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All Films & Events

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


Documentary Features, Special Presentations

LEE SOO MAN: KING OF K-POP

Film LEE SOO MAN: KING OF K-POP Directed by Ting Poo From the traditional town of Jeonju, South Korea came the man that changed the world with music. Lee…
Shorts Programs

Let It Flow

Program Let It Flow Explore what it means to connect, what it means to bridge, and to share, utilizing dance as a…
Shorts Programs

#LIFE #TIMES

Program #LIFE #TIMES Across time and space, these films explore finding your place on your own terms.
Documentary Features

LIGHT OF THE SETTING SUN

Film LIGHT OF THE SETTING SUN Directed by Vicky Du A Taiwanese-American filmmaker questions her family's silence around the cycles of violence that have persisted since the Chinese…
Narrative Features, Special Presentations

LITTLE RED SWEET

Film LITTLE RED SWEET Directed by Vincent Chow A flight attendant returns home to save her family’s Chinese dessert shop as love, loss, and redevelopment pull…
Shorts Programs, Special Presentations

Little Tokyo & Other Tales

Program Little Tokyo & Other Tales Encounter stories and spaces rooted in community, featuring our home neighborhood of Little Tokyo, elders who create healing…

Love Has Two Meanings

Film Love Has Two Meanings Directed by Kevin Duncan Wong Twelve Chinese elders confront community safety challenges in Oakland's Chinatown and beyond. 
Pacific Cinewaves

MĀHŪ: A TRANS-PACIFIC LOVE LETTER

Film MĀHŪ: A TRANS-PACIFIC LOVE LETTER Directed by Lisette Marie Flanary MĀHŪ: A Trans-Pacific Love Letter is a short documentary about an innovative theater production by master hula teacher, Kumu…
Documentary Features

MAKING WAVES: THE RISE OF ASIAN AMERICA

Film MAKING WAVES: THE RISE OF ASIAN AMERICA Directed by Jon Osaki, Josh Chuck Making Waves documents stories of Asian American activism and efforts to lift-up ethnic studies as a strategy to…

Mannequin

Film Mannequin Directed by Mark Tran A sleep-deprived father forms an eerie bond with a mannequin, blurring the lines between reality and fantasy.
Documentary Features, VC Archives Presents

MANZANAR

Film MANZANAR Directed by Robert A. Nakamura Created by Robert Nakamura as a graduate student in UCLA’s Ethnocommunications Program, Manzanar is a lyrical and pensive…
Shorts Programs

MANZANAR + OUT OF THE DUST

Program MANZANAR + OUT OF THE DUST Experience reflections of Manzanar through dance and moving images, in honor of the works by Janice Mirikatani and…

Maybe It’s Just the Rain

Film Maybe It’s Just the Rain Directed by Reina Bonta In their debut, an underdog group of young women become the first Filipino team in history to win…

Memories of Mindanao: Tawi Tawi

Film Memories of Mindanao: Tawi Tawi Directed by Alleluia Panis A multi-generational group of American Pilipino artists and cultural workers embark on a visual and sensory immersion trip…

Memory as Missionary Position

Film Memory as Missionary Position Directed by Brigitte Leilani Axelrode Through the language of poetry and the art of movement, a Pasifika wahine reawakens her connection to the…