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2017 Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival

All Films & Events

  1. Reseba – The Dark Wind

    Hussein Hassan / International Competition, Programmers' Picks / Germany, Iraq, Qatar / 2016 / 91 mins
    Radical Islamist militants attack a village in Iraq, where two young Yazidi prepare for marriage. From that moment onwards, their lives are turned into a nightmare.
    RESEBA – THE DARK WIND

    Geffen Contemporary at MOCA
    May 3, 2017 6:00 pm FREE, Check-In at Box Office


  2. David And Goliath

    Rachel Lee / Programmers' Picks / USA / 2016 / 5 mins
    In a small, suburban neighborhood, a mom and pop donut shop comes face-to-face with one of the largest donut corporations in America.
    Plays In:
    From Vision To Reel

    Tateuchi Democracy Forum
    April 29, 2017 11:30 am


  3. Death in a Day

    Lin Wang / USA / 2016 / 14 mins
    Evan, a young Chinese boy, must come to grips with the impending death falling upon his family after visiting his comatose father, and witnessing his mother’s struggle.
    Plays In:
    In And Out Of The Slipstream

    CGV Cinemas 3
    May 2, 2017 9:00 pm


  4. Deer God

    Tomorrow Mingtian / Shorts Competition, Programmers' Picks / China, USA / 2016 / 14 mins
    Old Guan, a native Oroqen hunter, goes into the woods to shoot "donkey deer" before his family leaves for America.
    Plays In:
    Good Bones

    CGV Cinemas 2
    May 2, 2017 9:30 pm


  5. Disintegration 93-96

    Miko Revereza / USA / 2017 / 5 mins
    A pop culture meditation on the Filipino American undocumented experience, DISINTEGRATION 93-96 is a deconstruction of 90s home movies and the traditional family models.
    Plays In:
    Armed, Locked, and Loaded

    CGV Cinemas 1
    May 3, 2017 7:00 pm


  6. Divine XY

    Ruelo Zendo / Philippines / 2016 / 14 mins
    Gender troubles and bureaucratic intricacies plague a hopeful overseas worker. How far will Divine go to leave her country?
    Plays In:
    WTF: Watch These Films

    Downtown Independent
    May 3, 2017 9:30 pm


  7. Dollar Tree

    Cecilia Ribordy, Ariel Hyman, Josh Soares, Natasha Mandt-Rauch / USA / 2016 / 3 mins
    DOLLAR TREE is a student short film by Cecilia Ribordy, Natasha Maundt-Rauch, Ariel Hyman, and Josh Soares. It highlights the harsh realities of deforestation by personifying its driving force. This film is a powerful look into the justice aspect of the environment.
    Plays In:
    From Vision To Reel

    Tateuchi Democracy Forum
    April 29, 2017 11:30 am


  8. A Doll’s Hug

    Rob Chihwen Lo / Taiwan, USA / 2016 / 20 mins
    A Taiwanese boy learns to fight back from the threatening violence in his Barbie doll world.

    Precedes: Ghost Magnet Roach Motel

    Precedes:
    GHOST MAGNET ROACH MOTEL

    CGV Cinemas 2
    May 3, 2017 9:30 pm


  9. Dots

    Chen-Wen Lo / Taiwan / 2016 / 16 mins
    A teenage girl whose vision is fading goes on a solo journey to gather the textures of light before going completely blind, and shares her new way of "seeing" with her mother.
    Plays In:
    The Sum of My Memory

    CGV Cinemas 3
    April 30, 2017 1:45 pm


  10. Droga!

    Miko Revereza / USA / 2014 / 8 mins
    DROGA! is a personal meditation about the experience of the Filipino diaspora. It explores both the physical and emotional spaces of many immigrants who are living in a state of exile in the US. The filmmaker documents his grandparents, and his own assimilation to American life to reveal a larger colonized mentality in a personal and historical context.
    Plays In:
    From Vision To Reel

    Tateuchi Democracy Forum
    April 29, 2017 11:30 am


  11. The Drone and the Kid

    Imran J. Khan / Pakistan, Singapore, USA / 2016 / 13 mins
    A lonely Pakistani boy finds the camera device from a crashed U.S. military drone, and is finally able to get the attention he craves when he discovers it is still able to transmit to the American drone operator on the other side.
    Plays In:
    Rebel Hearts

    Tateuchi Democracy Forum
    April 30, 2017 7:30 pm


  12. Emma And The Butt

    Carmen Liang, Steven Liang / USA / 2017 / 5 mins
    Imaginative little Emma tries to get the love and attention of her overworked father.
    Plays In:
    Armed, Locked, and Loaded

    CGV Cinemas 1
    May 3, 2017 7:00 pm


  13. Escaping Agra

    Pallavi Somusetty / India, USA / 2016 / 23 mins
    ESCAPING AGRA is a 23-minute documentary about Naveen Bhat, who is trapped in India after their parents find out about their gender and sexual orientation. ESCAPING AGRA documents their journey to battle their parents in court, and piece their life back together. Please note: Naveen, whose gender is non-binary, uses they/them pronouns.
    Plays In:
    Pink House, Pink Home

    Downtown Independent
    April 29, 2017 11:30 am


  14. Finding Ronwe

    Angela Paviera / USA / 2017 / 15 mins
    Kailani and Nobu rekindle an old friendship and together they search for two criminal con artists.
    Plays In:
    FilAm Creations: A Filmmaker Movement

    Art Share L.A.
    May 3, 2017 6:00 pm Rush Line Only


  15. F**ked Up

    Kevin Lau / 17 mins
    A know-it-all Asian American teen tries to prove herself by losing her virginity on the first day of college.
    Plays In:
    WTF: Watch These Films

    Downtown Independent
    May 3, 2017 9:30 pm