DramaFever.com and Asian CineVision (ACV), presenters of the Asian American International Film Festival (AAIFF), the first and longest-running Asian film festival in America, have partnered to create a brand new vehicle to find the next break-out Asian filmmaker online.

Extending the reach of the AAIIFF, DramaFever.com will host an eight-week contest, running through 12 noon Eastern on September 6. The “DramaFever Audience Favorite Short Film Award” contest is designed to expose 20 emerging filmmakers of select short AAIFF screened films from USA, Australia, Canada, China, Japan, Singapore, South Korea and Taiwan, via a brand new dedicated DramaFever-ACV page at http://www.DramaFever.com/ACV. The winner will be announced September 15 and have their work featured on DramaFever.com’s front page for one week.

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Category: Asian American Film News | Tags: AAIFF, ACV, Asian American, Asian CineVision, DramaFever, Film, Film Festival, movies

DramaFever has teamed up with Asia Cinevision (ACV) to bring you a selection of the best short films from the National Film Tour of 2009’s Asian American International Film Festival (AAIFF) in New York City. Coinciding with the start of 2010’s AAIFF on July 15, DramaFever kicks off our new ACV partner page with an DramaFever Audience Favorite Short Film Award, running from now until September  6. Vote either thumbs up or thumbs down on the scorecard located on the ACV partner page. We’ll add up the thumbs up, subtract the thumbs down, and the short film that has the best ranking will be featured on the front page of DramaFever for a week in September.

To vote, you have to log in to your DF account. (If you haven’t created one, you’ll have to make one here.) Once logged in, you can vote for any short film – either thumbs up or down. Voting closes at 12pm EST, September 6. We’ll announce the winner on September 15 on the front page of DramaFever, where the winning short film will be featured for the whole week.

Start watching a great lineup of narratives and documentaries from the first and longest running film festival in the U.S. dedicated to highlighting the newest Asian filmmaking talent. See the complete lineup on the ACV Featured Partner page here.

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Category: Asian American Events News | Tags: ACV, Asian American, Contest, DramaFever, New York City, Short Films

The new DramaFever trailer has gone viral on Youtube! Check it out for an intense, action-packed Kdrama minute!

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Category: Korean Drama | Tags: DramaFever, Hallyu, Kdrama, Korean, Korean Drama, trailer

PA-YA's "Noblesse Children"

The Santa Barbara Museum of Art is now hosting “Chaotic Harmony” – The first major exhibition in the United States of photographs made by contemporary Korean artists presently living in South Korea. Bringing together work by 40 contemporary photographers, this presentation of 42 large-scale images examines a range of contemporary issues. DramaFever has contributed to the multimedia aspect of the exhibit with four classic Korean drama titles: Queen Seonduk, Coffee Prince, Jewel In The Palace and IRIS.

Visitors to the SBMA will find several TVs playing Kdramas, along with several iPads loaded with additional information on artists from Chaotic Harmony, contemporary Korean music videos, and traditional Korean music. Visitors are encouraged to page through these iPads to learn more about their favorite exhibition artists.

Korean dramas on display courtesy of DramaFever.

Drama Fans also take note that on August 22nd at 2:30 pm, Suk-Young Kim, Associate Professor of Theatre at UCSB, will give a free lecture on Soap Operas and Contemporary Korean Culture. For more information log onto the SBMA website.

For information on “Chaotic Harmony”, visit http://chaoticharmonysbma.tumblr.com/

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Category: Events News | Tags: Coffee Prince, DramaFever, IRIS, Jewel in the Palace, Kdrama, Queen Seon Duk, Santa Barbara Museum of Art, SBMA

New Calendars for July 2010: PINK LIPSTICK and Hot Stars of Kdrama!

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Category: Random | Tags: A Man Called God, Calendar, Dong Yi, DramaFever, IRIS, Kdrama, Pink Lipstick, Shining Inheritance