From the official release:
CALL FOR ENTRIES: First Annual Asian American Film Festival Comes to Oregon February 18th & 19th(Eugene, Oregon) – The Asian Council & the Chinese American Benevolent Association (CABA) of Oregon is pleased to announce a new film festival for Asian American and Asian works. The Inaugural DisOrient Asian American Film Festival of Oregon will be held on February 18th & 19th, 2006 at the Lane County Fairgrounds and at other local venues in Eugene, Oregon.
The mission of the festival is to present honest portrayals of the Asian American experience and to support the work of Asian American artists. The festival will run concurrently with the Oregon Asian Celebration, the largest Asian festival between Seattle and San Francisco. Attendees can enjoy art, live performances, shop, dine, and attend a number of film and video programs. The film festival will truly be an event within an event. The Executive Director of the DisOrient Film Festival, Jason Mak, invites Oregonians and visitors to "experience an array of contemporary Asian American and Asian films from around the world. It is rare in places like Oregon that the audience gets to see the world from an Asian American point-of-view."
The DisOrient Film Festival organizers invite Asian American artists to submit new works during its "Call for Entries" period. The early deadline is December 9th, 2005 and the final deadline to submit is December 30th, 2005. Entry forms are available on the DisOrient website at >www.disorientfilm.org. All submissions are eligible for best-of-festival awards.
The festival is currently seeking Festival Partners and volunteers. "The DisOrient Film Festival presents an opportunity for individuals and organizations to support Asian American arts. We look forward to building partnerships with individuals and organizations invested in enlivening our community," says Nadia Raza, Associate Director of the DisOrient Film Festival.
For more information and updates, please visit www.disorientfilm.org >www.disorientfilm.org.
