The 2010 DisOrient Film Festival is the the fifth anniversary of the Oregon film festival. Over the past four years, DisOrient has garnered a national reputation for organizing a unique and quality film festival amongst industry and filmmaking professionals. Festival attendees can experience three days of films, workshops, parties, panels and special guests. Out of over 70 film submissions this year, the jury selected only the best new films. This year’s program has about six features and 22 short films. Some issues covered in this year’s films include transracial adoption, post-Katrina environmental activism, and resistance to the Iraq war, among other issues on Asian American identity and community.

In his feature directorial debut, Patrick Epino is scheduled to attend and show MR. SADMAN for the opening night on Friday, April 23. The late Al No’mani stars in MR. SADMAN, the story of Mounir, a sheltered Saddam Hussein body-double who loses his job and moves to Los Angeles in search of a new start. Unfortunately, Mounir doesn’t know how to be anyone else. After the film, soul/r&b singer Dawen is scheduled to perform at the Jordan Schnitzer Museum for the Opening Night reception. Los Angeles based singer/songwriter Dawen will be performing live during the Opening Night Reception. The director of this year’s centerpiece film A VILLAGE CALLED VERSAILLES, S. Leo Chiang, will lead a workshop on filmmaking and social justice on the University of Oregon campus before the opening night screening of MR. SADMAN. Filmmaker H.P. Mendoza (songwriter, screenwriter, “Rodel” of COLMA: THE MUSICAL) returns to DisOrient with FRUIT FLY for the Closing Night program on Sunday, April 25. Local Eugene/Springfield middle school and high school Asian American filmmakers will also premiere their work. Other films slated to be shown include Why Am I Doing This?, Operation Babylift, and Second Moon.

You can get tickets for the 2010 DisOrient Film Festival here .

2010 DisOrient Film Festival trailers