-winning director Jessica Yu on October 14. Ms. Yu will be attending the screening, so be sure to check it out -- details below.
JOIN THE NWAAFF 2007 CREW: Volunteer staff members wanted to help produce NWAAFF 2007! Email volunteer@nwaaff.org if you'd like to join the crew.
Best,
NWAAFF
Northwest Asian American Film Festival currently seeks entries for our 2007 festival. NOTE: For this year's festival, we are only accepting Asian American short film and videos (60 min. or less) in the following categories:
- Films produced by artists working or living in the Northwest (including but not limited to Alaska, Idaho, Oregon, Washington, and British Columbia).
- Films intended for children and produced by artists working or living anywhere in North America.
INSTRUCTIONS FOR SUBMISSION:
- Complete and send the entry form to NWAAFF 2007:
- By email to info@nwaaff.org.
- By fax to 309-424-9731.
- By mail to Theatre Off Jackson, Attn: NWAAFF 2007, 409 7th Avenue South, Seattle, WA 98104.
- Send your film to NWAAFF 2007:
- By mail on 1/2" VHS NTSC or DVD NTSC to Theatre Off Jackson, Attn: NWAAFF 2007, 409 7th Avenue South, Seattle, WA 98104. Please indicate the film's title and contact information on the tape/disc.
- As a URL where your film may be viewed online (e.g. YouTube, Google Video, etc.).
Please do not include additional promotional materials.
EXHIBITION FORMATS: Betacam SP NTSC, DVCAM/MiniDV NTSC, and VHS NTSC.
DEADLINES: Mailed entries must be postmarked and electronic entries must be sent no later than SEPTEMBER 30, 2006. Receipt of entries will be confirmed via email. Final selections will be announced in November 2007.
ENTRY FEE: There is no entry fee for this year's festival.
Entry forms can be downloaded at www.nwaaff.org. Email questions to info@nwaaff.org.
From www.fryeart.org:
Henry Darger:
Highlights from the American Folk Art Museum
August 19 – October 29, 2006
Henry Darger (1892–1973) was a self-taught reclusive artist who created and inhabited an imaginary world through extensive writings, paintings, and drawings. After Darger’s death, his Chicago neighbor and landlord discovered and made public Darger’s previously unknown volume of work.
This solitary artist left behind several diaries and manuscripts including a six-part weather journal, an autobiography in eight volumes, and his 15,000-page illustrated epic, The Story of the Vivian Girls, in What Is Known as the Realms of the Unreal. Accompanied by watercolor paintings and collages, the novel focuses on a band of girls’ heroic efforts to free enslaved children held captive by an army of adults. The novel and its illustrations are whimsical and sinister in their depiction of war and peace and good versus evil.
Drawn from the American Folk Art Museum’s Henry Darger Collection, this traveling exhibition includes twenty paintings, drawings, and tracings by the artist, source materials—including newspaper clippings, magazines, comic books, cartoons, and coloring books—and Darger’s personal documents and other ephemera. One bound volume of the original typewritten manuscript for In the Realms of the Unreal will also be exhibited.
RELATED EVENTS
Film
In The Realms of the Unreal: The Mystery of Henry Darger
Screening with Filmmaker Jessica Yu
Saturday, October 14, 7 pm
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