For Immediate Release
4 August 2004

Asian CineVision announces BICYCLES AND RADIOS winner of
The ImaginAsian Excellence in Short Filmmaking Award at
The 27th Asian American Internaional Film Festival

New York, NY - On July 24 at the Closing Night party, Asian CineVision (ACV) honored short film Bicycles and Radios, directed by O. Nathapon, as the winner of the first annual ImaginAsian Excellence In Short Filmmaking award during the 27th Asian American International Film Festival (AAIFF).

The ImaginAsian Excellence in Short Filmmaking Award, a juried award, is awarded to the best short film screened at the festival. The final five shorts were selected by the AAIFF¹s Shorts Screening Committee, and then presented to a panel of judges to pick the winner. The judges for the ImaginAsian Excellence in Short Filmmaking Award were: Jennifer Fong (Producer, yU&co), Shari Frilot (Programmer, Sundance Film Festival), Julianne Hausler (President, New York Office), Warrington Hudlin (Founder, Black Filmmaker Foundation), and Charles Stone III (Director, Paid in Full and Drumline).

³The films nominated for this award were all extremely amazing. Each film captured the depth and breadth short films can achieve. We are proud to honor Bicycles and Radios as the winning short.²

Shot on super 16mm, Bicycles and Radios follows two wounded souls who find solace in each other through a radio talk show. They finally decided to set a date to call the radios station and express their feelings, but just a few minutes before the program, their batteries die.

Other shorts finalists included: Curtis (Jakob Akira Okada, US,), Eternal Gaze (Sam Chen, US), Sangam (Prashant Bhargava, US), Slowly Silently (Jinoh Park, US).

The 27th Asian American International Film Festival, presented by HBO and Time Warner, took place from Friday, July 16 through Saturday, July 24 at the Asia Society and Museum and ImaginAsian Theater (www.imaginasiantv.com). Selected films also screened at the Cinema Arts Centre in Huntington, Long Island (www.cinemaartscentre.org) from July 30 ­ August 1.

Asian CineVision, Inc. (ACV) is a non-profit national media arts organization dedicated to the promotion and preservation of Asian and Asian American media expressions. Since 1978, ACV has annually presented the Asian American International Film Festival (AAIFF) to showcase cinema works by international artists of Asian descent. In addition to the festival, ACV¹s programs and services include film exhibitions, mentoring and educational outreach, training workshops, publications, and a media archive. ACV is based in New York City. For more information, please visit www.asiancinevision.org.

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Contact:

Diana Lee, 212-989-1422 or diana@asiancinevision.org