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Gala Presentations

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YELLOW ROSE

OPENING NIGHT FILM | Rose, an undocumented Filipino teenager, dreams of one day leaving her small town in Texas to pursue her country music dreams.

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GO BACK TO CHINA

CENTERPIECE FILM | After blowing through her trust fund, rich girl Sasha is forced by her father to go back to China and work for the family business.

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MS. PURPLE

CENTERPIECE FILM | Kasie, a girl who works as a hostess at a local karaoke bar, reconnects with her estranged brother, Carey, in the final days of her father's life.

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EMPTY BY DESIGN

CLOSING NIGHT FILM | Two people find themselves back in the Philippines, brought together by their loneliness and struggle for personal identity.

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Festival Sections

Gala Presentations

Don’t miss these one-of-a-kind events! Slated for the the Aratani Theatre in Little Tokyo and the Regal L.A. LIVE in Downtown, our Opening, Centerpiece, & Closing Night films pay tribute to and celebrate the best and brightest of Asian American & Pacific Islander cinema.

Gala Presentations
Special Presentations

Pay special attention to our Special Presentations as we revisit stories from our heritage, history and identities, and discover how they still hold true to the stories we try to tell today.

Special Presentations
Narrative Feature Competition

Prepare to be challenged, enlightened, shocked, and entertained as we proudly roll out this year’s excellent slate of North American Narrative Feature nominees.

Narrative Feature Competition
International Narrative Feature Competition

Our International Narrative Feature Competition films offer narrative works which explore and reflect the stories of our time. We’re excited to bring you the best and most provocative cinematic voices from Asia and the diaspora.

International Narrative Feature Competition
Documentary Feature Competition

This year’s Documentary Competition is distinguished by emerging artists with exciting untold stories as well as subjects which hold super-apt relevancy to our changing worldview(s) today.

Documentary Feature Competition
International Documentary Feature Competition

Our International Documentary Feature Competition highlights new films and filmmakers from around the world. We look forward to bringing you films that exemplify the global multiplicity we live in.

International Documentary Feature Competition
Shorts Programs

Our Shorts Programs – some of which showcase our prestigious Shorts Competition nominees – range over a wide scope of stories and expressions. From stories of distinctly local flavors to tales from faraway worlds, our selection of shorts offer a variety of urban, rural, and alternative perspectives.

Shorts Programs
C3: Conference

C3: Conference for Creative Content brings together foremost media professionals in film, television, cable, digital, and transmedia to create a dialogue on the ever-changing media industry, share best practices, network, celebrate and build a collective vision for our community.

C3: Conference

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