The Chicago Filipino American Film Festival

CHICAGO FILIPINO AMERICAN FILM FESTIVAL 2010 VOLUNTEER KICKOFF MEETING, June 29 at CUNA

Jonathan — Wed, 23 Jun 2010 06:06:45 +0000

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

CHICAGO FILIPINO AMERICAN FILM FESTIVAL 2010 Call for Submissions

Jonathan — Tue, 15 Jun 2010 02:29:04 +0000

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 by Fil-Am Filmmaker Patrick Epino to screen at the Gene Siskel Film Center

Jonathan — Wed, 07 Apr 2010 19:14:15 +0000

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.

However, just as he grows accustomed to the American way of life, the real Saddam invades Kuwait, sparking international condemnation and threatening to destroy Mounir’s entire existence. Finally learning the truth about the Iraqi dictator, Mounir decides to shed his Saddam persona forever. The only problem is that he doesn’t know how to be anyone else.

With the FBI suddenly hot on his trail, Mounir journeys through the streets of Los Angeles and American culture on a strange quest to rediscover the love, adoration and fame he once knew.

WORLD PREMIERE: CREATUR

Jonathan — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 15:25:52 +0000

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

SUNDAY 11/6/2009 7pm: WORLD PREMIERE: CREATUR
CFAFF is proud to host the WORLD PREMIERE of a groundbreaking film by a new Filipino American talent from Chicago, CREATUR by Donie Oduluio. Inspired by real life experiences, CREATUR features an all local cast and crew in a story that follows a group of young men struggling to survive and follow their dreams in a landscape of gang violence. Shot in black and white 16mm with a beautiful music score, CREATUR provides a gritty look at Chicago that is reminiscent of John Cassavetes’s landmark 1957 independent film, SHADOWS. Director, cast, and crew will be present, this is a must-attend event for all fans of independent cinema.

FAN Outing to Pintig’s Performance “Sister Outlaw”

Ella — Sat, 22 Aug 2009 12:44:50 +0000

Join FAN for a Sunday, August 30, matinee theater performance by Pintig, Chicago’s longest-running Filipino performing arts group.

CIRCA-Pintig brings back to the stage Lani T. Montreal’s SISTER OUTLAW, a comedy about love, friendship and immigration in its many splendored and gendered ways.

The show starts at 3:00 PM, but we’ll be meeting at the theater around 2:30.

FAN Outing – Sunday, August 30, 2009

Pintig/CIRCA’s “Sister Outlaw”
Dream Theatre
556 w 18th St. (18th & Clinton)
Chicago, IL

FAN is getting 50% off the ticket price if we have a group of at least 10–which I’m confident we will. After the show, we’ll probably get a bite to eat or bubble tea at Joy Yee’s or Chinatown.

So please come out next Sunday afternoon, August 30, and join us for a wonderful performance and a great time!

DEADLINE SEPTEMBER 1: Call for Submissions 2009

Jonathan — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 22:55:45 +0000

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