The 5th Annual 72 Hour Film Shootout Award Winners were announced live today on stage as a special program of the Asian American International Film Festival in New York City.

Click for full list of winning films.

Time is running out! Shootout Audience Award voting closes at 12pm EST, Friday, July 11.

The Audience Award winner will be announced live and on stage this Sunday at the Shootout Awards.

For details and to purchase tickets:
http://aaiff.org/2008/content/72-hour-shootout

The 5th Annual 72 Hour Film Shootout Awards are live this Sunday, July 13, at Asia Society, New York City. Presented with Asian Cinevision as a special program of the Asian American International Film Festival, the Shootout Awards begin at 12:30pm. Find out who will be in The Top 10 Films, who will be Best Of, who will win the Chinatown Award, who will claim the Audience Award, and who will be crowned Grand Prize Winner.
http://aaiff.org/2008/content/72-hour-shootout

To purchase tickets:
https://www.ovationtix.com/trs/pe/605182

Reception to follow immediately at Stir NYC, 1363 First Avenue (btwn 72nd and 73rd St).
Free shuttle transportation provided by Toyota.
Get a free beer with your ticket stub compliments of Singha Beer (while supplies last).
http://www.stirnyc.com/

Voting has now begun for this year’s Shootout Audience Award! Watch all of this year’s film entries in streaming Hi-Def on 72hourfilmshootout.com, then vote and comment.

In order to ensure fairness in voting, you must register on Ningin.com to create a unique user account. You will then be allowed to vote. You are allowed to vote ONCE, and ONLY ONCE. You must pick YOUR FAVORITE, and can ONLY VOTE FOR ONE FILM.  Each film represents hard work from each team. They each deserve a look. So watch them all, then vote for YOUR favorite film.

These films are the products of blood, sweat, tears and stress - true filmmaking experiences! Please take the time to sit, get comfortable and watch them all before voting!

The Audience Award winner will be announced live and on stage at the NY Asian American International Film Festival on July 13, 12:30pm!
http://aaiff.org/2008/content/72-hour-shootout

http://www.72hourfilmshootout.com

TIME IS UP!!!
Congrats to all the Teams and their hard work this weekend!
You survived creative adversities and came out stronger from it.
Be proud.
Sleep well.
JUDGING BEGINS IN 24 HOURS.

Four Directors. Four Weeks. One feature film.

The Feature Film Relay is the inaugural feature length film venture for the Asian American FilmLab (http://www.aafilmlab.org). At the end of four weeks, four Directors will complete shooting a feature length film employing an innovative method of filmmaking and will distribute the film using agile methods fit for the ever changing independent film market.

As an Asian American Film Lab production, one of the other important goals of the Film Relay will be to fulfill our mission as a non-profit organization by sharing the experiences and the knowledge that the filmmakers will gain from creating the film with the community. It isn't a film that belongs to one director, or to the AAFilmLab per se, but a film which the Asian American filmmaking community can in a sense be a part of as well.

As an actor, this project provides an unparalleled opportunity to delve into the life of a character through four different scripts and four different directors. If you've got the range, the vision and most importantly, the will to participate, you just might thank yourself with four short films and a feature under your belt at the end of the production.

Please not that although the main characters have been written, the motivation and interpretation of each character will be unique to each Director's vision and especially to the actors chosen to play them.

The filming is schedule tentatively for November.
There are audition slots available starting midday tomorrow, so please contact us with your availability and headshot as soon as possible. We don't mean to rush, we just want to get satrted already!

Email:

Characters

Ian
Male / 25-30 yrs. / Asian / Korean speaker a bonus

Dina (Ian's Mom)
Female / 41-50 yrs. / Asian / Korean speaker bonus

Jenny
Female / 25-30 yrs. / Any Ethnicity / Athletic

Anat
Male / 31-40 yrs. / Any Ethnicity

Jaewook (Ian's Uncle)
Male / 41-50 yrs. / Asian

Aunt (Jaewook's Wife)
Female / 31-40 yrs. / Asian

Dr. Rodriguez
Either gender / Any yrs. / Hispanic.

Hector
Male / Any yrs. / Any Ethnicity

AAFilmLab is proud to announce the world premiere of Myra Sito Velasquez’s “KUNG FU GRANNY” at the 12th Annual UrbanWorld Film Festival 2008 at the AMC Theater, 34th Street, NYC. Part of the SHORTS PROGRAM “Straight Comedy” starting at 2:15pm, Friday, Sept 12, and 4:15pm, Saturday, Sept 13. For more information:  http://urbanworld.com/ and http://www.myravee.com

NATURE, a division of Channel 13/WNET (http://www.thirteen.org/nature) seeks an intern for the Fall Semester 2008.

NATURE produces a weekly one-hour natural history/wildlife television program.

Responsibilities include:
* Assist the production staff with the day-to-day operations of the Department (screening DVD’s for edit sessions and podcasts, organizing tape library, logging footage, etc.);
* Research proposals and fact-check scripts (mainly natural history and environmental subjects);
* Administrative support—placing dub requests, photocopying, answering phones, etc.;
* Receive college credit, no pay, but stipend provided

Candidates should have:
* Educational Requirements/Special Skills:
* Strong interest in natural history and/or television;
* Some background in Biology and/or Zoology useful;
* Solid research and analytical skills—internet savvy;
* Willingness to work with all members of the Department;
* Detail-oriented and organized—accuracy is crucial!

When:
3 to 5 days/week per semester

Contact:
E-mail your resume w/ cover letter to Jayne Jun at
Mention you heard of this opportunity from the AAFilmLab.