GRAND PRIZE WINNER

Team: 100%
”You've Got Male”
Nadine Truong, Christopher Nguyen, Ryan Kim

1ST RUNNER UP

Team HeadOn
”Elizabeth Ong is Missing”
Neil Sehgal, David J.Lee

2ND RUNNER UP

Foreign Image
”Secret Chinese Secret”
Viet Nguyen, Mike Weiss, Joe Ho, and John Nguyen

THE TOP 10

Team HeadOn
”Elizabeth Ong is Missing”

Fellowship of the Onion Ring
”BPS”

The Sake Bombers
”Since You've Been Ong”

Upper Factory
“Pete: An Adult Film”

Team 100%
“You've Got Male”

Decoy Squad
”Sam and Ben: A Love Story”

Wet Maynard
”The Dress”

Team Team
”Missing”

Big Paw Productions
”Doggone Ong”

Foreign Image
”Secret Chinese Secret”

INDIVIDUAL AWARDS

BEST ACTOR
Ryan O'Nan
Team 100%
“You've Got Male “


Nominees:
Paulo Sambrano, Pete: An Adult Film
Aldous Davidson, Sam and Ben: A Love Story
Rain Noe, Delgado
Christopher Nguyen, You've Got Male

BEST ACTRESS

Vivian Bang
Team HeadOn
”Elizabeth Ong is Missing”


Nominees:
Kim Chinh, Elizabeth Rose
Karen Song, Missing
Anna Moore, Sam and Ben: A Love Story
Tara Perry, Secret Chinese Secret

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

John Nguyen
Foreign Image
“Secret Chinese Secret”

Nominees:
Gilbert John, The Dress
Kevin Kilcher, Sam and Ben: A Love Story
Jin Min, Last Act
Elizabeth Ong is Missing

BEST DIRECTOR

Christopher Nguyen and Ryan Kim
Team 100%
“You've Got Male”

Nominees:
David J.Lee, Elizabeth Ong is Missing
Mandel Lum, Pete: An Adult Film
Karen Song, Missing
Frank Yeean Chan, Since You've Been Ong

BEST EDITING

Justin Fong
Team 100%
“You've Got Male”

Nominees:
Mandel Lum, Erica Eng, Andrew Baxter, Pete An Adult Film
Jeffrey Chin, Since You've Been Ong
Karen Song, Missing
Andrew Chung, Doggone Ong

BEST STORY

Ryan Kim, Lee Buckley, Charles Chu
Team 100%
“You've Got Male”

Nominees:
Amy Y. Chan, Frank Yeean Chan, Jay Patumanoan, Dony Permedi, Since You've Been Ong
David Ngo, Mina Son, Jin Yoo-Kim, BPS
Alice Cox, Elizabeth Rose
Neil Sehgal, David Lee, Naoya Imanishi, Rickmond Wong, Elizabeth Ong is Missing

MOST ORIGINAL FILM

Team Team
“Missing”

Nominees:
BPS
Elizabeth Ong is Missing
Pete: An Adult Film
You've Got Male

ROUND 1 FINALISTS

Color TV
“Delgado”

Omni
“Elizabeth Rose”

Melt Papaya
“Megazilla”

Daydreamer Pictures
“Robert Hearts Miss Ing”

2+3 Filmth
“Last Act”

Judging is now completed!  The Awards Screening will take place on Sunday, July 22nd, 2007 in New York as part of the 30th Annual Asian American International Film Festival ( http://aaiff.org/2007).

If you can’t make it to the Awards Screening, the Top 10 Films and Individual Award winners will be posted online after the show at approximately 11 p.m. EST on http://www.72hourshootout.com
      7:00 Reception @ The Asia Society at 725 Park Ave (70th St) - FREE and open to the Public.
                        Mix and mingle with other filmmakers, share stories of success and heartache with a glass of booz in hand.
                        FREE FOOD provided by BENJAMIN CATERING (http://www.eastofeighth.com), Free BOOZ from our Sponsor.
      8:30 Screening @ The Asia Society Theater - Only those with tickets will be allowed entrance. 
                        Screening of Top 10 Films and announcement of Individual Award Nominees and Winners.  Hosted by AAFL, ACV, and AZN with host Angela Tsai.

Every Registered Team is allowed two complimentary tickets.  Team Leaders will be able to pick up these two tickets at the Asia Society box office on the day of the screening under the Team Leaders’ name.  If you would like to purchase additional tickets, please visit http://aaiff.org/
If you have any questions feel free to email us at (JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)
Asian American FilmLab

This is what we’ve all been waiting for…

This Friday, June 22nd at 8:00 p.m. EST, the long awaited theme will be announced at the Shootout Launch Party.

Come celebrate the beginning of a highly memorable weekend with your fellow filmmakers.  If you aren’t the buddy-buddy type, feel free to come by to size up and play petty mind games with other competitors.  NOTE:  If you are an actor, writer etc. who is still hoping to be a part of a team, we will be facilitating team match ups at the event.  Also, if you would like to participate in The Shootout, we will have Registration ON SITE, it’s not too late!  There are many reasons to come out (not to mention booz)...we hope to see you there.

FONTANA’S
105 Eldridge Street (b/w Grand and Broome)
Lower Eastside, New York, NY
(http://www.fontanasnyc.com/)
HOP STOP DIRECTIONS TO: FONTANA’S @ 105 ELDRIDGE ST

NO COVER: But please have a drink to support the establishment.
NO ONE UNDER 21 WILL BE ADMITTED.

DOORS OPEN @ 6:00 PM

*For those not in the NY Tri-State area, and cannot attend the launch party, the theme will be promptly posted on http://www.72hourshootout.com at 8:00 p.m. EST.

NEW TO THE WEBSITE?  SEE ENTRY BELOW…

Congratulations to the following teams for winning the People’s Choice Shootout Awards! 
First Place:
“SECRET CHINESE SECRET”
by Team Foreign Image
Second Place:
“BPS”
by Team Fellowship of the Onion Ring
Third Place
“SAM AND BEN: A LOVE STORY “
by Team Decoy Squad
So, to be clear, the following five films will be screened on AZN Television. 
1 YOU’VE GOT MALE by Team 100% (Grand Prize Winner)
2. ELIZABETH ONG IS MISSING by Team HeadOn (First Runner Up)
3. SECRET CHINESE SECRET by Team Foreign Image (2nd Runner Up and People’s Choice Winner)
4. BPS by Team Fellowship of the Onion Ring (People’s Choice 1st Runner Up)
5. SAM AND BEN: A LOVE STORY by Team Decoy Squad (People’s Choice 2nd Runner Up)

The winners are currently slotted to screen on Wednesday, August 29th.  The original Top 3 films (You’ve Got Male, Elizabeth Ong is Missing and Secret Chinese Secret) will air at 8pm ET and the viewer’s choice Top 3 will air at 1am ET (so Secret Chinese Secret will air twice! Along with Sam and Ben: A Love Story and BPS) They will be aired together in a 30 minute segment, with a lead in slate which AZN has created.  There will be violators at the beginning of each film which will tell viewers if it’s #1, 2, or 3.

Congratulations to you all.  If you don’t have AZN TV…this might be a good time to call your cable provider.  Any questions, email us at (JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)
Sincerely,
AAFilmLab

The competition isn’t quite over!  See the Top 10 Films and vote on who YOU think is best on http://www.azntv.com/72hr  If you haven’t seen the Top 10, this is a great opportunity to do so.  REMEMBER: The Top 3 winners from the People’s Choice Online competition will also get a special screening on AZN Television.  FYI, High Speed Internet is required and there is a quick and painless registration for the AZN Media Player.

What you might find humorous is that each of the Top 10 films have a TV Rating…nice to know that several are rated MA(Mature Audiences). Great going guys!!!!

Not in the Top 10?  As you can see, we have started archiving all 72 Hour shootout films on the website.  If you want to be included in our archive, just upload your film to You Tube and email the link to (JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address).  We aren’t crazy about YouTube, but it sure saves us a lot of space on our site and it’s helping most of our filmmakers get some play.