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Philadelphia Asian American Film Festival

Film & Other Media
In Person
Ibrahim Theater at the International House and the Asian Arts Initiative.
3701 Chestnut Street or 1219 Vine Street Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Date: Oct. 9, 2009 – Oct. 11, 2009




Official Lineup for the Philadelphia Asian American Film Festival Presented by HBO

Featuring Chicago Filmmaker Masahiro Sugano's Film "Second Moon"

Second Moon Masahiro Sugano & Sanghoon Lee

Masahiro will be present for a discussion after the screening.

Screening details:
Saturday October 10, 2009
4pm
Ibrahim Theater of The International House
3701 Chestnut Street
Philadelphia, PA 19104-3195
(215) 387-5125
Philadelphia Asian American Film & Filmmakers is very pleased to announce that HBO is returning as the Presenting Sponsor for the 2009 Philadelphia Asian American Film Festival , which runs October 9-11, 2009 at the Ibrahim Theater at the International House and the Asian Arts Initiative .

Congratulations to all of our filmmakers!
(Schedule, ticketing and full listings of films will be available soon. Films are listed by Director and Producer)

NARRATIVE FEATURES
Opening Night FilmChildren of Invention Tze Chun & Mynette Louie
Centerpiece PresentationFormosa Betrayed Adam Kane & Will Tiao
Closing Night FilmStory of Wine Cheol-ha Lee & Cha Seung-jae
Karma Calling Sarba Das & Sarthak Das
Second Moon Masahiro Sugano & Sanghoon Lee
Why Am I Doing This? Tom Huang & N.D. Brown

DOCUMENTARIES
Operation Babylift Tammy Nguyen Lee
A Song For Ourselves Tadashi Nakamura
Sounds of New Hope Eric Tandoc
A Village Called Versailles S. Leo Chiang
Whatever It Takes Christopher Wong


films Masahiro Sugano movies Philadelphia Second Moon (film)

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