Asian Festival of 1st Films
An Annual Film & Documentary Festival
Cinematographers, Writers, Actors and Documentary makers
from the Asian Diaspora. The Asian Festival of 1st Films is Asia’s most prestigious film event. In its first year the festival reached out to one billion film makers worldwide attracting publicity across the world worth over USD 10 million.
An eminent jury including Andy Glynn (DFG -UK), Ang Soo Hyun (Producer - Korea), Mahesh Bhatt (Director - India) and Nonzee Nimibutr (Director - Thailand) selected the final awardees from countries including Bangladesh, Canada, China, Japan, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Philippines, Israel, Taiwan, UK, USA, Vietnam.
Many of the award winning films have since gone onto win international acclaim at the Sundance Film Festival, Berlin Film Festival and the Rotterdam International Film Festival. Awards were presented at a glittering ceremony on 2nd December 2005 at the Victoria Theatre, Singapore.
http://asianfirstfilms.com/entries.htm
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