asian film festival from november 3rd through the 13th

MN Film Arts just released information on their Asian Film Festival, showing at St. Anthony Main from Nov 3rd through 13th.  Directly from the press release:


     Under the heading “In Search of Asia,” and sponsored by Minnesota Film Arts (the 
old Oak St. and University Film Society standbys), the festival will look at films from the 
somewhat different perspectives of Asian-Americans in addition to looking at the varied 
Asian lives reflected on today’s screens.   
     
     Some 30 recent feature films and short films are on tap, with a number of premiere 
screenings, visiting film directors, actors and panels devoted to hot-button Asian and Asian- 
American concerns.   


     Included in the fest will be a world premiere of a Hmong film, “The Legend of Chao Fa.”
Shot in the jungles of Thailand by the world’s leading Hmong film team, now based in 
St. Paul, Minnesota, the stars of this film have been invited to make appearances at the 
festival this fall.  

The festival is placing a heavy focus on southeast Asia, east Asia and Indian films in both Bengali and Hindi, among other locales.  To bring you these films, MN Film Arts has partnered with Asian-American Access Center, the Council on Asian-Pacific Relations, The U of M, and other local groups.  Expect more details as we get closer to the event.  Here's a trailer for their first film to be announced, The Legend of Chao Fa: