Last night, moviegoers celebrated the Closing Night of the 27th San Francisco International Asian American Film Festival, closing out another year of what is arguably the best Asian American film festival in the country (yeah, I said it). Where does the week go? While the festival boasted a schedule some of the best and brightest of what's happening in Asian American, it presented awards in the Narrative and Documentary competitions to a select handful of films. The winners were:
NARRATIVE COMPETITION
The Best Narrative Award is presented to the best feature-length narrative film by or about Asian Americans or Asian Canadians, as selected by a three-person jury. And the winners are…
BEST NARRATIVE
HALF-LIFE
Dir. Jennifer Phang
SPECIAL JURY AWARD
CHILDREN OF INVENTION
Dir. Tze Chun
DOCUMENTARY COMPETITION
The Best Documentary Award is presented to the best feature-length documentary film by or about Asian Americans or Asian Canadians, as selected by a three-person jury. And the winners are…
BEST DOCUMENTARY
THE MOSQUE IN MORGANTOWN
Dir. Brittany Huckabee
SPECIAL JURY AWARD
DIRTY HANDS: THE ART AND CRIMES OF DAVID CHOE
Dir. Harry Kim
If you didn't seem them, they're all definitely films to put on your list to watch. More info here: 2009 SFIAAFF Awards Winners announced! But the party don't stop. The San Jose portion of the film festival kicks off tonight with the Opening Night screening and gala reception of David Boyle's White on Rice. South Bay, represent! For details about tonight's festivities, as well as the rest of the weekend's screenings, go to the festival website here.