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| Location | Washington, DC |
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| Founded | 2000 |
| Hosted by | Asian Pacific American Film, Inc. |
| Website | http://www.apafilm.org/ |
Asian Pacific American Film, Inc., a nonprofit, tax-exempt charity under 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code, produces the annual DC Asian Pacific American Film Festival in the capital of the United States, Washington, DC. It is the only Asian Pacific American film festival held in the Washington Metropolitan Area.
The DC Asian Pacific American Film Festival is an annual film festival that screens feature films and short films . The DC Asian Pacific American Film Festival takes place during the beginning of October each year and includes venues in the downtown Washington, DC area that includes: Landmark's E Street Cinema, Goethe-Institut, and the Meyer Auditorium at the Smithsonian Institution, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery.
The George C. Lin Emerging Filmmaker Award was established in 2009 to recognize young and talented filmmakers that have shown an exemplary commitment to filmmaking within the Asian and Asian American film genre. This award is given on an annual basis by the George C. Lin Memorial Fund on behalf of The San Diego Foundation, Asian Pacific American Film, Inc. (of Washington, DC), and The San Diego Asian Film Foundation, and includes a cash prize. George C. Lin was the founding executive director of Asian Pacific American Film, Inc., and associate festival director of the San Diego Asian Film Foundation. Director Tze Chun received the inaugural award for his feature film debut Children of Invention.
Best Short Documentary Best Short Narrative
Best Feature Documentary Best Feature Narrative
The mission of the DC Asian Pacific American Film Festival is to bring attention to the creative output from Asian Pacific American (APA) communities and encourage the artistic development of APA films in the greater Washington, DC metropolitan area.
The mission of Asian Pacific American Film, Inc. embodies the following goals:
1. To raise public awareness of APA media arts 2. To encourage and promote the artistic development of APA media artists 3. To provide arts education opportunities, with particular outreach to APA youth and adults 4. To raise awareness and act as a catalyst for the discussion of issues affecting APA communities 5. To bring diverse people together, to promote artistic and social interactions 6. To sponsor a DC Asian Pacific American Film Festival annually
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