22nd S.F. International Asian American FIlm Festival: March 6 - 16

Music Video Asia

Pop idols, punk rockers, thuggy MCs, shoe-gazers; they're all here in MUSIC VIDEO ASIA and better yet, the music is GOOD.

From the Yeah Yeah Yeahs to Korea's 3rd Line Butterfly, this year's program brings together the best and bravest sounds from the United States and Asia, exploring the fascinating intersection of pop culture, style and music flowing from here across the Pacific. These twenty-one music videos are a soundtrack to a thriving Asian underground music scene, and also offer some truly genius/madness visual visions, from floating heads to stuffed bears wearing sinister hockey masks.

Highlights include: two new videos from Japanese pop genius Cube Juice, phone smashing courtesy of Bay Area punkers Clarendon Hills, an MC showdown between Jin (USA), Machi (Taiwan) and Rhymester (Japan), and Korea's best indie-rock band, Jawoorim.

3rd Line Butterfly - Photosynthesis
US Premiere
Korea 2002
4 mins., Video Color
DIRECTOR: Do-won Shin
Barbie's Cradle - Everyday
Philippines 2003
4 mins., Video Color
DIRECTOR: Avid
The Clarendon Hills - In My Head (The Phone is Dead)
USA 2003
3 mins., Video B&W
DIRECTORS: Eugenia Chan, David Zubkis
Cocore - The Luminous Monkey
Korea 2002
4 mins., Video Color
DIRECTOR: Nam-Hun Kim
Cube Juice - Flying Fish
Japan 2003
4 mins., Video Color
DIRECTOR: Masaru Ishiura
Cube Juice - III
USA 2003
4 mins., Video Color
DIRECTOR: Masaru Ishiura
Dan the Automator
USA 2003
4 mins., Video Color
DIRECTORS: Eric Henry, Syd Garan
Hyde - Hello
Japan 2003
4 mins., Video Color
Jamzvillage - Let's Dance
Japan 2003
4 mins., Video Color
Jawoorim - La Chat Magique
Korea 2003
2 mins., Video Color
DIRECTOR: Sung-hee Cho
Jin - Learn Chinese
USA 2003
5 mins., Video Color
Kamikaze - Lucky
Philippines 2003
3 mins., Video Color
DIRECTOR: Avid
Kid Koala - Basin Street Blues
Canada 2003
5 mins., Video Color
DIRECTOR: Monkmus
Machi - Jump
Taiwan 2003
4 mins., Video Color
DIRECTOR: Jeff
Mayday - Please Don't Say
Taiwan 2001
4 mins., Video Color
Rhymester - Gennama ni Karada o Hare
Japan 2003
4 mins., Video Color
Sammi - Let's Go
Hong Kong 2003
4 mins., Video Color
DIRECTOR: Jacky
The Skyflakes - Bad Thoughts
USA 2003
3 mins., Video Color
DIRECTOR: Dino Ignacio
Tommy February - Love Is Forever
Japan 2003
4 mins., Video Color & B&W
Versus - Linus
USA 2003
3 mins., Video Color
DIRECTOR: Sharon Dang
Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Pin
USA 2003
2 mins., Video Color
DIRECTOR: Tunde Adebimpe


Currated by Chi-hui Yang

Sponsored by Tofu Records





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