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The Boston Asian American Film Festival (BAAFF) empowers Asian Americans through film by showcasing Asian American experiences and serving as a resource to filmmakers and the Greater Boston Community.
The festival is here for YOU—to see and been seen, to hear and be heard— as individuals exploring the joys and challenges of a collective community.
We are seeking narratives, dramas, comedies, shorts, documentaries, animations, music videos and experimental films.
Deadlines: Regular – May 15, 2024 / Extended – May 26, 2024
Additional questions, please email [email protected]
Directed by Sean Wang
May 6, 7:15PM | Brattle Theatre
Winner: U.S. Dramatic Special Jury Award for Best Ensemble & Audience Award; U.S. Dramatic, 2024 Sundance Film Festival
In 2008, during the last month of summer before high school begins, an impressionable 13-year-old Taiwanese American boy learns what his family can’t teach him: how to skate, how to flirt, and how to love your mom.
Directed & Produced by So Yun Um
May 17, 7:00PM | Emerson Paramount Center
Two Korean American children of liquor store owners reconcile their own dreams with those of their immigrant parents. They confront the complex legacies of LA’s racial landscape, including the 1991 murder of Latasha Harlins and the 1992 uprisings sparked by the police beating of Rodney King, while engaged in current struggles for social and economic justice.
Directed by Law Chen
May 18, 6:00PM | Museum of Science
Starring Jerry as Himself is a gripping true story of a family who documents how their immigrant father Jerry, a recently retired Florida man, was recruited by the Chinese police to be an undercover agent, only to discover a darker truth.
Join us for this one-night-only screening in the giant dome of the Mugar Omni Theater, followed by Q&A and meet-and-greet with filmmakers Law Chen, director; Jonathan Hsu, executive producer; and moderated by Stephanie Chen, Director of Community Partnerships, NAAAP Boston.
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