If you are looking for Asian film in the Twin Cities that goes beyond the latest Jet Li release, mark your calendars.
Minnesota Film Arts just this week announced its first Asian American Film Festival, "In Search of Asia," November 3 - 13 in Minneapolis. While details are still forthcoming, we know that there will be a lineup of 30 films, to be released on October 18, as well as events featuring filmmakers and panel discussions.
With this festival, Minneapolis joins a select group of cities that host Asian American film festivals, including San Francisco and New York. Such events, some of which have been going on for decades, are essential not only for encouraging Asian American voices in film, but for a general public that may not consider that Asian American filmmakers exist apart from Ang Lee and that the phrase "Asian film" doesn't have to mean "subtitles" or "kung fu."
Interested in seeing what's out there in Asian American film before the festival? Check out a few short films from the 2009 Asian American International Film Festival in New York City, available to view for free online.
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