7/7/22 AAIFF45 Opening & Centerpiece Announced!

Asian CineVision (ACV) and the 45th Asian American International Film Festival (AAIFF45) are proud to announce the Opening and Centerpiece films of the Festival as follows:

Opening Screening

FREE CHOL SOO LEE is a documentary which excavates the essential story of 1970s San Francisco, when 20-year-old Korean immigrant Chol Soo Lee is racially profiled and convicted of a Chinatown gang murder. Sentenced to life, he spends years fighting to survive until investigative journalist K.W. Lee takes interest in his case, igniting an unprecedented social justice movement that would unite Asian Americans and inspire a new generation of activists.

Centerpiece Screening

This film (Yuni), which was Indonesia’s entry for the 2022 Academy Awards and also earned the Toronto International Film Festival 2021 – PLATFORM PRIZE, tells the story of Yuni, a smart, teenage girl with big dreams of attending university. After two marriage proposals, she sparks gossip about a myth that a woman who rejects three proposals will never marry. Yuni must choose between the myth of a final chance at marriage, or her dream of future happiness.

Please go to our July 7 press release for more information.