Boston Asian American Film Festival (BAAFF), a production of the Asian American Resource Workshop (AARW), includes a program of independent cinema highlighting recent, significant works by and/or about Asian Americans and the Asian diaspora. BAAFF is New England's largest Asian American film festival. The festival takes place in the month of October in Boston at Emerson College's Bright Family Screening Room in the Paramount Center and opening night in Cambridge at the Brattle Theatre. The 4-day film festival features special premieres, exclusive Q&As with filmmakers and various co-sponsored events around Boston.[citation needed]
BAAFF existed for several decades under the name Asian American Resource Workshop, but finally established its current name in 2008 under the leadership of Susan Chinsen.[4] In 2018, the festival hit its 10-year anniversary, commemorated by 10 days of screenings.[5][6]
White Frog drama feature directed by Ellie Wen. Guest Appearance and Q&A with Actor Booboo Stewart, Producer/Writer Ellie Wen and Executive Producer David Henry Hwang. Special Lion Dance Performance by Wah Lum Martial Arts Academy
Sunset Stories drama feature directed by Ernesto Foronda, Silas Howard.
Wedding Palace Comedy feature directed by Christine Yoo
I Am A Ghost (Boston Premiere) Horror feature directed by H.P Mendoza. Screened at Somerville Theatre.
Fear Buffet: A Shorts Program Featuring Dumpling (dir. Wesley Du), How War Ends (dir. Scott Eriksson), Fortune Cookie Magic Trick (dir. Alex Chu), Mr. Nakamura's Addiction (dir. Scott Eriksson), Bloodtraffick (dir. Jennifer Thym) and Down Under (dir. Ray Arthur Wang)
Pui Chan: Kung Fu Pioneer (New England Premiere) documentary directed by Mimi Chan
Model Minority (New England Premiere) Directed by Lily Mariye.
Mr. Cao Goes To Washington (Boston Premiere) Directed by S. Leo Chiang.
Reel Food: A Shorts Program Featuring Wonder Boy (dir. Corrie Chen), People Aren't All Bad (dir. Matthew Hashiguchi), The Commitment (dir. Albert M. Chan), Bleached (dir. Jessica Dela Merced), Café Eleve (dir. Kelly Li), My 2009 Experience (dir. Henry Ho), Commitment (dir. Raahul Singh) and Nani (dir. Justin Tipping) Special Appearance by filmmakers Henry Ho (dir. My 2009 Experience), Albert Chan (dir. The Commitment), and Kelly Li (dir, Café Eleve).
Almost Perfect (Boston Premiere) Post-screening Q&A with director Bertha Bay-Sa Pan, actor Tina Chen, opening Performance by The Genki Spark: Taiko Projects with Attitude
Shorts:The Potential Wives of Norman Mao,Angel Island Profile: Tyrus Wong, Asian American Jesus, Wear I Fit, The Bus Pass, Brides Wanted, Room #11, Lunchtime, and Mother. Co-presented by MIT Asian American Association, MIT Inventing Our Future, Queer East, Boston LGBT Film Festival, and Channel APA.
One Big Hapa Family (documentary directed by Jeff Chiba Stearns) Post-screening Q&A with director Jeff Chiba Stearns Co-presented by New England Japanese American Citizens League and Discover Roxbury.
Touch, directed by Minh Duc Nguyen) Post-screening Q&A with director Minh Duc Nguyen. Co-presented by Viet AID and Intercollegiate Vietnamese Students Association. Preceded by short, Heart directed by Erick Oh.
Bang Bang, directed by Byron Q Post-screening Q&A with director Byron Q. Co-presented by The Coalition for Asian Pacific American Youth.
Shorts program includes: Fatakra, A Tree Falls in Forest, Ballet of Unhatched Chicks, Boys and Girls, The First Draft of Yao Ming's Retirement Speech, Memory of Forgotten War, My Name is Seven, N as in Name: Danh Nguyen, Rehearsing the Future, and Top Spin. Co-presented by MIT Asian American Association, MIT Inventing Our Future, Queer East, and Boston LGBT Film Festival.
Knots, directed by Michael Kang Post-screening Q&A with Director Michael Kang and Writer/Actor Kimberly-Rose Wolter Co-presented by Boston Korea.
2010, November 11–14
Today's Special, Co-presented by the National Association of Asian American Professionals (NAAAP)-Boston, Opening Performance by The Genki Spark: Taiko Projects with Attitude
Aoki, directed by Mike Cheng, Ben Wang, Infamy, directed by Kevin Senzaki, Co-Presented by Discover Roxbury, Boston Center for Community and Justice, and New England Japanese American Citizen League.
Shorts: When Five Fell, Humberville Poetry Slam, Clap Clap, Andy Topi, Master of His Domain, Space Cadet, Ajumma! Are you Krazy???, Co-Presented by Korean Student Association at UMASS Boston, Boston Progress, and Boston Chinatown Neighborhood Center (BCNC), and the National Association of Asian American Professionals (NAAAP)- Boston.
Race, Acting, Sexuality, and Asian American Masculinities, Co-Presented by Coalition for Asian Pacific American Youth (CAPAY) and Institute for Asian American Studies at UMASS Boston
The People I've Slept With, directed by Quentin Lee, Co-Presented by Harvard AAA, Boston Asian American Student Intercollegiate Conference (BAASIC), and the National Association of Asian American Professionals (NAAAP)- Boston.
The Things We Carry, La Petite Salon, Co-Presented by Asian Sisters Participating In Reaching Excellence (ASPIRE), The Asian American Center at Northeastern University, and Boston University's Asian Women's Health Initiative Project (AWSHIP).
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