SF International Asian American Film Festival Starts Tomorrow

From Mar. 8 through 18, the Center for Asian American Media  (CAAM) presents the 30th San Francisco International Asian American Film Festival (SFIAAFF). The SFIAAFF is the largest showcase for new Asian American and Asian films in North America. Each year it presents approximately 120 works in San Francisco, Berkeley and San Jose. The SFIAAFF also features the best in Asian American music and digital and interactive media. Since 1982, the SFIAAFF has been an important launching point for Asian American independent filmmakers as well as a vital source for new Asian cinema.

The SFIAAFF kicks off tomorrow night with a showing of White Frog, starring B.D. Wong and Harry Shum (Glee) and the opening gala at the Asian Art Musuem in San Francisco. The festival continues over the next 10 days with films from the U.S., Canada, New Zealand, Tanzania, South Korea, India, Cambodia, China, France, the Philippines, Taiwan, and Japan being shown  at the following venues around the Bay Area:

• Asian Art Museum, 200 Larkin Street (at Fulton), San Francisco, 415.581.3500 | www.asianart.org
• Camera 3 Cinemas, 288 South Second Street (at East San Carlos Street), San Jose, 408-998-3300 | www.cameracinemas.com/camera3
• Castro Theatre, 429 Castro St (at Market near 17th St), San Francisco 415.621.6120 | www.castrotheatre.com
• Japantown Peace Plaza Along Post and Sutter streets, between Laguna and Fillmore streets (Located between Kintetsu and Miyako malls) www.sfjapantown.org
• Mighty, 119 Utah Street (near 15th Street), San Francisco, 415.762.0151 | mighty119.com
• O3 Bistro & Lounge, 524 Van Ness Avenue, San Francisco, 415.934.9800 | www.o3restaurant.com
• Pacific Film Archive Theater, 2575 Bancroft Way (Between College and Telegraph streets), Berkeley, 510.642.0808 | www.bampfa.berkeley.edu
• SF Film Society, 1746 Post St (at Webster), San Francisco (Located inside the NEW PEOPLE center), 415.525.8600 | www.newpeopleworld.com/
• San Jose Museum of Art, 10 South Market Street San Jose,  408.271.6840 | www.sjmusart.org
• Som Bar, 2925 16th Street (near Mission), San Francisco, 415.558.8521 | som-bar.com
• Hotel Kabuki, 1625 Post Street (near Laguna), San Francisco, 415.922.3200 | jdvhotels.com
• Sundance Kabuki Cinemas, 1881 Post St (at Fillmore), San Francisco, 415.346.3243 | www.sundancecinemas.com
• SuperFrog Gallery, 1746 Post St (at Webster), San Francisco (Located inside the NEW PEOPLE center), 415.525.8600 | www.newpeopleworld.com

For a complete listing of films and to get your tickets, visit the CAAM website.