APA Film Fest this weekend!
Asian Cinevision's 29th Annual Asian American International Film Festival kicks-off in New York

July 13 to August 6, 2006

James Chang in "American Fusion" directed by Frank Lin.

Asian CineVision (ACV), a nonprofit media arts organization dedicated to promoting and preserving Asian and Asian American media expressions, announces the 29th Asian American International Film Festival (AAIFF) - the nation's longest-running festival devoted to works by filmmakers of Asian descent - is an annual global showcase of feature narratives, documentaries, short films, and special programs. The East Coast premiere of Ham Tran's impressive feature film debut JOURNEY FROM THE FALL opens the festival on July 13. Dedicated to the millions of Vietnamese boat people and survivors of the communist reeducation camps, it is the first American film to depict the Vietnam War from a Vietnamese perspective. Included among the 19 features and 74 shorts at this year's festival are challenging films by a number of first- or second-time filmmakers who have pushed Asian American filmmaking to a new place by engaging with its past. This year's festival will present 11 world premieres, 7 U.S. premieres, 10 East Coast premieres, and 34 New York premieres, from countries such as Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Israel, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Singapore, the Philippines, and the United States. Its selections run the gamut of genres, from family dramas to comedies to romance.

AAIFF will also offer a rare special presentation of six films from the old Sun Sing Theatre in New York's Chinatown. In the summer of 1995, just before the permanent closing of the Sun Sing, three intrepid film lovers rescued more than 40 films and movie paraphernalia. With Chinese theaters having become a dying institution, these half-dozen "unearthed" films are being brought before an audience for a very rare screening.

Long Nguyen and Jayvee Mai The Hiep in Ham Tran's
"Journey from the Fall."

The 29th Asian American International Film Festival line-up is as follows:

Features:
AMERICAN FUSION by director Frank Lin (New York Premiere); BEAUTY REMAINS (MEI REN YI JIU) by director Ann Hu (New York Premiere); COLMA: THE MUSICAL by director Richard Wong (East Coast Premiere); EVE & THE FIRE HORSE by director Julia Kwan; INNER CIRCLE LINE (NAEBU SOONWHANSUN) by director Eunhee Cho (New York Premiere); JOURNEY FROM THE FALL (VUOT SONG) by director Ham Tran (East Coast Premiere); PURITY by director Narhee Ahn (East Coast Premiere); RIGODON by directors Sari Lluch Dalena and Keith Sicat (New York Premiere); TRAIN MAN: DENSHA OTOKO by director Shosuke Murakami (New York Premiere)

Shorts:
5x90: THE WAKE by director Samuel Kiehoon Lee; 6 FT IN 7 MIN by director Rafael Del Toro; A GIRL NAMED KAI by director Kai Ling Xue; BLACKBERRIES by director Nicolas Panoutsopoulos; BLUSH by director Jerome Austria; BUNNY AND CLYDO by director Rocky Jo; CALL IT A DAY by director Jason A. DaSilva; DRY CLEAN ONLY by director J.P. Chan; FAMILY SIZE PIZZA by director Gim Gyungmi; FISHBOWL by director Kayo Hatta; HAPPY HAMPTONS HOLIDAY CAMP by director Greg Pak; HIGH WINDS by director Vanessa Ly; JANIE by director Christine Shin; LITTLE MARY by director Andrew van den Houten; LONG DISTANCE by director Shu-Ling Hsieh; LOST SOLE by director Sanif Olek; MODERN DAY ARRANGED MARRIAGE by director Rehana Mirza; PORT AUTHORITY INCIDENT by director Evelyn Lee; PUBLIC BATH by directors Tak Hoon Kim and In Pyo Hong; QUIETLY by director Jit Fong Oon; RELATIVE DISTANCE by director Cathy Begien; ROCK BOTTOM by director Susan Chiu; RUSHING RIVER by director Michelle Chai; SAME TIME LAST YEAR by director Peter Phan Long-Cuu; SHOUT by director Lillian Wang; STATIONERY by director Monica Rho; STILL by director Lucky Kuswandi; TEA DATE by director Mina Park; THE MANSION (MANSYON) by director Joel Ruiz; THE MODE OF DISAPPEARANCE by director Kih-Hoon Kim; TIME AND THE HOUR RUN by director Samir R Patel; TWO GIRLS by director Ming Kai Leung; UNDER CONSTRUCTION by director Hyung-Suk Lee; VICTORY (JEET) by directors Paras Chaudhari and Chrysovalantis Stamelos; WAKE by director Keun-Pyo Park; WHAT REMAINS by director Eric Lin

Sun Sing:
ALL ABOUT AH LONG (A LANG DE GUSHI) by director Johnny To; ANGELS II (TIAN SHI XING DONG II ZHI HUO FENG JIAO LONG) by directors Raymond Leung and Teresa Woo; CURRY AND PEPPER (GA LEI LAAK JIU) by director "Blackie" Ko Shou Liang; LEE ROCK II (WU YI TAN ZHANG LEI LUO ZHUAN II FU ZI QING CHOU) by director Lawrence Lau; HAPPY GHOST II (KAI XIN GUI FANG SHU JIA) by director Clifton Ko; THE THIRTY MILLION RUSH (HENG CAI SAN QIAN WAN) by director Karl Maka

Documentaries:
AGENT YELLOW, NOT A CHINAMAN'S CHANCE by director Christine Choy; AIR by director Patti Sakurai; BE WITH ME by director Eric Khoo (New York Premiere); EXPERIMENT (JIKKEN) by director Lowell Douglas Ing; FIREWATER by directors Mitsuru Tamatsuka and Brian Nishi; GRASSROOTS RISING by director Robert C. Winn (New York Premiere); HONORABLE SON by director Jay Esguera; I FOR INDIA by director Sandhya Suri (New York Premiere); MUSIC PALACE by director Eric Lin; NALINI BY DAY, NANCY BY NIGHT by director Sonali Gulati; RISING UP: THE ALAMS by director Konrad Aderer; THE JOURNEY OF VAAN NGUYEN by director Duki Dror (New York Premiere); THE MUSHROOM CLUB by director Steven Okazaki; THE SLANTED SCREEN by director Jeff Adachi (New York Premiere); WENDY...UH...WHAT'S HER NAME by director Curtis Choy

Chiew Sung Ching in "Be With Me" directed by Eric Khoo.

For Youth By Youth:
AN EXTRA TERRESTRIAL GIRL WHO IS ON EARTH BY MISTAKE by director Min-ji Oh; ANIMATRONIC TITO PUENTE by director Jimmy Chorng; BLACK BOX by directors Gabriella Da Silva, Jordan Mueller, Amanda Moscoso, Anthony Marrero, Gabriel Duah, Alexander La Salle, Tatiana Lam, and Ronny Jaramillo; CHANGES by director Winston Lu; DREAM OF THE INVISIBLES by directors Mugeeb Sweileh, Osman Sesay, Thierno Diallo, Wei Quan, Johan Forero, Jonathan Lopez, and Luis Forero; ISLANDS by directors Calvin Sun and Brian Foo; SLIP OF THE TONGUE by director Karen Lum; THICKER THAN WATER by directors Jennifer Miller, Ricky Sim, Zoubin Tang, Long Tran, and Lusheena Warner

The Music Video Show:
"16 Military Wives" The Decemberists by director Aaron Stewart-Ahn; "A Brighter Day" Kevin So by director Francisco Aliwalas; "All Roads Lead To Here" Gurpreet & Jugular by directors Richie Mehta & Stuart McIntyre; "Baby C'mon" Stephen Malkmus by directors Lana Kim & Andy Bruntel; "Dekoder" Viva K by director Ravi Dhar; "Get Yourself High" The Chemical Bros. ft. K-OS by director Joseph Kahn; "Got Me Like" P.I.C. by director Steve E. Mallorca; "Holla Hey" Far-East Movement by director Todd Angkasuwan; "I Will Follow You Into The Dark" Death Cab for Cutie by director Monkmus; "I've Been Lost" +/- by director Rik Cordero; "Irish Blood English Heart" Morrissey by directors of AV Club; "Love Song On The Road" Johnny Hi-Fi by director George Su; "Micronomic" Lali Puna by director Luis Briceno; "Round Round" Far-East Movement by director Evan Jackson Leong; "Steal The Blueprints" +/- by director Chris Deaner; "Sweet Lucy Asleep" Invid by directors Patricio Ginelsa and A.J. Calomay; "Widow" The Mars Volta by directors of Artificial Army; "Tone Twilight Zone" Cornelius by director Koichiro Tsujikawa; "What Will It Be?" (METAL VERSION)- Deeyah ft. Young Maylay by director Deeyah

Launched in 1978, the AAIFF was created with a mission to provide a formal annual showcase for filmmakers of Asian descent. The AAIFF is one of the first festivals in North America to introduce the public to such internationally acclaimed directors as Oscar winner Ang Lee as well as Oscar nominees Zhang Yimou, Mira Nair, and Ismail Merchant. Since its inception, the AAIFF has also helped initiate the establishment of other Asian film festivals in major cities - including Chicago, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Toronto, and Vancouver.

Asian CineVision, Inc. (ACV)
ACV is a nonprofit national media arts organization dedicated to the promotion and preservation of Asian and Asian American film and video arts. Since 1978, ACV has annually presented the Asian American International Film Festival, the first and longest-running festival devoted to Asian/Asian American cinema in the United States. In addition to the festival, ACV's programs and services include film exhibitions, mentoring and educational outreach, training workshops, publications, and a media archive.

July 13-21, 2006
The Asia Society, 725 Park Avenue at 70th Street, New York NY
The Quad Cinema, 34 W. 13th Street, New York NY

August 3-6, 2006 (Select Films)
Stony Brook University's Charles B. Wang Center
Stony Brook, Long Island NY.

To purchase tickets online or for more information, please visit www.asiancinevision.org or call 212.989.1422.