SFist Mihi reports in from the SFIAAFF this weekend! The world premiere of Shanghai Kiss played on Saturday night at the Castro Theatre and the house was packed. One of the themes running through the San Francisco International Asian American Film Festival last year was about how there weren't enough Asian-American men in movies. Clearly things have not improved since out of the three movies we saw over the weekend, two of them featured the......

To live in the Bay Area is (frequently) to be able to count more than one aspiring filmmaker in one's circle of acquaintance. The next time you're at some dinner party/Zeitgeist get-together/orgy at the Power Exchange and someone starts blabbing on about their unfulfilled creative vision, remind them of the opportunities available to them to get said vision out there to the masses. For example, the 2006 San Francisco Women's Film Festival is presently......

SFist was thrilled to receive an invitation to opening night of the 23rd Annual San Francisco International Asian American Film Festival. After the screening of the fantastic Saving Face, the action turned to the gala reception, held at the Asian Art Museum of San Francisco. The evening began well for SFist, for as soon as we entered to Museum, we ran into Alice Wu, director of Saving Face, which we had just seen and......

NAATA must be so proud of the great opening night screening of Saving Face at the San Francisco International Asian American Film Festival. There was a big crowd outside the Castro Theater as we arrived, and as we entered the theater we were disconcerted by all the folks who seemed to be reserving seats for others. Then, we realized that we were being total rubes, and that the "purses" in the theater chairs were......

SFist is proud of our coverage of local events, including SF IndieFest, SF Noise Pop, and Cinequest. We're really happy to continue this tradition with our coverage of the San Francisco International Asian American Film Festival, running in San Francisco from March 10-17, Berkeley March 11-20 and San Jose from March 18-20. While our coverage will focus mainly of the San Francisco screenings, most of the films are being shown in multiple locations. Brought......