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IT'S A WRAP!

Congratulations to all our filmmakers, artists, writers, and artists who made this Festival a success!

AAIFF08 Award Winners

Emerging Director Award in Narrative Feature
HALF-LIFE
Dir. Jennifer Phang

Emerging Director Award in Documentary Feature
AGAINST THE GRAIN: AN ARTIST'S GUIDE TO SURVIVING PERú
Dir. Ann Kaneko

AAIFF08 Audience Award~Narrative Feature
KISSING COUSINS
Dir. Amyn Kaderali

AAIFF08 Audience Award~Documentary Feature
WINGS OF DEFEAT
Dir. Risa Morimoto

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AAIFF08 Music Video: “O Valencia” by The Decemberists



DIRECTOR: Aaron Stewart-Ahn

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CITIZEN KIM

CITIZEN KIM. No, not CITIZEN KANE, the legendary Orson Welles film that boasts to be the best US film of all time, but the play about a Korean struggling to get a green card to remain in the US and continue his American Dream which AAIFF had chosen for this year's Screenplay Reading.

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NEW LANDSCAPES Podcasts

Missed the panels? Download the podcast! Hear:

China and the Environment
Policy makers shape the political landscape while media artists capture the natural and industrial panorama of China through a critical lens.

Extra Lives: Intersections of Video Games and Film
Four gamers/filmmakers/artists nerd out and debate whether or not the field has yet to see its CITIZEN KANE of video games.

On Asian/American Aesthetics
David Henry Hwang and Wayne Wang parley whether or not "passive aggression" can be considered an aesthetic, regardless of what their therapists have to say about it.

One On One with Jessica Yu
Yes, she admits, she can be a bit obsessive about her projects—documentary films are her passion—but, no, she's definitely not an egoist. Hear more.

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