[2] According to their website and mission statement, the organization is "a grassroots and volunteer-run film festival committed to presenting honest portrayals of the diversity of the Asian and Pacific Islander American experience" and when "selecting new and exciting films for our festival" the W.E.B.
[5] Disorient is also a program of the Chinese American Benevolent Association, a Eugene, Oregon based 501(c)(3) non-profit cultural arts organization in Oregon that runs a Chinese Lion dance youth group, composed mostly of middle school, high school, and college age students, as well as offers college scholarships for local Asian American youth and aspiring filmmakers.
Other films that have won Best Film at the festival include Kimberlee Bassford's documentary, Patsy Mink: Ahead of the Majority (2008), a documentary about Patsy Mink, the first woman of color and the first Asian American woman elected to U.S. Congress.
Previous winners of the Best Short Film award include Vincent Lin's Love, NY (starring Randall Park), J.P. Chan's Beijing Haze, Brendan Uegama's Henry's Glasses.
[11] The film festival has received strong commendations from filmmakers such as Patrick Epino, J.P. Chan, William Lu, singer Dawen, Gia Vang and more.