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All Films & Events

Listed here are all the Festival film and events, in alphabetical order.


Narrative Feature Competition

IN A NEW YORK MINUTE

Film IN A NEW YORK MINUTE Directed by Ximan Li Three strangers accidentally discover the solution to their problems may lie in a single pregnancy test.

IN FULL BLOOM

Film IN FULL BLOOM Directed by Maegan Houang An older Vietnamese hoarder has her life upended when worms open a black hole in her house and…
Special Presentations

IN THE LAND OF LOST ANGELS

Film IN THE LAND OF LOST ANGELS Directed by Bishrel Mashbat With time running out and desperate for cash, two Mongolian immigrants turn to crime as their only solution.
Shorts Programs

Itsy Bitsy Shorts

Program Itsy Bitsy Shorts FREE PROGRAM | Wonder, discover, and be captivated at this eye popping and ear perking hodge-podge of sights…
Documentary Feature Competition

JADDOLAND

Film JADDOLAND Directed by Nadia Shihab A visit to her artist mother's home in Texas prompts the filmmaker to explore the meaning of home…

JAPANESE AMERICAN LEGACY ON WHEELS

Film JAPANESE AMERICAN LEGACY ON WHEELS Directed by Mitchell Matsumura The third generation Japanese American car subculture that sprouted in the '60s, blossomed into an international craze featured…
Documentary Feature Competition

JOURNEY TO IFUGAO

Film JOURNEY TO IFUGAO Directed by Nicanor Evangelista Jr. Five Filipino artists and healers, living in LA, go back to their motherland uncovering their indigenous traditions and…

JUST FOR YOU

Film JUST FOR YOU Directed by Carol Shubin A young man questions his life's journey searching for answers to happiness. A total stranger changes his life's…

KARAOKE MAMAS

Film KARAOKE MAMAS Directed by Andrea Bang, Diana Bang A divorced 62 year old Korean woman jumpstarts her new life by trying to win a TV at…

KEEPSAKE

Film KEEPSAKE Directed by Megan Siu Lau A documentary following the racial stereotypes of three Asian-Europeans, and their individual struggles balancing Chinese tradition and European…
Shorts Programs

Kids Shorts (Not the Kind You Wear)

Program Kids Shorts (Not the Kind You Wear) FREE PROGRAM | Stories of courage, determination, fascinations, and plain old hunger. The will of the young and…

L.A. COFFIN SCHOOL

Film L.A. COFFIN SCHOOL Directed by Erin Li A once-renowned Chinese painter is kicked out of her son’s home, prompting her to enroll in a controversial…
International Documentary Feature Competition

LAST NIGHT I SAW YOU SMILING

Film LAST NIGHT I SAW YOU SMILING Directed by Kavich Neang When Phnom Penh’s landmark White Building, home to 493 families, faces demolition, director Kavich Neang records his family…

LAST TAXI DANCE

Film LAST TAXI DANCE Directed by Brayden Yoder In 1940s Honolulu, a proud Hawaiian singer dances with a returned U.S. soldier and debates the dignity of…
Special Presentations

LEITIS IN WAITING

Film LEITIS IN WAITING Directed by Dean Hamer, Hinaleimoana Wong-Kalu, Joe Wilson FREE PROGRAM | An intrepid group of native transgender women fight a rising tide of religious fundamentalism in…