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DIRECTIONS IN SOUND, NOW IN ITS FIFTH YEAR

22nd SAN FRANCISCO INTERNATIONAL ASIAN AMERICAN FILM FESTIVAL, MARCH 4-11, 2004 IN SAN FRANCISCO AND BERKELEY, AND MARCH 19-21, 2004 IN SAN JOSE

With more than twenty musical acts sharing the bill, "Directions In Sound," the San Francisco International Asian American Film Festival (SFIAAFF)'s live performance and music video component celebrates its fifth year. "Directions In Sound" takes the stage March 5 at Café du Nord, 2170 Market Street in San Francisco; March 6 at Milk, 1840 Haight Street in San Francisco; and March 20 at The Agenda Cellar, 399 South First Street in San Jose. The Festival unspools March 4-11 at the AMC Kabuki 8 Theatres and the Castro Theatre in San Francisco and at the Pacific Film Archive in Berkeley and March 19-21 at the Camera 3 Cinemas in San Jose. For more information or tickets please telephone (415) 856-1588 or visit www.naatanet.org/festival on the internet.

Exploring the links between moving images and music through live performance and video projection, "Directions In Sound" is a revolutionary celebration of the Asian American music underground. This year offers a stellar line-up of the latest and greatest from the worlds of hip hop, rock and punk.

Live rock performances are expected from Bay Area and Los Angeles bands, Clarendon Hills, Julie Plug, Dengue Fever, Dealership; and from the Japanese group Polysics. Hip hop and spoken word performances include Skrunchface, MikeNice, Awwwdamn, O-Dub, Dandiggity & Elaine Chao, Apollo, Tone Def and Fuse One.

Featured at the March 6 Milk performance and in the "Music Video Asia" shorts program in the Festival, is a fabulous line-up of new Asian American music videos, including videos for Clarendon Hills' "IN MY HEAD (THE PHONE IS DEAD)," directed Eugenia Chan and David Zubkis; Dan The Automator's "BEAR WITNESS III," directed by Syd Garan and Eric Henry; Kid Koala's "BASIN STREET BLUES," directed by Monkmus; and Yeah Yeah Yeahs' "PIN," directed by Tunde Adebimpe.

The 22nd San Francisco International Asian American Film Festival is supported in part by the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences, Asian Art Museum, California Arts Council, Community Technology Foundation, Corporation for Public Broadcasting, Grants for the Arts, Koret Foundation, National Endowment for the Arts, NOON, San Francisco Film and Video Arts Commission, and the Wallace Alexander Gerbode Foundation.

The San Francisco International Asian American Film Festival, runs March 4-11, 2004 at the AMC Kabuki 8 Theatres, 1881 Post Street, and the Castro Theatre, 429 Castro Street in San Francisco and at the Pacific Film Archive, 2575 Bancroft Way in Berkeley, and March 19-21 at the Camera 3 Cinemas, Second and Carlos Street in San Jose. For more information, please telephone (415) 865-1588 or visit www.naatanet.org/festival on the internet.