NAATA Exhibition: August Film Series and 18th SFIAAFF Call for Entries

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From: ShellySilver <silvernyc at earthlink.net>
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Sent: Wednesday, August 04, 1999 1:24 AM
Subject: NAATA Exhibition: August Film Series and 18th SFIAAFF Call for
Entries


> FOR THOSE IN THE SF AREA,
> BEST,
> SHELLY.
>
> =================================================================
> CONTENTS
>
> * 2 X 2: Iwai Shunji & Stephen Chiau Sing-Chi
>   Summer film showcase at the Asian Art Museum, SF, CA
>
> * Call for Entries to the 18th San Francisco
>    International Asian American Film Festival
>    is now available
>
> =================================================================
>
> NAATA and the Asian Art Museum present:
>
> 2 X 2:  IWAI SHUNJI & STEPHEN CHIAU SING-CHI
> August 20-22, 1999
>
> Trustees Auditorium, Asian Art Museum
> Golden Gate Park, San Francisco
>
> For more information visit http://www.naatanet.org/festival
>
> Featuring:
> ---------
> *  April Story (Dir. Iwai Shunji)
> *  Love Letter (Dir. Iwai Shunji)
> *  God of Cookery (Dirs. Stephen Chiau Sing-Chi & Lee Lik-Chi)
> *  A Chinese Odyssey, Part 1: Pandora's Box & Part 2: Cinderella
>    (Dir. Jeff Lau Chun-Wai and starring Stephen Chiau Sing-Chi)
>
> Tickets:
> -------
> $8 General Admission
> $6 for NAATA / Asian Art Museum Members, Students and Seniors
>
> For more information call 415.379.8879 or visit NAATA's website
> http://www.naatanet.org/festival
>
>
> NAATA and the Asian Art Museum will present a quartet of
> contemporary films featuring two of Asia's premier cinematic
> talents.  Japanese director Iwai Shunji's achingly beautiful
> and technically flawless films depict a succession of life's
> precious moments of coincidence, unrequited love, and fate.
> His films are unique intersections of existentialism and wistful
> romance.  Actor-director Stephen Chiau Sing-Chi's witty
> virtuosity blends deconstruction, youthful rhythms, and inspired
> wordplay.  The seven comedies he released between 1994-1996,
> rivaling Wong Kar Wai's oeuvre as the most impressive run
> of the decade, made him a Hong Kong box office superstar.
>
> Iwai Shunji's APRIL STORY follows the emotional life of the
> painfully shy Uzuki, who has just started university in
> Tokyo.  When Uzuki introduces herself during homeroom
> orientation, she finds herself unexpectedly embarrassed when
> a fellow student innocently asks, "Why did you choose to
> attend this university?" Subtly, Iwai has created a film
> that imagines an intensely romantic life for the most
> awkward student in school.  Ultimately, the reasons for
> Uzuki's leaving home unfold with the discovery of an old
> love and a local bookstore.
>
> Iwai's LOVE LETTER, a Proustian memory piece, captures the
> struggle to recover from love lost to death.  Two years
> after her fiance's death, Watanabe Hiroko tries to exorcise
> her grief by mailing him a letter.  Hiroko's sorrow turns to
> astonishment when she receives a reply.  Her "letter to
> heaven" was accidentally delivered to a young woman with the
> same name as Hiroko's fiance.  The intertwining fates of the
> characters then unfold as the two women, Hiroko and Itsuki,
> begin to correspond.
>
> Stephen Chiau Sing-Chi and Lee Lik-Chi's GOD OF COOKERY,
> featuring Chiau in a leading role, follows the exploits of a
> restaurant business fraud who is overthrown by his once
> loyal, now upstart student.  Humiliated, Chiau accidentally
> encounters a group of street merchants who, after their
> battle with the local triad, help him recover his spirit.
> Fortune turns again when he alienates the merchants who had
> once helped him, and only a stint in the local Shaolin
> monastery dedicated to cooking, does he become honorable,
> skilled and ready to regain his title as God of Cookery.
>
> A CHINESE ODYSSEY, directed by Jeff Lau Chun-Wai and
> featuring Stephen Chiau Sing-Chi, is an updated, kung-fu
> version of the well-loved Chinese mythological saga known to
> Western audiences as MONKEY! or THE JOURNEY WEST.  It
> features two episodes from the quest of a priest, Longevity
> Monk, to obtain and transport Buddhist scriptures from
> China to India.  In PANDORA'S BOX (Part 1), a time
> traveler races to prevent his fiance's suicide, only to
> discover that he is the reincarnation of the Monkey King.
> The sequel, CINDERELLA (Part 2), downplays the chaos and has
> its fun detailing the reluctant King's efforts to reunite
> with his beloved before she sacrifices her hand in marriage.
>
> =================================================================
>
> NAATA ANNOUNCES CALL FOR ENTRIES FOR SUBMISSIONS TO THE 18TH
> SAN FRANCISCO INTERNATIONAL ASIAN AMERICAN FILM FESTIVAL
>
> The National Asian American Telecommunications Association
> (NAATA) is seeking the best and most recent Asian American
> and Asian films and videos for the 18th annual San Francisco
> International Asian American Film Festival (SFIAAFF). The
> premiere showcase dedicated to the exhibition of Asian
> American and Asian cinema, this non-competitive festival
> will take place March 9-16, 2000 at several venues
> throughout the San Francisco Bay Area.
>
> The year 2000 also marks the 20th anniversary of NAATA.
> Panelists will be invited from across the world to
> participate in special workshops, panels and presentations
> about the future of independent filmmaking.  Topics may
> include media activism and literacy, digital media, and
> master classes.  The 2000 SFIAAFF will be an important
> convening of filmmakers, industry and the public in
> celebration of Asian American and Asian culture.  Don't miss
> out on this landmark event!
>
> To receive a copy of the Call for Entries electronically,
> send email to festival at naatanet.org or visit our website at
> http://www.naatanet.org/festival.
>
> To receive a printed copy of the Call for Entries mail, fax
> or email a request to:
> NAATA/Call for Entries
> 346 9th Street 2nd Floor
> San Francisco, CA  94103
> fax:  415.863.7428
> email:  festival at naatanet.org
>
> For more information visit http://www.naatanet.org/festival
>
> GUIDELINES
> ----------
>
> DEADLINES
> Entry forms and preview tapes must arrive at NAATA by 5PM PST
> Early deadline: Friday, 17 September 1999
> Final deadline: Friday, 1 October 1999
>
> ENTRY FEES
> A check or money order issued through a US banking
> institution payable to "NAATA"included with this
> Entry Form.  (The entry fee is waived for new and continuing
> NAATA members.  Contact NAATA for more information or visit
> http://www.naatanet.org)
>
>  * $USD20 (Early discount entry fee and application due 9/17/99)
>  * $USD25 (Final deadline entry fee and application due 8/1/99)
>
> ALL GENRES ACCEPTED
>   Short to feature-length narrative, documentary,
>   experimental, animation and mixed
>
> FORMATS ACCEPTED FOR PREVIEW
>   NTSC 1/2" VHS and 3/4" video
>
> FINAL EXHIBITION FORMATS
>   Film:  35mm or 16mm
>   Video (NTSC):  single-channel 3/4" or BETACAM SP
>
>
>
>
> ---------------------------------------
> Shelly Silver
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> USA
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