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Boston Asian American Film Festival (BAAFF)

@baaff.bsky.social

BAAFF empowers Asian Americans through film by showcasing Asian American experiences. Co-production of the Asian American Resource Workshop and ArtsEmerson. https://linktr.ee/baaff

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Taking Root - ArtsEmerson Nobuko Miyamoto: A Song In Movement. A Day of Remembrance Special Presentation event by ArtsEmerson. Directed by Tadashi Nakamura and Quyen Nguyen-Le.

Today at 4pm at @artsemerson.bsky.social, join BAAFF, SEAFN, VietLead and @aarw.bsky.social for a FREE special presentation of Taking Root: Southeast Asian Stories of Resettlement in Philadelphia. Q&A w/ community leaders following screening. artsemerson.org/events/takin...

29.03.2025 06:25 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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If you're interested in becoming a part of the BAAFF programming team and helping us identify strong candidates for the main festival program, please fill out the form below. We welcome anyone to apply, no film degree required! docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

24.02.2025 21:28 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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#BAAFF2025 #OPENCALL FOR #FILMS! We are seeking narratives, dramas, comedies, shorts, documentaries, animations, music videos and experimental films for our 17th annual #filmfestival in October! Submit now at #FilmFreeway!
filmfreeway.com/baaff @artsemerson.bsky.social @brattletheatre.bsky.social

16.02.2025 06:43 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
Image is of a Cambodian American young woman who is a basketball player, sitting with her head in her hands at a game.

Image is of a Cambodian American young woman who is a basketball player, sitting with her head in her hands at a game.

#AshleyChea, the high school baller featured in HOME COURT, now plays for #Princeton and faces off against #Brown tomorrow in Providence @4pm. Save the date and catch #HOMECOURT at @artsemerson.bsky.social on 3/22 at 4:30pm, with filmmaker #ErikaTanamachi. artsemerson.org/events/home-...

01.02.2025 03:33 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Nobuko Miyamoto: A Song in Movement - ArtsEmerson Nobuko Miyamoto: A Song In Movement. A Day of Remembrance Special Presentation event by ArtsEmerson. Directed by Tadashi Nakamura and Quyen Nguyen-Le.

Join us on Feb 22 for a special encore screening of #AudienceAwardWinner Nobuko Miyamoto: A Song in Movement in recognition of the #DayofRemembrance. Featuring live musical introduction by and Q&A w/ #NobukoMiyamoto herself!
artsemerson.org/events/nobuk...

30.01.2025 02:10 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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The Truer History of the Chan Family - ArtsEmerson

Join us for the #worldpremiere of The Truer History of the Chan Family, preceded by Ten Times Better on Feb 9 at @artsemerson.bsky.social!
artsemerson.org/events/the-t... #ProjectingConnections #ChineseAmerican #EugenieChan #GeorgeLee

30.01.2025 01:42 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Look Into My Eyes - ArtsEmerson Dawnland. Part of ArtsEmerson 2024 film series.

Join BAAFF, @roxfilm.bsky.social and #CinefestLatinoBoston for a special screening of #LookIntoMyEyes on Feb 7 at @artsemerson.bsky.social!
artsemerson.org/events/look-... #SharedStories #psychics #NYC #healing #connection

30.01.2025 01:27 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Here's how to celebrate the Lunar New Year in and around Boston The celebrations will mark the Year of the Snake

Check out some of the #LNY events around town! www.wgbh.org/culture/2025...

29.01.2025 19:29 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Announcing 15 Filmmakers Supported by 2025 Building Bridges Documentary Fund Introducing our first cohort of filmmakers supported by the Building Bridges Documentary Fund. Learn more about them

We're announcing 15 films supported in the first round of our Building Bridges Documentary Fund. With support from the Doris Duke Foundation, we're elevating storytelling about U.S. Muslim experiences. caamedia.org/blog/2025/01...

27.01.2025 18:15 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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THE WEDDING BANQUET: Andrew Ahn honors the original with this modern redux filled with queer love and joy while mindfully layering healing energy for generational trauma. Everyone is gonna fall in love with Han Gi-chan. Lily Gladstone soars. Yuh-jung Youn is a force. Joan Chen is an icon.

28.01.2025 00:30 β€” πŸ‘ 10    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
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THE STRINGER: What starts as a story about giving proper credit for the famous "napalm girl" pic turns into a riveting doc that interrogates the treatment of regional freelancers, crab mentality within diasporas, protecting your integrity, and the power of good ol' fashioned journalism.

27.01.2025 20:22 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Here is a thread of my thoughts of #Sundance films and episodics that I have watched. Enjoy.

27.01.2025 20:22 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0
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Andrew Ahn's Heartfelt 'The Wedding Banquet' Made Me Reconsider Marriage... For a Minute Issue No. 37: "Everything in this house is GAY!"

I was all up in my feelings while watching Andrew Ahn's THE WEDDING BANQUET redux...

thisisdiaspora.substack.com/p/andrew-ahn...

28.01.2025 23:26 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

There are many issues in our society that are not being recognized such as gentrification and discrimination; and we are here to help raise awareness to these concerns. (2/2)

29.01.2025 05:37 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

Hello! We are the largest Asian American film festival in New England. Our interest resides in the passion to bring Asian American films to the public and to educate them on the experiences that Asian Americans face in society. (1/2)

29.01.2025 05:35 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

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