DisOrient 2012 Award Winners!

We are excited to announce the award winners for the 7th Annual DisOrient Asian American Film Festival of Oregon!

The 2012 recipient of the Jason D. Mak Award for Social Justice is the moving feature documentary by Konrad Aderer for “Enemy Alien”. This film ALSO received the Pacific Asian Community Alliance Courage Award.

Lastly, we honored filmmaker Leslee Udwin with the award for Best Feature Film for “West is West”. Other winners of this award include Jessica Yu’s PING PONG PLAYA and Kimberlee Bassford’s PATSY MINK: AHEAD OF THE MAJORITY.

We also recognized short (& sweet) film “Love NY” with the Best Short Film.

Thanks again to all the filmmakers who submitted and who came out to make our festival the uniquely incredible film experience it is! Please submit again for next year!

DisOrient 7–It’s a Wrap!

Thank you so much to all the staff, volunteers, filmmakers, sponsors, supporters and audiences who made disorient such an incredible success in 2012! We packed the house all 3 days! We could not do this without all of your forms of support and we hope to see you all again at future DisOrients!

If you feel inclined to support this community-led, volunteer-driven homegrown social justice film festival EXPERIENCE, please help donate for our future, or leave us feedback at disorientff@gmail.com.

“Enemy Alien” wins PACAlliance “Courage Award”!

Farouk Abdel-Muhti, Palestinian activist and subject of Konrad Aderer’s film “Enemy Alien” has won the Pacific Asian Community Alliance’s “Courage Award 2012″.

The award went to Abdel-Muhti, “whose bright courage can never be dimmed by tyranny”. DisOrient was proud to have filmmaker Konrad Aderer in attendance to field questions about his experiences fighting for Abdel-Muhti’s release from detainment, and to accept the award on Abdel-Muhti’s behalf as an instrumental person who brought this story to light.

Thank you from all of us at DisOrient!

The Craig Chee Band at the Opening Ceremony

The Craig Chee Band playing the DisOrient 7 reception!

Awesome Feature in the Register Guard!

Thanks to the Register Guard for running this awesome story that captures the essence of our film festival. Give a read before you head over this weekend!

Asia, by way of U.S.: Eugene film festival explores the Asian-American experience

Opening Night Film: “Touch” Plus Reception

Check out more about tonight’s film “Touch”. Tickets to the film also gain entrance to our reception at the Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art where we will have live performances from the CABA Lion Dancers and The Craig Chee Band, hosted by local TV Personality and KVAL Reporter Lauren Lee! See you at the Bijou and Schnitzer tonight!

Touch [109mins] [Tickets]

Website: http://www.touchthemovie.com/index.php
A mechanic looking to save his faltering marriage strikes up an unlikely friendship with a shy Vietnamese-American manicurist, who not only cleans his greasy hands but also gives him advice about his love life. This sensual film explores the sense of touch and its emotional impact – how with just a simple touch, we can reveal our deepest longings and even heal a wounded soul.

 

DisOrient 2012 Trailer of Films

Take a look at some of the great films we have this year! We hope to see you THIS weekend April 27th-29th at the Bijou Art Cinemas!