For my folks out in DC - the 9th annual Asian Pacific American Film Festival is coming your way September 25th and running through October 4th 2008 and in addition to having some pretty slick films (see below) they'll also be having a great music lineup during their kickoff party down at Temple Lounge including Exit Clov, Kid Koala, and Priscilla Ahn.
Check out the films playing:
- 1 ON 1
- 62 Years and 6500 Miles Between
- Against the Grain: An Artist's Survival Guide to Peru
- Amal
- Anatomy Of A Kiss
- Anjali
- Behind Forgotten Eyes
- Beijing Haze
- Bookie
- The Bastard
- California King
- Centennial
- Cookies for Sale
- Crossing Lines
- The Chestnut Tree
- Damn the Past!
- Dandelion
- Dream of Me
- False Friends
- Feng aka Wind
- Flying On One Engine
- God Only Knows
- The House of Sharing
- Interval
- Jump
- Key Tumi?
- Kissing Cousins
- Ku Klux Kornea
- The Killing of a Chinese Cookie
- Light Years
- Long Story Short
- Love To Hate, Hate To Love.
- Lucky 8
- Manoj
- Maui Boyz - Hawaiian Sup'pa Men
- Noh-Chim
- One
- Pierre-Pierrot
- Potluck
- The Pain with Being Thirsty
- The Postcard
- Recollections
- Red, Yellow & Blue
- Rock Garden: A Love Story
- Santa Mesa
- Silence
- Since You've Been Ong
- Sita Sings the Blues
- Snapshot: Six Months Of The Korean American Male
- Southern Exposure
- Souvenirs From Asia
- Sports and Diversions
- Superhero Training Center: Cultural Awareness Day
- The Siamese Connection
- The State of Sunshine
- The 8½ Minute Biracial Biography of Bianca Smith
- The Bastard
- The Chestnut Tree
- The House of Sharing
- The Killing of a Chinese Cookie
- The Pain with Being Thirsty
- The Postcard
- The Siamese Connection
- The State of Sunshine
- Vincent Who?
- What Happened on the Fourth Date
- What Is a Hapa?
- Yellow Sticky Notes
It definitely looks like it should be a great time, so make sure to get on out, enjoy the festival, and support some APA film.