Seattle Asian American Film Festival
seattle asian american film festival founded revived year different producer current iteration founded made debut cofounder kevin bang vanessa au revival return event original name previously running northwest asian american film festival directed wes kim experienced fiveyear hiatus inaugural film festival also held wing luke asian museum january festival currently run directed executive director vanessa au festival director victoria ju seattle asian american film festival founded kingstreet medium communitybased asian american medium production advocacy group based seattle international district kingstreet medium offshoot international examiner newspaper almost member either photographer writer graphic artist paper festival came group helped complete beacon hill boy first ever dramatic film asian american youth film caused sensation locally premiered month earlier nominated student academy award beginning make festival round nationally internationally capitalizing film success looking expand commitment raising profile asian american cinema group put together city first asian american film festival emphasize recent breakthrough asian american filmmaking time almost completely dominated documentary work festival featured program made entirely narrative film drama comedy etc addition beacon hill boy lineup included wayne wangs acclaimed sleeper hit chan missing visual communication historical epic hito hata raise banner stephen nings comingofage tale freckled rice robert nakamuras multiethnic comedy fool dance steven okazakis motherdaughter profile language know among others festival held seattle historic nippon kan theater international examiner acting medium sponsor festival founder staff included dean wong william satake blauvelt sumi hayashi dean hayasaka ken mochizuki jeff hanada greg tuai jesse reyes second edition festival held international examiner taking producer paper hired nellie fujiianderson festival director william satake blauvelt returned programming director also several kingstreet medium member also worked paper helped time festival held university washington kane hall featured expanded lineup narrative documentary experimental animation film well independent film around asia examiner taken festival part way raise fund newspaper although festival successful different level soon found film festival general money making proposition declined act producer edition international examiner continue role medium sponsor festival present day festival went hiatus several year revived emily wong assistant editor international examiner william satake blauvelt working filmmakercuratorcritic time seattle asian american film festival set independent organization put together large coalition volunteer well community medium sponsor within outside asian american community screening held seattle art museum sidebar event happening around city saaff festival affectionately dubbed became nationally known one premiere asian american film festival country supported many filmmaker went greater fame including ang lee broke back mountain kayo hata picture bride frieda lee mock maya lin strong clear vision kip fulbeck hapa project justin lin better luck tomorrow aside festival saaff organization cosponsored yearround premiere screening asian american film found mainstream distribution like joy luck club festival also published quarterly newsletter comprehensive annual booklet prize gold silver bronze carp award best film voted audience introduced programming expanded retrospective tribute selected director actor archival screening commissioned live score silent film well panel qas visiting filmmaker saaff also expanded effort international scope featured work around pacific rim featured represented group like australian aboriginal pacific islander filmmaker saaff also made commitment showing work time ignored asian american community including trangressive experimental work taboo subject film dealing gay lesbian experience work screened format including mm mm mm video addition emily wong director william satake blauvelt programing director festival staff included john pai albert shen mari murao shannon gee soyon im vuong vu among many others festival revived rebranded northwest asian american film festival led director wes kim four year kim also filmmaker writer director producer awardwinning short film profile science vision test cooky sale kims film appeared u international film festival screened country well broadcast nationally public cable television featured program museum modern art new york wing luke asian museum seattle festival concluded took fiveyear hiatus festival revived original name seattle asian american film festival – former director wes kim still serf advisor festival inaugural film festival featured eliachi kimaros documentary lot like opening night film film also best documentary san francisco international asian american film festival top audience choice award seattle international film festival siff festival also featured short film program entitled cinematropolis curated seattlebased hip hop group blue scholar named album name film included film written produced yuji okumoto directed blaine ludy entitled andrew ahns dol first birthday official selection sundance film festival film include documentary manilatown heart short film scott erikssons war end jocelyn saddilenhardts mother child visual communication armed camera fellowship film steve nguyen choz belens hibakusha valerie soes short film chinese garden akira bochs crumbles winner audience award san francisco international asian american film festival iris shim multipleaward winning documentary house suh yumiko gamo romers mr judo strong gentle beautiful several short documentary also visual communication armed camera fellowship film basketball meri jaan veena hampapur particular time jeff man magellan doesnt live micki davis final day festival screened tadashi nakamuras documentary jake shimabukuro life four string leo chiangs mr cao go washington best documentary dc asian pacific american film festival audience award documentary feature new orleans film festival porter erismans crocodile yangtze closing night film timothy tau keye luke short film biopic actor artist grew seattle known first onscreen kato green hornet film serial bruce lee allamerican number one son lee chan popular charlie chan film keye luke also related wing luke former assistant attorney general washington member seattle city council first asian american hold elected office state also namesake seattle wing luke asian museum luke family luke family association also still based seattle currently seattle asian american film festival official page seattle time seattle asian american film festival get way angry asian man seattle asian american film festival january pick seattle asian american film festival seattle time crosscultural tie examined documentary seattle asian american film festival seattle chinese time seattle asian american film festival yaytoday free screening seattle asian american film festival