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All Films & Events

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


THE PUGWOOLY SHOW: BRONZEVILLE LITTLE TOKYO

Film THE PUGWOOLY SHOW: BRONZEVILLE LITTLE TOKYO Directed by Carey Louis Westbrook, Maya Garcia-Luis Bronzeville Foundational Black American culture comes to life in this Little Tokyo drawing lesson of jazz, hip-hop, kawaii…

The Roof Over My Head

Film The Roof Over My Head Directed by Madison Buchanan An Appalachian family recount their lifetime journey with unstable housing and houselessness.

Things We Carry

Film Things We Carry Directed by Yifan Zhang On her first Chinese new year's eve in Australia, Yan realises that her 8-year-old son, Yuan Yuan, might…
Documentary Features

THIRD ACT

Film THIRD ACT Directed by Tadashi Nakamura Generations of artists call Robert A. Nakamura “the godfather of Asian American media,” but filmmaker Tadashi Nakamura calls…

Three Ates and a Wedding

Film Three Ates and a Wedding Directed by Kevin Ang Three vastly different Filipino-Canadian sisters ​accidentally ruin their younger brother’s wedding.

Timeless Voices

Film Timeless Voices Directed by Christine An In the deep mountains of Southern China, the indigenous Dong chorus sings the struggles, resilience, and spiritual healing…
Narrative Features, Pacific Cinewaves

TINĀ

Film TINĀ Directed by Miki Magasiva In the wake of the Christchurch earthquake, sassy Samoan mother Mareta mentors her newly formed children's choir to…

To Dance Again

Film To Dance Again Directed by MG Evangelista After an unprecedented tragedy for the Asian American community of Monterey Park, ballroom dancing offers an unexpected path…
Narrative Features

TRANSPLANT

Film TRANSPLANT Directed by Jason Park A motivated surgical resident pushes himself to extreme lengths while training under a legendary heart transplant surgeon obsessed…

U-turn

Film U-turn Directed by Mahin Sadri It's about a middle aged woman who wants to try another shape of life but she is a…
Pacific Cinewaves

Vahaʻa | The Distance Between

Film Vahaʻa | The Distance Between Directed by Pingi Moli After his mother’s death, a boxer struggles with grief and a strained relationship with his father, who coaches…
VC Archives Presents

VC Archives Presents: Peripherals

Program VC Archives Presents: Peripherals Blending together seminal works by Visual Communications founders shaped by the spirit of the UCLA EthnoCommunications program and…
VC Archives Presents

VC Archives Presents: TWO ACTS

Program VC Archives Presents: TWO ACTS Before one story comes full circle, we look back at where it began — in dialogue between a…

VC Online

Program VC Online LAAPFF 2025 is excited to present great line up of films from our VC Archives! See our full…

Vic and His Nanay

Film Vic and His Nanay Directed by Jillian Janairo While he’s trapped in his apartment recovering from COVID, an exasperated Vic tries to evade a nosy apparition of his late mother.