24th Annual San Francisco International Asian American Film Festival

Thu, Mar 16 - Sun, Mar 26
7-9 pm.
$10 for film viewing

Dates: 3/16 - 3/26
Times: Various
Location: Various

24th Annual San Francisco International Asian American Film Festival
With more than 126 feature-length and short films and videos from 21
countries, the 24th San Francisco International Asian American Film
festival (SFIAAFF) kicks off on March 16, 2006 at the Castro Theatre
in San Francisco with Eric Byler's AMERICANESE -- a frank,
provocative tale of love, sex and race in the adult world, and
adaption of a novel by Shawn Wong. Following the film, the festival
gets off to a lively start with the official Asian Art Museum/Cathay
Pacific Airways Opening Night Gala at the Museum, where attendees
will mix and mingle with the all-star cast, which includes Joan Chen,
Kelly Hu, Sab Shimono, Michael Paul Chan and Chris Tashima. The
Festival also features a Conversation with James Shigeta, Hollywood's
only Asian American male lead, and screens Deepa Mehta's WATER as the
Centerpiece Presentation.

After a week of films, special events, panels attended by filmmakers,
film curators, and actors from all around the world, the curtain
closes on the Festival with JOURNEY FROM THE FALL, the feature-length
directorial debut from Ham Tran. This is the first major American
film to dramatize the traumatic aftermath of the Vietnam War from a
Vietnamese perspective. A Gala reception and the highly anticipated
Festival Awards Presentation follows at the Palace.

For more information, visit www.asianamericanfilmfestival.org.

Venue:

Castro Theatre
429 Castro Street
San Francisco

Additional Info:


http://www.asianamericanfilmfestival.org.