Congratulations to all the winners and thank you to our Jury Members for judging all the films in competition.
Best Narrative Short – Works of Art, directed by Andrew Pang
Best Documentary Short – Resilience, directed by Tammy Chu*
Best Animated/Experimental Short – Goh Nakamura: Embarcadero Blues, directed by Dino Ignacio
Best Documentary Feature – Iron Crows, directed Bong-Nam Park
Best Narrative Feature – Au Revoir Taipei, directed by Arvin Chen*
*Resilience Screens Wednesday at Noon. Au Revoir Taipei will have an encore screening on Thursday at Noon.
AFFD’s 2010 Jury Members are:
Bruce DuBose – Executive Producer, Undermain Theatre
Dr. Charles Ku – Community Leader
Stephen Carlton – Founder and President, Asian Film Festival of Dallas
Philip Wuntch – Film Critic Emeritus, Dallas Morning News
Sean Griffin – Cinema-TV Department Chair, Southern Methodist University
It seems every year the documentaries at AFFD are the wonderful hidden treasures of the festival. This year was no exception, and I am especially proud that IRON CROWS not only won over its audience (scoring an overall avg 4.52 out of 5, one of the highest scores of the week) but that it ended up winning the hearts and minds of our jury. It was a close race! But if you ever get the chance to view IRON CROWS, in a theater or anywhere else, please do so. It is a powerful, vivid and gorgeously shot piece of work. We send our congratulations and thanks to Bong-Nam Park for this terrific film.