I'm super excited to go to Saturday's panel discussion, Down and Dirty Pictures [1]. It'll be at the Opera Plaza and starts at 1pm.

SFIAAFF is calling the featured directing trio Gregg Araki [2], Roddy Bogawa [3] and Jon Moritsugu [4]the 'original "bad boys" of Asian American cinema.' How can you resist that? I certainly couldn't.

They're to talk about their bodies of work, the role of the 'truly independent' filmmaker, and, of course, its future prospects. (What panel would be complete without a little prophesying?)

For other panel discussions, see the SFIAAFF website [5]

Another Hyphen staffer will be going to the Ellen Kuras Master Class [6], which is on Sunday at 3pm, also at the Opera Plaza.

Cinematographer Ellen Kuras [7]' laureled career has included work with Michel Gondry (Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind), Rebecca Miller and Spike Lee (Summer of Sam and Bamboozled), and on films such as I Shot Andy Warhol and Jim Jarmusch's Coffee and Cigarettes. She'll talk about her cinematographic and decision-making processes, and colloborating with directors.