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All Films & Events

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


Anti-Asian Hate, VC Presents

AMERICA’S CONCENTRATION CAMPS, REVISITED

Special Event AMERICA’S CONCENTRATION CAMPS, REVISITED In 1970, when Bob Suzuki from the Japanese American Citizens League (JACL) approached UCLA film school student and…

AND WE COLLIDE

Film AND WE COLLIDE Directed by Lanca Li An unexpected tropical encounter sparks a fragile romance between a wanna-be astronaut and a village farm boy.

ANNAH LA JAVANAISE

Film ANNAH LA JAVANAISE Directed by Fatimah Tobing Rony In 1893, a 13-year-old girl came to work for French painter Paul Gauguin as his maid and model.…
Narrative Features

ARISAKA

Film ARISAKA Directed by Mikhail Red A policewoman must retrace the trail of the Bataan Death March in order to escape her captors.
Shorts Programs, VC Presents

ARMED WITH A CAMERA VOL. 2022

Program ARMED WITH A CAMERA VOL. 2022 Celebrating its twentieth anniversary the Armed With a Camera (AWC) Fellowship for Emerging Media Artists develops the next…
Shorts Programs, Special Presentations

ASIAN AMERICAN STORIES OF RESILIENCE AND BEYOND

Program ASIAN AMERICAN STORIES OF RESILIENCE AND BEYOND The Asian American Documentary Network (A-Doc) together with WORLD Channel and Center for Asian American Media (CAAM) have…
Anti-Asian Hate, Documentary Features

BAD AXE

Film BAD AXE Directed by David Siev This raw, slice of life documentary delivers a heart achingly beautiful story of a Cambodian-American family being tested…

BE FREE

Film BE FREE Directed by Michael Sun Lee An old man finally wakes up.
Anti-Asian Hate

beautiful country

Film beautiful country Directed by Jess X. Snow In the height of pandemic, the relationship between an Asian American musician and activist deteriorates as they confront…

BEAUTY QUEEN

Film BEAUTY QUEEN Directed by Myra Aquino Set in the Philippines during World War II, a young woman struggles to find purpose after losing her…

BINI-BAE-LAKI

Film BINI-BAE-LAKI Directed by Marc Nuñez “Bini-Bae-Laki" is a dance film featuring a fusion of Filipinx folk, contemporary, and street styles. The movement qualities…
Cinema Musica

BLACK SEA GOLDEN LADDER: THE VISUAL ALBUM

Film BLACK SEA GOLDEN LADDER: THE VISUAL ALBUM Directed by Dahnu Graham, Hayden Aull, Huhana Ruri-Panapa, Marara Katipa, Nicole Horan, Thomas Rose, Xavier Horan An exploration of the human experience that spans from childhood to death through the lens of seven Māori…
Cinema Musica, Shorts Programs

BODIES IN MOTION

Program BODIES IN MOTION A collection of dance films in which bodies—powerful, precarious, feeling, and knowing—move us.

BORN IN DAMASCUS

Film BORN IN DAMASCUS Directed by Laura Wadha After ten years apart, a Scottish filmmaker tries to reconnect with her Syrian cousin, their paths separated by…

BUSAN, 1999

Film BUSAN, 1999 Directed by Thomas Kim An expecting Korean-American woman returns to her mother's rustic home. They bathe and scrub each other, searching for…