MUSIC VIDEO ASIA

TRT: 83mins

The realms of underground Asian/American music and video-making never cease to amaze and inspire, and in its most exciting line-up to date MUSIC VIDEO ASIA offers 23 new masterpieces. Led by an incredible crop of Asian American gems, from the political-prose of BLACK EYED PEAS to IQU's theremin-tuned electronic confection, MVA again travels the globe to provide a soundtrack to the Asian underground.

Stateside, San Francisco's MC-laureate Lyrics Born dishes out hip-hop genius, and the return of legendary Bay Area metal gods Death Angel is an occasion to celebrate in itself. The perfect pop of Oakland's Citizens Here And Abroad sends a bridge over the Atlantic where Sweden's best rock'n'roll band Empire Dogs reside, and the UK's Sri Lankan-born M.I.A. will no doubt astound with her dub-inspired activism. Across the other ocean, the sleazy rock'n'roll insanity of Japan's Guitar Wolf provides a perfect counterpoint to the breezy indiepop of Manila's Rivermaya and Taipei's post-rocking Tin Pan Alley—all highlights that must be witnessed to be believed.

In person: Directors Patricio Ginelsa, Jason Koxvold, Evan Leong and Eugenia Chan

		Black Eyed Peas: The APL Song Dir. Patricio Ginelsa, USA
		Citizens Here And Abroad: APPEARANCES Dir. Jason Koxvold, USA
		Dealership: ALL THE KIDS Dir. Jason Koxvold, USA
		Death Angel: THICKER THAN BLOOD, Dir. Rob Poswell, USA
		Empire Dogs: Goodbye Baby Dir. Fredrik Wenzek, Sweden
		Empire Dogs: Oh Lord Dirs. Johan Toorell & John Nordqvist, Sweden
		Guitar Wolf: Cannana Fever Japan
		Hypercycle: Glowsticks and Drumsticks Dir. Kuang Lee, USA
		Ill Again: NEXT Dir. Evan Leong, USA
		IQU: Under The Cherry Blossom Mumbleboy, USA
		L'ARC-EN-CIEL: READY STEADY GO Japan
		Lyrics Born: Last Trumpet Dir. Evan Leong, USA
		M.I.A.: Galang Dir. Ruben Fleischer, UK
		Nemo: HIDDEN AGENDA Dir. S. Lorenzo De Guia, USA
		Notorious MSG: Straight Out Of Canton Dir. Francisco Aliwalas, USA
		Pacifics: ESPECIALTY Dirs. Patricio Ginelsa & A.J. Calomay, USA
		Polysics: BLACK OUT FALL OUT Japan
		Rhymster: THE GREAT AMATEURHYTHM Japan
		Rivermaya: A Love To Share Dir. Quark Henares, Philippines
		Scrabbel: 1909 Dir. Eugenia Chan, USA
		Sugarfree: Mariposa Dir. Quark Henares, Philippines
		Tin Pan Alley: BUFFER TIME Dir. Chung Wai Kit, Taiwan
		Yeah Yeah Yeahs: Y CONTROL USA

—Curated by Chi-hui Yang

Sponsored by: Tofu Records