Asian Animation Film Festival

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The Asian Animation Film Festival (AAFF) is a film festival held in Chicago for one year in 2006. Founded by the Center for Asian Arts and Media at Columbia College Chicago, AAFF is a unique four-day festival devoted to Pan-Asian artists and animation. [1] [2]

By presenting films that are either related to the topics of Asian culture or involving an artist of Asian descent, AAFF hopes to introduce audiences to a broader range of Asian animation while allowing artists to express the vast and diverse Pan-Asian experience.

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References

  1. "Asian Animation Film Festival". www.filmfestivals.com. Retrieved 2021-04-14.
  2. "Film Festivals". Asian Film Festivals. 2016-04-07. Retrieved 2021-04-14.