By Maria Esteves – August 12, 2016 The 39th Asian American International Film Festival Closing Night Premiere of FRONT COVER, directed by Ray Yeung commenced Saturday, July 30, 2016 at the Museum of the Moving Image, New York. Closing night carpet arrivals included FRONT COVER cast and crew members director Ray Yeung, co-producers Chowee Leow, Stan Vidal Guingon; actors James Chen, Wayne Chang and actress Sonia Villani. FRONT COVER now playing at City Cinemas Village East Cinema, New ...

By Maria Esteves – August 1, 2016 The 39th Asian American International Film Festival 2016 (AAIFF16) Awards Ceremony presented by executive director John C. Woo, AAIFF, honoring the best independent cinema and emerging directors by Asian and Asian Americans commenced Saturday, July 30, 8PM, at the Museum of Moving Image (MOMI), Queens, New York. TOTO, directed by John Paul Su is recipient of the Audience Award. The Closing Night New York City Premiere of FRONT COVER, directed by ...

By Maria Esteves – July 29, 2016 The 39th Asian American International Film Festival 2016 (AAIFF16) Opening Press Conference was held at the Museum of Chinese in New York (MOCA), Wednesday, July 20, 1PM. Presented by Asian CineVision (ACV), executive director John C. Woo, the event highlighted this year’s ten day (July 21-30) celebration of diversity in cast and themes by emerging and established Asian and Asian American filmmakers from 18 countries includes TOTO, directed ...

By Maria Esteves – August 13, 2014 The 37th Asian American International Film Festival 2014 (AAIFF14) Closing Night Presentation of HOW TO FIGHT IN SIX INCH HEELS (Am Muu Giay Got Nhon), directed by Ham Tran, commenced Saturday, August 2, 7:30pm at City Cinema Village East theatre, New York. A special Q&A session with producer Timothy Linh Bui immediately followed moderated by festival operations consultant Judy Lei, AAIFF. Questions posed by the audience included "What inspired ...

By Maria Esteves – August 6, 2014 The 37th Asian American International Film Festival 2014 (AAIFF14) Closing Awards Ceremony presented by program manager Lesley Yiping Qin, AAIFF, honoring the best in Asian American filmmaking and emerging directors commenced at 9:00PM, Saturday, August 2, 2014 at City Cinema Village East, New York. AAIFF 2014 Closing Night after party at The Penny Farthing immediately followed the ceremony. CHU AND BLOSSOM received two awards including Emerging Direct...

By Maria Esteves - August 21, 2010 The 33rd Asian American International Film Festival 2010 (AAIFF10) Special Presentation of Eye on Taiwan short film series sponsored by Asian CineVision (ACV) and the Taipei Economic and Cultural Office (TECO), New York, commenced Saturday, July 17, 7:30 pm, at the Chelsea Clearview Cinemas, New York. A special Q&A session with producer/director Wenchung Lu, of Ketchup, moderated by AAIFF program manager Martha C.M. Tien immediately followed the pre...