A quick wrap-up of last weekend's closing celebration at the Asian American International Film Festival... A the Closing Night Awards Ceremony, AAIFF announced the winners of its Festival Awards. Hosted by Ping Pong Playa co-writer/co-producer/star Jimmy Tsai, with awards presented by director Jessica Yu, actress Michelle Krusiec and actor Ken Leung, the event wrapped up the festival's successful 31st year. Here's the list of winners:
AAIFF08 Award Winners
Emerging Director Award in Narrative Feature
HALF-LIFE
Dir. Jennifer Phang
Emerging Director Award in Documentary Feature
AGAINST THE GRAIN: AN ARTIST'S GUIDE TO SURVIVING PERU
Dir. Ann Kaneko
AAIFF08 Audience Award~Narrative Feature
KISSING COUSINS
Dir. Amyn Kaderali
AAIFF08 Audience Award~Documentary Feature
WINGS OF DEFEAT
Dir. Risa Morimoto
In addition, the The One to Watch Award, open to all films made by youth in the For Youth By Youth program was granted to Lou Nakasako for his film Batman Not Chinese. Nathan Kitada was named the winner of AAIFF's 8th Screenplay Competition for his screenplay Citizen Kim. For more information about these winning films, check out the festival website here. Also be sure to check out the special podcasts recorded last week at the festival panels. It's good stuff. See you next year!
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