第十八届波士顿亚裔美国电影节进行中：开幕片《Isle Child》聚焦韩裔收养议题
位于马萨诸塞州萨福克县的波士顿市，第十八届波士顿亚裔美国电影节（Boston Asian American Film Festival，BAAFF）正在举行。影展10月15日开幕、持续至10月25日，其中10月16日至25日的放映主要在波士顿市中心的 Emerson Paramount Center（559 Washington St）举行。
本届开幕片为导演 Thomas Percy Kim 执导的剧情片《Isle Child》，10月15日晚在 Brookline 的 Coolidge Corner Theatre 放映，映后设有导演问答。该片讲述一名韩裔被收养者发现一封隐藏的信件、得知在韩国的生母病重后，在美国的安稳生活与身世真相之间抉择的故事。
电影节由亚美资源工作坊（Asian American Resource Workshop，AARW）与 ArtsEmerson 联合制作，宗旨是以电影呈现亚裔美国人的经历，为亚裔电影人与大波士顿社区搭建平台。主办方表示，电影节属于每一位观众：来看见，也被看见；来倾听，也被倾听。本届片单包括多部剧情长片、纪录片与短片单元，10月18日还设有免费的演员工会专题论坛。影展票价15美元起，完整排片可查询电影节官网。
（GSM 据波士顿亚裔美国电影节官网及 Massachusetts Film Office 报道）
18th Boston Asian American Film Festival Under Way: Opening Film 'Isle Child' Tells a Korean Adoptee's Story
In Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, the 18th Boston Asian American Film Festival (BAAFF) is under way. The festival opened on October 15 and runs through October 25, with screenings from October 16 to 25 held mainly at the Emerson Paramount Center (559 Washington St) in downtown Boston.
The opening film is 'Isle Child,' directed by Thomas Percy Kim, which screened on the evening of October 15 at the Coolidge Corner Theatre in Brookline, followed by a Q&A with the director. The film tells the story of a Korean-American adoptee who discovers a hidden letter revealing that his birth mother is terminally ill in Korea, and must choose between his settled life in the United States and the painful truth of his past.
The festival is a co-production of the Asian American Resource Workshop (AARW) and ArtsEmerson. It aims to showcase Asian American experiences through film and to serve as a resource for Asian American filmmakers and the Greater Boston community. The festival is, in its organizers' words, here for audiences 'to see and be seen, to hear and be heard.' This year's lineup includes narrative features, documentaries and shorts programs, as well as a free SAG-AFTRA panel on October 18. Tickets start at $15, and the full schedule is available on the festival's website.
(GSM, based on reporting from the Boston Asian American Film Festival and the Massachusetts Film Office)
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