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All Films & Events

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


Teb Chaw (Land)

Film Teb Chaw (Land) Directed by Joua Lee Grande Teb Chaw (Land) [pronounced: thay-chuh] is an immersive portrait of Hmong refugee farmers transforming local foodways in a diversified…
Documentary Features

The A List: 15 Stories from Asian and Pacific Diasporas

Film The A List: 15 Stories from Asian and Pacific Diasporas Directed by Eugene Yi What does it mean to be AAPI? Trailblazers from Sandra Oh to Sen. Tammy Duckworth, Kumail Nanjiani to…
Narrative Features, Special Presentations

The Arch

Film The Arch Directed by T'ang Shushuen Adapting a Chinese folktale about a widow torn between her amorous desires and moral obligations, the film examines…
VC Presents

THE ARCHIVE IS ALIVE

Program THE ARCHIVE IS ALIVE The Archive is ALIVE exhibition brings together four projects developed through the inaugural VC Archives Artist-in-Residence program.
Pacific Cinewaves

The Arrangements

Film The Arrangements Directed by Sonny Ganaden Three Micronesian boys in Hawaii have a day to prepare for a funeral and find their friend’s hidden…
Documentary Features

The Auntie Sewing Squad Resistance Playbook

Film The Auntie Sewing Squad Resistance Playbook Directed by Valerie Soe THE AUNTIE SEWING SQUAD RESISTANCE PLAYBOOK looks at the Auntie Sewing Squad, a collective of mostly BIPOC women…
Animation

The Bird, the Girl and the Typhoon

Film The Bird, the Girl and the Typhoon Directed by Angeline Marie Michael Meitzler While following her morning routine, an elderly migrant Filipino nurse is liberated from a lifetime of service as…
VC Presents

THE FACE OF THE ENEMY

Film THE FACE OF THE ENEMY Directed by Glen Tao A firsthand account of a Japanese American girl’s childhood upended by wartime hysteria, forcing her family into desert…
Pacific Cinewaves

The Forest is a Spirit That Beckons Me

Film The Forest is a Spirit That Beckons Me Directed by Jacob Cruz-Rine After a lifetime of waiting, a CHamoru woman finds that her family curse has finally emerged on her…
Narrative Features, Special Presentations

THE FURIOUS

Film THE FURIOUS Directed by Kenji Tanigaki After the daughter of Wang Wei (Xie Miao) is kidnapped by a criminal network and he receives no…

The Last Resort

Film The Last Resort Directed by Sarita Khurana In the first-ever Indian retirement complex in the U.S, a tight-knit group of Indian immigrants forge a resilient…

the layover

Film the layover Directed by Yuchi Chiu Prepared to spend his Christmas alone, a newly single man unexpectedly takes in his ex-boyfriend’s grieving mother.