Silk Screen Asian American Film Festival

rdf:langString Silk Screen Asian American Film Festival

rdf:langString Silk Screen Asian American Film Festival

rdf:langString Silk Screen Asian American Film Festival

rdf:langString The Silk Screen Asian American Film Festival was a 10-day film festival held annually in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania to show the most recent films and music by artists with Asian ethnic origins, such as from Japan, China, Taiwan, India, Pakistan, Indonesia, Korea, Turkey, the Philippines, and The Middle East. It also included films whose topical matter is about Asians or Asian Americans. Year-round programming included a Classic Asian Film Series. In Partnership with Pittsburgh Filmmakers, Silk Screen presented a classic Asian film each month, which was screened each Sunday of the month at Regent Square (Pittsburgh) Theater. New programming included an interview series, "Behind the Silk Screen", through which Silk Screen interviewed board members, artists, and community members about how they shape both Silk Screen and the culture around it. Silk Screen also held a children's event to celebrate the Chinese New Year. The festival showed feature-length films and short films. Shortly after the completion of its 13th annual festival in 2018, Silk Screen shut down, amid allegations of sexual harassment against Saluja.