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2017 Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival

Programmers' Picks

Our intrepid programmers reviewed almost 700 feature-length and short films this year! Want to know what stood out most to them? Discover our Programmers’ Picks and pave your own journey through this year’s festival.


  1. Tough

    Jennifer Zheng / Shorts Competition, Programmers' Picks / UK / 2016 / 5 mins
    Some things can only be understood with maturity. New light is shed on childhood cultural misunderstandings when a Chinese mother and her British-born daughter speak as adults for the first time.
    Plays In:
    Feminist AF

    CGV Cinemas 3
    May 1, 2017 9:00 pm


  2. Touring

    Dean Yamada / Programmers' Picks / USA / 2016 / 15 mins
    After his parents' divorce, a teenager meets an enigmatic kid with a love for destruction and together they set off to release their anger.
    Plays In:
    Rebel Hearts

    Tateuchi Democracy Forum
    April 30, 2017 7:30 pm