CAAMFest
Location | San Francisco Berkeley San Jose |
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Hosted by | Center for Asian American Media |
No. of films | 130 |
Language | International |
Website | http://www.caamedia.org/ |
CAAMFest, known prior to 2013 as the San Francisco International Asian American Film Festival (SFIAAFF), is presented every March in the San Francisco Bay Area in the United States as the nation’s largest showcase for new Asian American and Asian films. It annually presents approximately 130 works in San Francisco, Berkeley and San Jose. Since 1982, the festival has been a launching point for Asian American independent filmmakers as well as a source for new Asian cinema.
Locations
While the majority of the films at the festival screen at the Sundance Kabuki in Japantown and the Castro Theatre in San Francisco, many films are also screened at the Pacific Film Archive in Berkeley and at the Camera 12 Downtown Cinemas in San Jose.
Awards
To underscore its commitment to supporting Asian American filmmakers and recognizing their achievements, the SFIAAFF inaugurated in 2005 a juried competition in two categories as well as audience awards. In 2010 Emmy-nominated documentary Wo Ai Ni (I Love You) Mommy made its world premiere at the SFIAAFF and went on to win Best Documentary at the festival.
External links
- Center for Asian American Media
- SanFranciscoChinatown.com Picks for SFIAAFF
- Asian Music Circuit (UK)
- SFIAAFF Documentary
- Asian-American culture in California
- Culture of San Francisco, California
- Film festivals in the United States
- Festivals in the San Francisco Bay Area
- Asian-American film festivals
- International film festivals
- Recurring events established in 1982
- 1982 establishments in California
- San Francisco Bay Area cinema
- American film festival stubs