Asian American International Film Festival
Encyclopedia
The Asian American International Film Festival (AAIFF) is an international film festival held annually during the summer in New York City
to showcase the works of both emerging and experienced Asian and Asian American
filmmakers and media artists across a diverse range of genres and styles.
The films presented in AAIFF are featured in the annual National Festival Tour that has historically provided the seed-stock for most of the Asian American festivals that have sprung up in subsequent years around the country.
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to showcase the works of both emerging and experienced Asian and Asian American
Asian American
Asian Americans are Americans of Asian descent. The U.S. Census Bureau definition of Asians as "Asian” refers to a person having origins in any of the original peoples of the Far East, Southeast Asia, or the Indian subcontinent, including, for example, Cambodia, China, India, Indonesia, Japan,...
filmmakers and media artists across a diverse range of genres and styles.
Background
First organized in 1977 by Asian CineVision (ACV), a nonprofit media arts organization "dedicated to promoting and preserving Asian and Asian American media expressions", the festival is the considered the first Asian American film festival in the United States and is the second longest running film festival in New York City.The films presented in AAIFF are featured in the annual National Festival Tour that has historically provided the seed-stock for most of the Asian American festivals that have sprung up in subsequent years around the country.