Asian American Film Festival

This year, WAA decided to hold its annual Asian American Film Festival (AAFF) in Spring Semester, from February 25-28. A total of four films (two features and two documentaries) were screened: Shanghai Kiss directed by Kern Konwiser and David Ren, Never Perfect directed by Regina Park, Slanted Screen directed by Jeff Adachi, and Eve and the Fire Horse directed by Julia Kwan.

We also invited one of the directors, Regina Park of Never Perfect, to have a Q&A session with the audience after the screening of her documentary, which explores the meaning and the impact of the double-eyelid surgeries on the Asian American community, specifically in regards to the self-image of Asian American women. Regina proved to be a very dynamic speaker, prompting various questions from the audience, and revealed that the auidence response from Wellesley College was quite different from the ones she received from co-ed schools, which were much more reserved. She has written to us that "Your support and enthusiam means so much to a puny little independent filmmaker like me and I'll always remember my experience with great fondness." We wish her luck on her next project and hope to bring her back on campus soon.

If you know any exceptional films directed by Asian Americans and/or featuring Asian American actors that you would like to see at Wellesley during our next year's AAFF, please contact us at our e-mail address.