The Chicago Filipino American Film Festival

The Chicago Filipino American Film Festival (CFAFF) exhibits Filipino and Filipino American feature films, shorts, and music videos. In its seventh year of operation, this years event will take place in November 2010.

CFAFF provides filmmakers with a chance to show their works in an established film festival and provides the Chicago community to see works by artists of Filipino heritage. Our festival is held in the historic Portage Theater and has presented several Chicago, U.S. and World Premieres, and has hosted guest filmmakers and performers from all over the world.

Volunteering for CFAFF is an opportunity to have fun, gain valuable experience, and get involved with a program that brings together hundreds of Filipino Americans from the Chicagoland area and the Midwest.

Volunteers will have the opportunity to get involved with planning and coordination, film programming, fundraising, and marketing. Volunteers are free to contribute on the basis of personal interest, relevant work experience is not a requirement.

CFAFF 2010 Volunteer Meeting at CUNA

7pm Tuesday, June 29, 2010

1113 W Belmont Ave, Chicago, Il 60657

The Chicago Filipino American Film Festival is now accepting entries for its 2010 Program.

The Chicago Filipino American Film Festival features feature films and short works in the following categories:

• Feature-length Narrative
• Documentary (Feature Length)
• Short (Narrative or Experimental)
• Documentary (Short)
• Music Video

The Chicago Filipino American Film Festival invites all films made by, for, or about people of Filipino descent. Qualifying films will include, but not be limited to:

• Works featuring the talents of directors, performers, writers, and other filmmakers of Filipino descent from the United States, the Philippines, and throughout the world.
• Stories, characters, and themes about Filipinos, Filipino Americans, and others of Filipino descent.
• Issues and topics relevant to audiences of Filipino descent.

For entry form and shipping information, please visit www.cfaff.org or download our entry form here.

Mr. Sadman Trailer from Mr. Sadman on Vimeo.

The Chicago Filipino American Film Festival and the Filipino American Network will co-present MR. SADMAN, a new feature length film by Filipino American filmmaker PATRICK EPINO, with the Foundation for Asian American Independent Media at the Chicago Asian American Showcase.

The screening will be held at the Gene Siskel Film Center at 164 N. State St., Chicago, IL 60601 at 8:30 PM on Friday, April 9, 2010.

For more information, visit the Chicago Asian American Showcase at http://www.faaim.org/

From FAAIM:
1990, Baghdad: Mounir, an impressionable and sheltered Saddam Hussein body-double, is blissfully unaware of the impending events that vow to unravel his life. When an angry dissenter attacks him and leaves behind an unsightly facial scar, Mounir suddenly finds himself without a job or a home. Looking for a fresh start, he heads to Los Angeles – the place where every nobody goes to become a somebody. Taking advantage of his newfound anonymity in a land where scant few have yet heard of Saddam, Mounir struggles to adapt to life in his new home.

CFAFF hosts World Premiere of our first FEATURE LENGTH FILM from a CHICAGO filmmaker.

THE CHICAGO FILIPINO AMERICAN FILM FESTIVAL
CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS
DEADLINE SEPTEMBER 1, 2009

The Filipino American Network of Chicago is now accepting submissions for the Chicago Filipino American Film Festival, November 6-8, 2009, at the Portage Theater in Chicago, Illinois.

The festival celebrates the works of cutting-edge Filipino and Filipino-American filmmakers.

SUBMISSION GUIDELINES:
Format: The Filipino-American Film Festival is seeking short and feature length works in the following categories:
Feature Length (over 61 minutes in length); Shorts (under 60 minutes in length);  Documentary (feature-length and short); Music Video

No Entry Fee.

Eligibility: In order to qualify as an Official Selection at the 2009 Chicago Filipino American Film Festival, all entries must have a theme related to Filipino or Filipino American culture, or must have been created, acted, written, directed, or produced by Filipino or Filipino American artists or performers.

To submit your selection, download the entry form at http://cfaff.org/programming/cfaff2009entry.pdf and ship to:
CFAFF
516 N. Ogden #151
Chicago, IL 60622

For more information about the Chicago Filipino American Film Festival, please visit http://www.cfaff.org or contact Jonathan Laxamana at jlaxamana@cfaff.org