2016 Seattle Asian American Film Festival

February 19-21 at the Northwest Film Forum



Seattle film fans! It's time to support independent Asian American cinema. Make some plans. The Seattle Asian American Film Festival is going down February 19-21 at the Northwest Film Forum in Capitol Hill. The program includes fifty of the best works in recent independent cinema by and about Asian Americans.

Here are some festival highlights:

2015 Seattle Asian American Film Festival

February 12-15 at the Northwest Film Forum



Seattle film lovers! It is time. The 2015 Seattle Asian American Film Festival is happening this week, February 12-15, at the Northwest Film Forum in Capitol Hill. They've packed the program with an awesome selection of films by and about Asian Americans across North America. Will you be there?

The festivities kick off this Thursday with the Opening Night presentation of the acclaimed feature documentary To Be Takei, followed by the Macy's Opening Night party at Velocity Dance Center with musical performances by Hollis Wong-Wear and Prometheus Brown. Sounds like it's going to be a lot of fun.

Here's the festival trailer:

Awesome Asian Bad Guys in Seattle!

Two free screenings, August 23 and 24.



This is for all my people in Seattle... The Awesome Asian Bad Guys are coming to get you. National Film Society's action/comedy webseries Awesome Asian Bad Guys is hitting the road hard, and is making its next stop with two screenings as part of the Seattle Asian American Film Festival's Summer Series.

We're Screening Twice in Seattle!!

In Awesome Asian Bad Guys, Stephen Dypiangco and Patrick Epino direct and star as down-and-out filmmakers who must recruit an unlikely team of Asian American heroes -- a motley crew that includes Al Leong, Yuji Okumoto, Tamlyn Tomita, George Cheung and Randall Park -- to take down a ruthless crime lord. The series is an homage to your favorite nameless Asian movie character actors of the 1980s and 90s.

You can go to the outdoor screening on Saturday, August 23 at Chinatown's Hing Hay Park (bring your friends! bring a chair!) or Sunday, August 24 at The NVC Hall. Stars Yuji Okumoto and Stephen Dypiango will be in attendance. And best of all, both screenings are free! Here are some more details about the screenings:

2014 Seattle Asian American Film Festival

February 6-9 at Ark Lodge Cinemas



Seattle! This is for you. Film and community come together again for the 2014 Seattle Asian American Film Festival, a four-day showcase of feature-length and short format films by and about Asian Americans across North America, with an emphasis on filmmakers from the Pacific Northwest. It's going down next week, February 6-9 at Columbia city's Ark Lodge Cinemas.

They've got a really great lineup, starting with the February 6 opening night screening and party for the hit Sundance feature documentary Linsanity, director Evan Jackson Leong's behind-the-scenes look at the rise of NBA superstar Jeremy Lin, and his incredible and unlikely underdog story.

Here's the full rundown of SAAFF programs:

Call for Entries: 2014 Seattle Asian American Film Festival

Submit your film by September 15, 2013.

Attention filmmakers! You are invited to submit your film for consideration for the upcoming 2014 edition of the Seattle Asian American Film Festival, going down January 23-26 in Seattle's Chinatown-International District.

SAAFF features works by Northwest Asian American filmmakers, as well as films from across the country dealing with Asian American people, issues, and themes. They'll accept films of any length and genre that were completed in 2011 or later.

But the deadline for entries is coming up quick: September 15, 2013. So get going. For further information about festival, visit the SAAFF website. To get started on the submission process, go here.