The Dallas Asian American Film Festival (DAFF) is a hyperlocal film festival showcasing Asian American filmmakers, with an emphasis on Asian Texan talent, presented by the Dallas Asian American Art Collective (DAAART) and hosted by the Dallas Museum of Art, Nasher Sculpture Center, and Crow Museum of Asian Art on August 28-29th.
This is our inaugural festival, organized by Asian Texans for Asian Americans and the greater North Texas arts community. We’re here to champion Asian American media, and we want our local creative community at the center of it.
🤠 Who - : Asian American Dallasites passionate about Asian American short films and storytelling who want to help shape our festival line-up, better understand the behind-the-scenes of a film festival & connect with the Dallas Asian American film scene
📣 What - Volunteer Screener Orientation + Asian American Film Mixer
🗓️ Wednesday, May 13th | 7-9pm
📍: Spacy Microcinema (1300 S Polk St #160a, Dallas, TX 75224)
Schedule:
7-8pm introduction & screening process
8-9pm mixer
Light refreshments will be provided
Hear From Our Team:
💥Christina J. Hahn, Festival Director, on the vision and origin of the festival
💥Tony Nguyen, Programming Curator and creator of SPACY, on how films get selected
💥Alishba Javaid, Screening Lead, on how the screening process works and how you can play a role in curating our program 🔗