As a member of the feature documentary jury for the LA Asian Pacific Film Festival, Moving Pictures editor Elliot Kotek attended the awards ceremony for the 2011 installment of the festival, the 27th anniversary of the festival.

Feature documentary prize-winner, “The House of Suh” by Irene K. Shim

Held at the outdoor, seventh-floor courtyard of the Solair building at Western Ave and Wilshire Blvd in Los Angeles’ Koreatown, LAAPFF continued to honor courageous programming. With previous winners including the documentary “Last Train Home” (regarding the epic human migration around the Chinese New Year) as well as narrative features such as “The Taqwacores” (about Muslim punks in Buffalo), the 2011 festival found the jurors in near-unanimous agreements for each section’s best.

The big winners for each category were “Teamwork” (Best Short), “The House of Suh” (Best Documentary) and “Living in Seduced Circumstances” (Best Narrative Feature).

Having kicked off proceedings on April 28 with a screening of “Fast Five” (with directorJustin Lin in attendance) the closing night film, “Love in Disguise,” screened on May 5th before a weekend slated to show the festival’s most popular and most lauded works.

COMPLETE LIST OF WINNERS

2011 LOS ANGELES ASIAN PACIFIC FILM FESTIVAL presented by Visual Communications

Documentary Feature:

Grand Jury Award, Documentary

“THE HOUSE OF SUH,” directed by Iris K. Shim and Produced by Gerry Kim

Special Jury Award, Documentary: Outstanding Director

IRIS K. SHIM, “The House of Suh”

Special Jury Award, Documentary: Outstanding Cinematography

JASON WOODFORD, “One Big Hapa Family”

Special Jury Award, Documentary: Outstanding Editing

JEFF CHIBA STEARNS, “One Big Hapa Family”

Special Jury Prize for Human Rights

“FINDING FACE,” directed by Skye Fitzgerald and Patti Duncan

Narrative Feature:

Grand Jury Award, Narrative Feature

“LIVING IN SEDUCED CIRCUMSTANCES,” directed by Ian Gamazon and produced by Quynn Ton

Special Jury Award, Narrative: Outstanding Director

IAN GAMAZON, “Living in Seduced Circumstances”

Special Jury Award, Narrative: Outstanding Screenplay

STEPHANE GAUGER, “SAIGON ELECTRIC”

Special Jury Award, Narrative: Outstanding Cinematography

GAVIN KELLY, “WHERE THE ROAD MEETS THE SUN”

Special Jury Award, Narrative: Best Ensemble Acting

ERIC MABIUS, FERNANDO NORIEGA, WILL YUN LEE and LUKE BRANDON FIELD, “Where the Road Meets the Sun”

Special Jury Award, Narrative: Best First Feature

“BANG BANG,” directed by Byron Q

Special Jury Award – Breakout Performance for New Actor

RYAN GREENE, “One Kine Day”

Short Film:

Festival Golden Reel Award

“TEAMWORK,” directed by Hong Seo Yun

Linda Mabalot New Directors/New Visions Award

“FIRECRACKER,” directed by Soham Mehta

AUDIENCE AWARDS:

NARRATIVE FILM

“RAKENROL,” directed by Quark Henares

DOCUMENTARY FILM

“AMONG B-BOYS,” directed by Christopher Woon

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