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All Films & Events

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


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…

Memory Palace

Film Memory Palace Directed by Steven Gong After college, Steven revisits the places that defined each era of his life: early adolescence in the suburbs,…
Documentary Features

MISTRESS DISPELLER

Film MISTRESS DISPELLER Directed by Elizabeth Lo Desperate to save her marriage, a woman in China hires a professional to go undercover and break up…
Narrative Features, Pacific Cinewaves

MOLOKAʻI BOUND

Film MOLOKAʻI BOUND Directed by Alika Tengan A Hawaiian man recently released from prison, struggles to reconnect and reconcile with his son and heritage.
Narrative Features

MONGRELS

Film MONGRELS Directed by Jerome Yoo In rural Canada in the 1990s, a Korean family - a widower, his teenage son, and young daughter…

Mr. Corruption

Film Mr. Corruption Directed by Simeon Hu Father and son chase buried millions in Ojai's wilderness. One needs escape from Chinese authorities, the other from…

My Comrade

Film My Comrade Directed by Tathagata Ghosh When a wounded rebel accidentally takes refuge in the home of a tribal villager, both the men's lives…

My Only Friend is a Robot Named Beans

Film My Only Friend is a Robot Named Beans Directed by Anika Kan Grevstad Ruby finds her lonesome routines disrupted when she makes an unlikely new friend: a mail-order robot.

Myself When I Am Real

Film Myself When I Am Real Directed by Angeline Gragasin Set in the year 2000, a single mother and her teenage daughter struggle to make friends and find…

NANI

Film NANI Directed by Mainak Dhar On her yearly trip home for Eid, Maisha rebels against family expectations to give her grandmother a fleeting…

NEVER GO HUNGRY AGAIN!

Film NEVER GO HUNGRY AGAIN! Directed by Bernice Ng A daughter uncovers her mother's tumultuous past in China, inspiring a collaborative book detailing survival, resilience, and triumph…