PAAFF 2011
NOV. 2-NOV. 8

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We always believe that amazing work should be awarded and praised. These were the best of the best from our 2019 festival.

AWARD
WINNERS

We always believe that amazing work should be awarded and praised. These were the best of the best from our 2011 festival.

Best Narrative Feature

Saigon Electric

Best Documentary Feature

Dirty Hands: The Art & Crimes of David Choe

Audience Choice Narrative

Saigon Electric

Audience Choice Documentary

I Am

Best Short Film

Digital Antiquities

Emerging Filmmaker Award

Bertha Bay-Sa Pan

Films
shown

NARRATIVE FEATURES

Opening Night Film: Wedding Palace

Saigon Electric

Centerpiece Film: The Girl from the Naked Eye

Closing Night Film: Almost Perfect

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DOCUMENTARY FEATURES

Launch Night Film: Among B-Boys

Dirty Hands: The Art & Crimes of David Choe

Suite Suite Chinatown

Enforcing the Silence

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SHORTS

Digital Antiquities

Shorts Program 1: Bloodtraffick

Shorts Program 2: Fatakra

Philadelphia Shorts Program: Act of Fate

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events

05 November 2011

Suite Suite Chinatown – Live Performance

5:00 pm - 7:00 pm

PAAFF 2011 Guests including Mayor Michael Nutter and Bertha Bay-Sa Pan — (Kay Lim Photography)

Audience Watching a film at PAAFF 2011 — (Kay Lim Photography)

PAAFF 2011 Staff — (Kay Lim Photography)

PAAFF 2011 Opening Night Reception — (Kay Lim Photography)

PAAFF 2011 Opening Night attendees — (Kay Lim Photography)

Stephane Gauger holding the trophy for Best Narrative Feature with Joe Kim and Michael Wingate-Jones — Stephane Gauger accepts the PAAFF’11 award for Best Narrative Feature Film. (Kay Lim Photography) — with Michael Wingate Jones and Stephane Gauger.

PAAFF 2011 Volunteer pouring wine for a guest — (Kay Lim Photography)

Group photo with Michael Wingate-Jones, Brad Baldia, Arthur Yeung, Jason Min, and Joe Kim at PAAFF 2011 — (Elisa Manalo Simon Photography)

Leo B. Fox and Thom Cardwell at PAAFF 2011 — (Kay Lim Photography) — with Leo B. Fox and Thom Cardwell.

Mayor Michael Nutter and Ryan Greer at PAAFF 2011 — (Kay Lim Photography)

Jason Yee and a PAAFF 2011 Volunteer — (Alex Wong Photography) — with Jason Yee.

Q&A with Christopher Paper-Son Woon — Q&A after Among B-Boys with Director Christopher Paper-Son Woon (Eric Jones Photography) — with Christopher Woon-Chen and Mike Donnelly.

Four boys wearing Saigon Electric shirts at PAAFF 2011 — (Kay Lim Photography)

Attendees entering the theater at PAAFF 2011 — (Kay Lim Photography) — with Jonathan Dasani and Elaine Guo.

Joe Kim, Harry Kim, Stephane Gauger, and Michael Wingate-Jones at PAAFF 2011 — (Kay Lim Photography) — with Harry Kim and 2 others .

Filmmakers talking at PAAFF 2011 — (Kay Lim Photography)

PAAFF 2011 Guests — (Kay Lim Photography)

Volunteer drawing a raffle at PAAFF 2011 — (Kay Lim Photography)

Mayor Michael Nutter addressing the audience at PAAFF 2011 — (Kay Lim Photography)

Thom Cardwell, Christine Yoo, Joe Kim, and Ron Lu at PAAFF 2011 — (Eric Jones Photography) — with Christine Yoo and 2 others .

Jason Yee and Henry Mu of The Girl from the Naked Eye talking to the crowd at PAAFF 2011 — Q&A after our Centerpiece Film “The Girl from the Naked Eye” with star/co-writer/produer Jason Yee and executive producer Henry Mu. (Alex Wong Photography) — with Jason Yee.

PAAFF 2011 Attendees — (Kay Lim Photography) — with Therese Yoneko Parker.

PAAFF 2011 Staff and Volunteers — PAAFF Staff and volunteers with directors Christopher Paper-Son Woon and Christine Yoo (Eric Jones Photography) — with Herb White and 6 others in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

PAAFF 2011 VIPs with Michael Wingate-Jones at PAAFF 2011 — (Alex Wong Photography)

Stephane Gauger introducing Saigon Electric at PAAFF 2011 — Director Stephane Gauger introduces his film “Saigon Electric” (Kay Lim Photography) — with Stephane Gauger.

Aditi Roy welcomes the crowd at PAAFF 2011 — NBC 10 Reporter/Anchor Aditi Roy welcomes the crowd (Kay Lim Photography)

PAAFF 2011 VIPs with Joe Kim, Ron Lu, and Brad Baldia — (Alex Wong Photography) — with Дэвид Брайн Чунг Зи and 3 others .

Attendees getting food from Koja Grille at PAAFF 2011 — Amazing catering from Koja Grille! (Eric Jones Photography) — with Moses Yoon.

PAAFF 2011 Filmmakers and Staff — (Kay Lim Photography) — with Alice Callahan Thompson and 2 others .

Audience member asking a question at PAAFF 2011 — (Kay Lim Photography)

Q&A with Shorts Program 1 Filmmakers at PAAFF 2011 — Q&A after Shorts Program 1 (Elisa Manalo Simon Photography) — with J.P. Chan.

Christine Yoo speaks to the audience at PAAFF 2011 — Director Christine Yoo introduces our Opening Night Film, “Wedding Palace”. (Eric Jones Photography) — with Christine Yoo.

Joe Kim talking to Christine Yoo at PAAFF 2011 — (Eric Jones Photography) — with Christine Yoo.

Jim Chu being interviewed at PAAFF 2011 — (Kay Lim Photography) — with Jim Chu.

Comcast's Deborah Buhles speaking to the crowd at PAAFF 2011 — Deborah Buhles from Comcast introduces “Dirty Hands: The Art & Crimes of David Choe”. (Kay Lim Photography) — with Harry Kim.

Joe Kim, Ryan Greer, and Michael Wingate-Jones at PAAFF 2011 — Ryan Greer from “One Kine Day” (Kay Lim Photography)

Bryan Q and Sheridan O'Donnell at PAAFF 2011 — Byron Q director of “Bang Bang” and Sheridan O’Donnell director of “The Wake Up Call”. (Alex Wong Photography)

Carol Wong speaking to the crowd at PAAFF 2011 — (Kay Lim Photography)

PAAFF Staff and Guests cheering a drink at PAAFF 2011 — (Kay Lim Photography) — with Alice Callahan Thompson and 3 others .

Joe Kim, Bertha Bay-Sa Pan, Aditi Roy, and Michael Wingate-Jones at PAAFF 2011 — (Kay Lim Photography) — with Michael Wingate Jones and Bertha Bay-Sa Pan.

Mayor Michael Nutter poses with a young attendee at PAAFF 2011 — (Kay Lim Photography)

Michael Wingate-Jones, Joe Kim, Bertha Bay-Sa Pan, Susan Jin Davis, and Brad Baldia at PAAFF 2011 — (Kay Lim Photography) — with Brad Baldia and 3 others .

Leo B. Fox and a Guest at PAAFF 2011 — (Kay Lim Photography) — with Leo B. Fox.

Alice Callahan Thompson answering audience questions at PAAFF 2011 — Alice Callahan Thompson (Kay Lim Photography)

PAAFF 2011 Volunteers giving out T-shirts — Free t-shirt give away to the first 50 people in line. (Eric Jones Photography) — with John DelaResistance.

Two Photographers at PAAFF 2011 — (Alex Wong Photography) — with Kay Lim.

Leah Min and Joe Kim at PAAFF 2011 — (Alex Wong Photography) — with Leah Min.

Sharon Pinkenson addresses the audience at PAAFF 2011 — Sharon Pinkenson, Executive Director of the Greater Philadelphia Film Office, makes her opening remarks. (Eric Jones Photography) Comments

Bertha Bay-Sa Pan talking to festival attendees at PAAFF 2011 — (Kay Lim Photography)

PAAFF 2011 Filmmakers and Staff — (Kay Lim Photography) — with Harry Kim and 3 others .

Audience Q&A at PAAFF 2011 — (Kay Lim Photography) — with Han Pan.

B-Boy Dance-off at PAAFF 2011 — (Eric Jones Photography) — with Amy Kiyota.

PAAFF 2011 Volunteers — (Kay Lim Photography)

Jason Min Playing guitar at PAAFF 2011 — Suite Suite Chinatown (Elisa Manalo Simon Photography)

Sterling Jones speaking at PAAFF 2011 — (Kay Lim Photography) — with Sterling Bazzell Jones.

PAAFF 2011 Volunteers selling Saigon Electric shirts — (Kay Lim Photography)

Young Attendees with filmmakers of Saigon Electric — (Kay Lim Photography) — with Paulo Bautista and Stephane Gauger.

Harry Kim and Stephane Gauger holding their trophies at PAAFF 2011 — Kay Lim Photography

Bertha Bay-Sa Pan holding her trophy for Emerging Filmmaker with Susan Jin Davis at PAAFF 2011 — Kay Lim Photography

Brad Baldia, JP Chan with his trophy for Best Short Film, and Michael Wingate-Jones at PAAFF 2011 — Elisa Manalo Simon Photography

Photo of Bertha Bay-Sa Pan at PAAFF 2011

Photo of Mayor Michael Nutter at PAAFF

THE memories

Festival photographs taken by Kay Lim, Elisa Manalo Simon, Alex Wong, and Eric Jones.