GR Sponsors the
2006 DC APA Film Festival September 28 - October 7.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Verizon Presents the 7th Annual Asian Pacific American Film Festival
Washington, DC -- APA Film and Verizon present the 7th Annual DC Asian Pacific American (APA) Film Festival September 28 through October 7, 2006, throughout the Washington, DC area, including Landmark's E Street Cinema, Freer/Sackler Gallery, and the National Museum of Women in the Arts. The festival will showcase 14 features, over 30 short films, and 5 special events. A complete schedule of films and descriptions is available at http://www.apafilm.org.
The Opening Night Presentation on Sep 28 is AMERICANESE. This film about the politics of an interracial Asian American couple (Chris Tashima, Allison Sie) was directed by Eric Byler (CHARLOTTE SOMETIMES) and received Special Jury Prize and Audience Awards at the 2006 South by Southwest Film Festival. Eric Byler and members of the cast are scheduled to attend.
On Sep 30, the festival presents four programs at the Jack Morton Auditorium at George Washington University, including THE SLANTED SCREEN, a historical profile of Asian male actors in film and television, and SENTENCED HOME, a first-hand account of Cambodian immigrants fighting current controversial deportation laws.
Several documentaries will make their DC premieres, including a touching portrait of an Indian family who communicated for several years through audio and film correspondence, I FOR INDIA (Sundance Film Festival 2006); and QUEEN OF VIRGINIA, about a local leader in the Vietnamese immigrant community who rises to become a star competitor in the Ms. Senior America Pageant.
A number of films feature ensemble casts, with new and veteran Asian American actors in lead roles, including the comedy AMERICAN FUSION (starring Sylvia Chang, Esai Morales, Collin Chou, and the late Pat Morita in one of his last appearances); and WATERBORNE (starring Ajay Naidu, Christopher Masterson, and Lindsey Price), a thriller about a biological terrorist attack in Los Angeles.
Four programs will be presented at the National Museum of Women in the Arts, including a selection of shorts by women and gay and lesbian filmmakers, and two recent features directed by and starring women -- SITA, a narrative documentary about a young girl from Nepal involved in a sex trafficking incident; and KIEU, a classic Vietnamese tale retold with a modern storyline and set in San Francisco.
The Closing Night Presentation is EVE AND THE FIRE HORSE, which received Special Jury Prize at the 2006 Sundance Film Festival. Director/writer Julia Kwan, and Phoebe Kut, the film's young star, are scheduled to attend.
The Verizon Presents the 2006 DC APA Film Festival is supported by Silver Sponsor Canadian Embassy, Silver Sponsor Adobe, Bronze Sponsor Coalition of Asian Pacific Americans of Virginia, Bronze Sponsor Bill Page Toyota, Bronze Sponsor Radley Acura, and a number of local businesses and nonprofit organizations.
The Verizon Presents the 2006 DC APA Film Festival is a sponsored project of Fractured Atlas, a nonprofit arts service organization. For more information, visit http://www.apafilm.org, call (202) 330-5496, or email apafilm@apafilm.org. For press and media inquires, contact Oliver Yun, PR/Marketing Director, oliveryun@apafilm.org.
