WHEN: November 7th to 9th, 2008 WHERE: Portage Theater - 4050 N. Milwaukee Ave., Chicago, IL 60641
Please mark your calendars and continue to check the website for further information - http://www.cfaff.org .
This year's Film Festival line-up is as follows:
Friday 6:30 pm - CFAFF 5th Anniversary Reception (Open to Public) 8:00 pm - Opening Night Presentation SANTA MESA 10:30 pm - Music video awards, with performances by BAGWIS and Paolo Escobar & the Prescription
Saturday
1:00 pm - THAT ASIAN THING (documentary, with panel discussion)
3:30 pm - SANTA MESA 6:00 pm - FLOAT 8:30 pm - BROWN SOUP THING
Sunday 1:00 pm - JACK en JILL (Dolphy's 1954 classic) 4:00 pm - Short film program 7:00 pm - NEO LOUNGE (2008 CineManila award-winning documentary)
Also - for a limited time - thanks to generous sponsors, CFAFF will be providing FREE day passes for Students & Seniors. Check the website to reserve:
A-Squared Theatre Workshop, a new Asian-American stage workshop, is producing Chicago’s premiere of Philip Kan Gotanda's "The Wind Cries Mary," running from August 1-24, 2008 at City Lit Theatre.
Loosely adapted from Norwegian playwright Henrik Ibsen's Hedda Gabler,Gotanda's interpretation tackles Asian American political and civil rights themes of the late 1960s.
Check out our very own and very special Mia Park with co-founders Paul Yamada, Cary Shoda and Allen Hope Sermonia.
YOU can catch “The Wind Cries Mary” from August 1 – 24 on Thursday-Saturday at 8pm, Sundays at 2pm. All performances are at City Lit Theater, 1020 West Bryn Mawr, Chicago. For reservations call 773.353.5979. General admission is $18, students and seniors $15 and groups of 10 or more at $12.
For the Chicago Filipino American Film Festival:
2008 marks the 5th annual Chicago Filipino American Film Festival (CFAFF) and continues our mission to highlight the works of Filipino American filmmakers, as well as leading cinema from the Philippines.
Call for Submissions
We are now accepting submissions and preparing for the 2008 festival. For more information about submission and selection requirements, please contact JLaxamana@cfaff.org or go to the Submissions page (http://cfaff.org/2008Site/films.htm).
Call for Volunteers
It takes a lot of volunteers to make each film fest a success, but the work is never dull. For more information about volunteering opportunities, please see the Volunteer page (http://cfaff.org/2008Site/volunteer.htm).
Call for Sponsors
Fulfilling our mission of highlighting and supporting up-and-coming Filipino filmmakers, as well as enriching our community, depends on the generous contribution of sponsors. We welcome whatever donation you or your organization can provide. For more information, please visit the Sponsor page (http://cfaff.org/2008Site/sponsors.htm).
Wanna be a model or have some fashion designer experience? Get your portfolio into Asiance Magazine! Words from Asiance Magazine Founder, Jaymie Moran:
"Girls can go right onto the site and create their own modeling portfolio here
We're trying to expose as much untapped Asian American talent as possible starting with models and designers (some girls are fashion designers - we have that as well). For models we're working with some of the modeling agencies to help find unsigned Asian models with potential. We're also going to be selecting models to be in our mag as well. So if you could pass around to get any wannabe models that would be great!"
All interested parties - do it! Tell'em Jonald sent ya! Thanks!
Tour Guides Debut Performance of the Guild Complex's Poetry Performance Incubator
Performances will be: Friday, July 18, 7:00 p.m. Saturday, July 19, at 7:00 p.m. Sunday, July 20, at 2:00 p.m.
Viaduct Theatre, 3111 N. Western Ave., Chicago. Tickets are $8. Order through the Viaduct Theatre box office at 773.296.6024.
Written and performed by Kimberly Dixon, Steven Evans, Stephanie Gentry-Fernandez, Ricardo Gamboa, Tricia Hersey and Rupal Soni. Directed by award-winning Coya Paz.
For the six people in the Guild Complex's Poetry Performance Incubator, they have taken on the jobs of poet, playwright, ensemble member, actor, contributing set designer and…tour guide.
Tour Guides asks the question, "What is Chicago?" The variety of answers includes landmark neighborhood locations like Harold's Chicken and Moo & Oink. (It's about so much more than the Sears Tower and the John Hancock for Chicago natives.) The poets will take you on the CTA, on tours of their neighborhoods, through the tastes and smells of Chicago food and into the heart of how those of us who live here nestle next to and grate against those around us.
The Poetry Performance Incubator is a pilot project of the Guild Complex that has been percolating for the last five years. Though Chicago has a strong tradition of performance poetry, few poets have the developed sense of stage craft that actors have. Even fewer have worked in an ensemble setting. The Incubator pushes at the intersection of poetry and theater with the aim of creating a truly hybrid form. Poets and actors auditioned for the Incubator with the criteria of learning the theater or developing their writing, whichever was the less familiar for them, which included writing work for others as well as themselves and staging the work through an ensemble process.
For more information, please check the Guild Complex website www.guildcomplex.org.
We promise, you'll leave the theater knowing more about Chicago than when you got there even if you're a local.
YAY US! Come out, come out...
Family and Friends -
2 months ago, I entered my film "That Asian Thing" (http://www.thatasianthing.com), into an online film festival via the Independent Features Film Festival (http://www.independentfeatures.com). Through numerous email forwards, myspace/facebook hype, and supportive friends/family - WE GOT IN!! YES! WOO HOO!
Now we need massive amounts of people to come out to the screening in New York City!
DETAILS:
WHAT: "That Asian Thing" Screening
WHERE: Theater 1 - Tribeca Cinemas, 54 Varick St., New York, NY 10013 - (http://www.tribecacinemas.com/)
WHEN: Sunday, July 27th, 12:30 pm
WHY: Cause I'll be there and I want to see you! And even more so - we could blow up the hype by getting "That Asian Thing" a viewer award!!
We were emailed via myspace about MOMIX - a company of dancer/illusionist that exemplify the beauty of the physical body. Please check out their website that has a calendar of upcoming events:
From the following video you can witness their performance which truly is beautiful and demonstrates a strength of talent and physicality. Thanks to Pi for emailing and sending us info about MOMIX. Keep the good talent coming!
BE A WITNESS AND PARTAKE IN THE INDIE FILM MOVEMENT!!
WATCH "THAT ASIAN THING" FOR FREE! WE NEED YOUR SUPPORT!
That's right, ladies and gents! You read right - FOR FREE! It's simple and with your support, you'll help raise the bar of Asian-American awareness, indie filmmaking, and good conversations. Watch "That Asian Thing" online and vote for it to become part of the Independent Features Film Festival at the Tribeca Cinemas in NYC. All you need to do is perform a couple of clicks from your mouse, get comfy in your seat, watch the film, and vote. Here's how:
At the top left of the screen - click on "Sign in." Log in or sign up - just need a valid email address.
After logging in, go to the search box at the top right of the screen. Type in "That Asian Thing" and viola!
From May 5th to June 30th: WATCH AND VOTE!
Easy enough and no animals were harmed in creating this cinematic journey. Tell your friends, their friends, and their other friends that you could become friends with. Let's go "That Asian Thing" - it's not just a movie, it's a movement...
Northshore Center for Performing Arts Theatre. 9501 skokie blvd. skokie, il 60077 May 24th, Saturday.
Doors open 6:30. Show begins 6:45.
Guest Performance by FAR EAST MOVEMENT. Rap group known for their track on Fast & Furious : Tokyo Drift.
Guest Appearance by Michael Kang/Film Director of West 32nd. www.w32nd.com
[Show]
We have... Dancers Rappers Singers Bands Comedians Freestyle Dance Battle (Open to anyone in the audience) Freestyle Rap Battle (Open to anyone in the audience) Acapella Singing Battle (Open to anyone in the audience)
[Ticket Prices]
$16 for group price (10+ people) $18 for regular price $24 for door price
[How to purchase tickets?]
For group price tickets or regular price tickets, contact any staff that are in community.
