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2018 Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival

All Films & Events

  1. ASWANG NEXT DOOR

    Bernard Badion / Shorts Competition / USA / 2017 / Comedy, Horror / 6 mins
    A friendly neighbor has unwelcome news for an expectant mother in ASWANG NEXT DOOR.
    Plays In:
    Nightcap

    Downtown Independent
    Sunday | May 6, 2018 9:30 pm

  2. AUGUST AT AKIKO’S

    Christopher Makoto Yogi / Narrative Feature Competition / USA / 2017 / Arthouse, Drama, Music / 76 mins
    Musician Alex Zhang Hungtai (Dirty Beaches, Last Lizard) returns to the Big Island of Hawai‘i to reconnect with his roots.

    Preceded by: SOLO

    AUGUST AT AKIKO’S

    Downtown Independent
    Sunday | May 6, 2018 7:15 pm

  3. BEAST

    Johnson Cheng / Shorts Competition / USA / 2018 / Dance, Documentary, Drama, Pacific Islander, Social Issues / 5 mins
    BEAST is a short documentary film exploring how street dance brought together a group of suburban Asian and Latino youths from Carson, California.
    Plays In:
    Armed With A Camera vol. 2018

    Regal L.A. LIVE - Theatre 11
    Wednesday | May 9, 2018 9:00 pm

  4. BECOMING WHO I WAS

    Jin Jeon, Moon Chang-Yong / International Documentary Feature Competition / India, South Korea / 2017 / Documentary / 99 mins
    A boy goes on an epic journey to discover his past, in a story of profound faith and unconditional love.
    BECOMING WHO I WAS

    David Henry Hwang Theater @ East West Players
    Saturday | May 5, 2018 5:30 pm

  5. C3: Building Us Up

    C3 Conference / Panel / 60 mins
    How do you become the agent of your own story? Industry-leading visionaries — Claire Aguilar (IDA), Sonya Childress (Firelight Media), Senain Kheshgi (MAJORITY), and Tilane Jones (ARRAY) — discuss what it takes to create, build, and cultivate spaces that reflect the specific career needs and challenges faced by women of color in film. Moderated by Marjan Safinia. Sponsored by the Directors Guild of America
    C3: Building Us Up

    Aratani Central Hall @ JANM
    Saturday | May 5, 2018 1:30 pm

  6. C3: Crazy | Rich | Asians

    C3 Conference / Panel / 75 mins
    CRAZY RICH ASIANS is the first feature length, major Hollywood production to feature an entirely Asian and Asian American cast. Join director Jon M. Chu, screenwriter Adele Lim, and actors Chris Pang and Nico Santos for a conversation about the groundbreaking production. Moderated by Phil Yu and Jeff Yang (They Call Us Bruce). Sponsored by Warner Bros & SAG-AFTRA
    C3: Crazy | Rich | Asians

    Aratani Central Hall @ JANM
    Saturday | May 5, 2018 12:00 pm

  7. C3: Don’t Call It A Comeback

    C3 Conference / Panel / 60 mins
    Award-winning creatives discuss the evolving presence and visibility of South Asians in film and television. Featuring director and Emmy Award-winning editor Kabir Akhtar (Arrested Development, Crazy Ex-Girlfriend), actress and writer Sujata Day (Awkward Black Girl, Insecure), and writer, producer and director Naren Shankar (CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, The Expanse). Moderated by NBC Asian America editor Traci Lee. Sponsored by NBCUniversal Talent Infusion Programs
    C3: Don’t Call It A Comeback

    Aratani Central Hall @ JANM
    Saturday | May 5, 2018 4:00 pm

  8. C3: The Stories We Tell

    C3 Conference / Panel / 60 mins
    An intimate conversation about what it takes to push the boundaries of Drama and Comedy television writing from upper-level Asian American writers at the top of their game. Featuring: Yahlin Chang (THE HANDMAID'S TALE), Cherry Chevapravatdumrong (THE ORVILLE) and Dee Johnson (MARS). Moderated by Jenny Lynn (MARVEL'S IRON FIST, ARROW, DAY BREAK). Sponsored by Writers Guild of America West
    C3: The Stories We Tell

    Aratani Central Hall @ JANM
    Saturday | May 5, 2018 5:15 pm

  9. C3: Where Are Our APA Film Critics & Journalists?

    C3 Conference / Panel / 60 mins
    As conversations about representation in media capture headlines, the need for our own critical voices and perspectives to be heard becomes evermore salient. Join BuzzFeed News reporter Susan Cheng, Mashable deputy entertainment editor Angie Han, Deadline Hollywood associate editor Dino-Ray Ramos, African American Film Critics Association founder Gil Robertson, and LA Times film writer and LA Film Critics Association member Jen Yamato for a deep dive into the current state of film critics of color.
    C3: Where Are Our APA Film Critics & Journalists?

    Aratani Central Hall @ JANM
    Saturday | May 5, 2018 2:45 pm

  10. CALL HER GANDA

    PJ Raval / Documentary Feature Competition / Philippines, USA / 2018 / Documentary, Human Rights, International, LGBTQIA+, Mystery, Social Issues / 95 mins
    When a Filipina transwoman is brutally murdered by a U.S. Marine, three women galvanize a politicial uprising, taking on hardened histories of US imperialism.

    Preceded by: THE MOST BEAUTIFUL BUTTERFLY

    CALL HER GANDA

    AMC Dine-in Sunset 5
    Friday | May 4, 2018 7:00 pm Rush Only

  11. THE CARTOONIST

    Rajendra Thakurathi / Shorts Competition / USA / 2018 / Drama, Romance / 5 mins
    After her relationship ends abruptly, a cartoonist, whose head is always up in the clouds, must learn to come down to earth.
    Plays In:
    Armed With A Camera vol. 2018

    Regal L.A. LIVE - Theatre 11
    Wednesday | May 9, 2018 9:00 pm

  12. A CENTENARIAN PLUS SIX

    Michi Tanioka / USA / 2018 / Coming of Age, Documentary, Family, History, Social Issues, Women / 7 mins
    A 106-year-old Chinese American woman reminisces about growing up in Los Angeles, attending USC, meeting a student from China and leading an adventurous life together.
    Plays In:
    Digital Histories: Our Stories, Now Told

    Aratani Theatre
    Sunday | May 6, 2018 1:00 pm

  13. CHANGYOU’S JOURNEY

    Perry S. Chen / USA / 2017 / Animation, Coming of Age, Documentary, Family, International, Romance, Spiritual, Student / 5 mins
    A cancer-stricken father looks back on his life through the eyes and art of his young animator son, beginning with his childhood in rural China.
    Plays In:
    From Vision to Reel: GenerASIANS

    Tateuchi Democracy Forum @ JANM
    Saturday | May 5, 2018 11:00 am Rush Only

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    CHINA’S FORGOTTEN DAUGHTERS

    Meng Han, Vincent Du / International Documentary Feature Competition / China / 2017 / Documentary, Family, Human Rights, Social Issues, Women / 70 mins
    FREE PROGRAM. A portrait of the human cost of China's one-child policy.

    Preceded by: DEAR MOTHER

    CHINA’S FORGOTTEN DAUGHTERS

    CGV Cinemas - Theatre 3
    Thursday | May 10, 2018 2:00 pm

  15. THE CHINESE EXCLUSION ACT

    Ric Burns, Li-Shin Yu / Special Presentations / USA / 2017 / Documentary / 160 mins
    FREE PROGRAM. Examine the origin, history and impact of the 1882 law that made it illegal for Chinese workers to come to America and for Chinese nationals already here ever to become U.S. citizens.
    THE CHINESE EXCLUSION ACT

    Tateuchi Democracy Forum @ JANM
    Sunday | May 6, 2018 6:30 pm