2011 BOSTON ASIAN AMERICAN FILM FESTIVAL SCHEDULE
Thursday, November 10, 2011
8PM | Almost Perfect
Opening Performance by The Genki Spark: Taiko Projects with Attitude
2011 | 106 mins | Drama | Directed by Bertha Bay-Sa Pan
Post-screening Q&A with Director Bertha Bay-Sa Pan and Actor Tina Chen
Boston Premiere | Brattle Theater, 40 Brattle Street, Cambridge
(T: Harvard Square)
Friday, November 11, 2011
7:00PM Spotlight Event: James Hong | Behind the Scenes Secrets of Hollywood
Actor James Hong has a prolific film and television career that spans 57 years with more than 500 roles. In this spotlight event, Mr. Hong will speak about his career and reveal secrets about the magic and realities of Hollywood.
Co-presented by MIT Asian American Association, MIT Inventing Our Future,WGBH and Chinese Historical Society of New England.
MIT, 222 Memorial Drive, Building 10, Room 250 (Second Floor), Cambridge, MA
(T: Kendall Station)
9:15PM Potluck Shorts: Art of Love
Shorts program includes: The Potential Wives of Norman Mao, Angel Island Profile: Tyrus Wong, Asian American Jesus, Wear I Fit, The Bus Pass, Brides Wanted, Room #11, Lunchtime, and Mother.
Co-presented by MIT Asian American Association, MIT Inventing Our Future, Queer East, Boston LGBT Film Festival, and Channel APA.
Saturday, November 12, 2011
2:00PM | One Big Hapa Family
2010 | 85 mins | Documentary
Directed by Jeff Chiba Stearns
Q&A with Director Jeff Chiba Stearns
Co-presented by New England Japanese American Citizens League and Discover Roxbury.
Bright Family Screening Room, The Paramount Center, 559 Washington Street, Boston
(T: Boylston or Downtown Crossing)
6:30PM | Touch
2011 | 109 mins | Drama
Directed by Minh Duc Nguyen
Q&A with Director Minh Duc Nguyen
Also screening:
Heart
2011 | 8 mins | Animation
Directed by Erick Oh
Co-presented by Viet AID and Intercollegiate Vietnamese Students Association.
AMC Loews Boston Common, 175 Tremont Street, Boston, MA
(T: Park Street, Downtown Crossing, or Boylston)
9:00PM | Bang Bang
2011 | 101 mins | Drama
Directed by Byron Q
Q&A with Director Byron Q
Co-presented by The Coalition for Asian Pacific American Youth.
AMC Loews Boston Common, 175 Tremont Street, Boston, MA
(T: Park Street, Downtown Crossing, or Boylston)
Sunday, November 13, 2011
1:00PM | Potluck Shorts: Passion & Courage
The film program presents a collection of ten evocative shorts that explore themes of perseverance, heart, and ambition. Shorts program includes: Fatakra, A Tree Falls in Forest, Ballet of Unhatched Chicks, Boys and Girls, The First Draft of Yao Ming's Retirement Speech, Memory of Forgotten War, My Name is Seven, N as in Name: Danh Nguyen, Rehearsing the Future, and Top Spin
Co-presented by MIT Asian American Association, MIT Inventing Our Future, Queer East, and Boston LGBT Film Festival.
MIT, 222 Memorial Drive, Building 10, Room 250 (Second Floor), Cambridge, MA
(T: Kendall Station)
4:30PM |Knots
2011 | 77 mins | Drama
Directed by Michael Kang
Q&A with Director Michael Kang and Writer/Actor Kimberly-Rose Wolter
East Coast Premiere
Co-presented by Boston Korea.
AMC Loews Boston Common, 175 Tremont Street, Boston, MA
(T: Park Street, Downtown Crossing, or Boylston)
Watch our 2011 Film Festival trailers
8PM | Almost Perfect
Opening Performance by The Genki Spark: Taiko Projects with Attitude
2011 | 106 mins | Drama | Directed by Bertha Bay-Sa Pan
Post-screening Q&A with Director Bertha Bay-Sa Pan and Actor Tina Chen
Boston Premiere | Brattle Theater, 40 Brattle Street, Cambridge
(T: Harvard Square)
Friday, November 11, 2011
7:00PM Spotlight Event: James Hong | Behind the Scenes Secrets of Hollywood
Actor James Hong has a prolific film and television career that spans 57 years with more than 500 roles. In this spotlight event, Mr. Hong will speak about his career and reveal secrets about the magic and realities of Hollywood.
Co-presented by MIT Asian American Association, MIT Inventing Our Future,WGBH and Chinese Historical Society of New England.
MIT, 222 Memorial Drive, Building 10, Room 250 (Second Floor), Cambridge, MA
(T: Kendall Station)
9:15PM Potluck Shorts: Art of Love
Shorts program includes: The Potential Wives of Norman Mao, Angel Island Profile: Tyrus Wong, Asian American Jesus, Wear I Fit, The Bus Pass, Brides Wanted, Room #11, Lunchtime, and Mother.
Co-presented by MIT Asian American Association, MIT Inventing Our Future, Queer East, Boston LGBT Film Festival, and Channel APA.
Saturday, November 12, 2011
2:00PM | One Big Hapa Family
2010 | 85 mins | Documentary
Directed by Jeff Chiba Stearns
Q&A with Director Jeff Chiba Stearns
Co-presented by New England Japanese American Citizens League and Discover Roxbury.
Bright Family Screening Room, The Paramount Center, 559 Washington Street, Boston
(T: Boylston or Downtown Crossing)
6:30PM | Touch
2011 | 109 mins | Drama
Directed by Minh Duc Nguyen
Q&A with Director Minh Duc Nguyen
Also screening:
Heart
2011 | 8 mins | Animation
Directed by Erick Oh
Co-presented by Viet AID and Intercollegiate Vietnamese Students Association.
AMC Loews Boston Common, 175 Tremont Street, Boston, MA
(T: Park Street, Downtown Crossing, or Boylston)
9:00PM | Bang Bang
2011 | 101 mins | Drama
Directed by Byron Q
Q&A with Director Byron Q
Co-presented by The Coalition for Asian Pacific American Youth.
AMC Loews Boston Common, 175 Tremont Street, Boston, MA
(T: Park Street, Downtown Crossing, or Boylston)
Sunday, November 13, 2011
1:00PM | Potluck Shorts: Passion & Courage
The film program presents a collection of ten evocative shorts that explore themes of perseverance, heart, and ambition. Shorts program includes: Fatakra, A Tree Falls in Forest, Ballet of Unhatched Chicks, Boys and Girls, The First Draft of Yao Ming's Retirement Speech, Memory of Forgotten War, My Name is Seven, N as in Name: Danh Nguyen, Rehearsing the Future, and Top Spin
Co-presented by MIT Asian American Association, MIT Inventing Our Future, Queer East, and Boston LGBT Film Festival.
MIT, 222 Memorial Drive, Building 10, Room 250 (Second Floor), Cambridge, MA
(T: Kendall Station)
4:30PM |Knots
2011 | 77 mins | Drama
Directed by Michael Kang
Q&A with Director Michael Kang and Writer/Actor Kimberly-Rose Wolter
East Coast Premiere
Co-presented by Boston Korea.
AMC Loews Boston Common, 175 Tremont Street, Boston, MA
(T: Park Street, Downtown Crossing, or Boylston)
Watch our 2011 Film Festival trailers