Philadelphia Asian American Film Festival
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The Philadelphia Asian American Film Festival (PAAFF) is a film festival
that shows feature films and short films by and about Asian Americans. Its organizers, the nonprofit group Philadelphia Asian American Film and Filmmakers, intend it to be an annual event. Its first edition took place October 9–12, 2008; its presenting sponsor was HBO.
Its 2nd annual run took place October 9–11, 2009, at the International House and the Asian Arts Initiative.
Film festival
A film festival is an organised, extended presentation of films in one or more movie theaters or screening venues, usually in a single locality. More and more often film festivals show part of their films to the public by adding outdoor movie screenings...
that shows feature films and short films by and about Asian Americans. Its organizers, the nonprofit group Philadelphia Asian American Film and Filmmakers, intend it to be an annual event. Its first edition took place October 9–12, 2008; its presenting sponsor was HBO.
Its 2nd annual run took place October 9–11, 2009, at the International House and the Asian Arts Initiative.
See also
- Philadelphia Film FestivalPhiladelphia Film FestivalThe Philadelphia Film Festival is held annually in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Until 2009 it was generally held during the first weeks of April....
- San Francisco International Asian American Film FestivalSan Francisco International Asian American Film FestivalThe San Francisco International Asian American Film Festival presented every March is the nation’s largest showcase for new Asian American and Asian films, annually presenting approximately 130 works in San Francisco, Berkeley and San Jose, USA...
External links
- Philadelphia Asian American Film Festival
- Phila. film-festival season begins with Asian American screenings, The Philadelphia InquirerThe Philadelphia InquirerThe Philadelphia Inquirer is a morning daily newspaper that serves the Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, metropolitan area of the United States. The newspaper was founded by John R. Walker and John Norvell in June 1829 as The Pennsylvania Inquirer and is the third-oldest surviving daily newspaper in the...
, Friday, October 9, 2009 - Phila. Asian American Film Festival Calls for Submissions, KYW (AM)KYW (AM)KYW is a class A AM radio station on 1060 kHz licensed to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. KYW is owned by the CBS Radio unit of CBS Corporation, and has broadcasted an all-news format since 1965. The station's studios are located on Market Street in Center City Philadelphia, and it transmitters...
, Sunday, June 22, 2008