Boston Asian American Film Festival
Event Details
Boston Asian American Film Festival (BAAFF) empowers Asian Americans through film by showcasing Asian American experiences and serving as a resource to filmmakers and the Greater Boston Community. BAAFF builds on over 45 years of AARW’s support for the Asian American Community through film.
Boston Asian American Film Festival is a co-production of Asian American Resource Workshop and Arts Emerson.
BAAFF Lineup-at-a-glance
Thursday, Oct. 8 (Pao Arts Center)
6:30PM Preview Party [FREE]
Thursday, October 15 (Coolidge Corner Theatre)
7PM OPENING NIGHT Isle Child
Friday, October 16 (Emerson Paramount Center)
6PM Breaking the Code
9PM Shorts: BAAFF After Dark
Saturday, October 17 (Emerson Paramount Center)
12PM The Road to Sydney (Preceded by Sheesh: A Taylor Love Story)
3PM Shorts: In Transit
6PM CENTERPIECE Jersey Boy
Sunday, October 18 (Emerson Paramount Center)
1PM Free Panel: Everything SAG-AFTRA All at Once
3:30PM Chinatown Cha-Cha
6:30PM Shorts: Drawing Lines
Saturday, October 24 (Emerson Paramount Center)
3:30PM Shorts: Families Forged & Found
6:30PM CENTERPIECE Y Vân: The Lost Sounds of Saigon
Sunday, October 25 (Emerson Paramount Center)
1PM In Waves
4PM CLOSING Montreal, My Beautiful
Guests attending in person
OPENING NIGHT
Isle Child – Director Thomas Percy Kim
CENTERPIECE
Jersey Boy – Writer/Director/Producer Jaskaran Singh, Producers Pulkit Datta, Eman Pathan, & Lead Actor Praneet Akilla
CLOSING NIGHT
Montreal, My Beautiful – Director Xiaodan He
GUESTS ATTENDING VIA ZOOM Q&A
Road to Sydney – Director Benito Bautista
Chinatown Cha-Cha – Director Luka Yuanyuan Yang
Shorts: Drawing Lines – Paper Daughters – Director Cami Kwan & Producer Brandon Diep Bui