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2018 Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival

All Films & Events

  1. THE FINALE CLUB

    Robert Shoji / USA / 2018 / Documentary, History, Music, Social Issues / 12 mins
    In segregated wartime Los Angeles, African American musicians found moments of solace in Little Tokyo. This is the story of The Finale Club.
    Plays In:
    Digital Histories: Our Stories, Now Told

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

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    FIND YOUR VOICE

    Chris Herd / Special Presentations / Australia, New Zealand / 2018 / 96 mins
    A celebration of family and culture as a young rapper finds his voice, on a comical yet spiritual journey to his Maori homeland.
    FIND YOUR VOICE

    Regal L.A. LIVE - Theatre 13
    Tuesday | May 8, 2018 9:30 pm

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    FIRST BLOOM

    Tingting Liu / Shorts Competition / China, USA / 2017 / Animation / 5 mins
    Sometimes difficulties in life become a huge wall. We might get hurt and struggle, but we still fight to live and bloom.
    Plays In:
    Itsy Bitsy Shorts

    Tateuchi Democracy Forum @ JANM
    Saturday | May 5, 2018 10:00 am Rush Only

  4. FIRST GENERATION

    Jeannie Nguyen / Shorts Competition / USA / 2017 / Comedy, Coming of Age, Drama / 9 mins
    My-Linh, a young misled girl, must decide how she will fit into the two worlds that she inhabits.
    Plays In:
    Feminist AF Too

    Regal L.A. LIVE - Theatre 14
    Monday | May 7, 2018 9:30 pm Rush Only

  5. FIRST WORLD PROBLEMS

    X. Dean Lim / USA / 2017 / Comedy, Drama, Social Issues / 10 mins
    Harold issues a wake-up call to prove his apathetic family are more than Amazon, Audi and Autopay. The question is: can he be wrong?
    Plays In:
    #AsAmCreatorRollCall – The Episodics

    David Henry Hwang Theater @ East West Players
    Sunday | May 6, 2018 12:00 pm

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    FISH BONES

    Joanne Park / Narrative Feature Competition / USA / 2017 / Arthouse, Coming of Age, Drama, Experimental, LGBTQIA+, Music, Romance, Women / 82 mins
    A young Korean woman must choose between her personal desires and her family's conventional expectations.
    FISH BONES

    Regal L.A. LIVE - Theatre 12
    Tuesday | May 8, 2018 6:45 pm

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    FOR IZZY

    Alex Chu / Narrative Feature Competition / USA / 2018 / Animation, Arthouse, Coming of Age, Drama, LGBTQIA+, Romance, Social Issues, Women / 84 mins
    A recovering addict and her single mother move in next door to a widowed father and his adult daughter with autism.
    FOR IZZY

    Regal L.A. LIVE - Theatre 10
    Monday | May 7, 2018 7:30 pm

  8. FRENCHIES

    Kuan-Fu Lin / Shorts Competition / Taiwan, USA / 2017 / Fantasy, Satire, Social Issues / 12 mins
    A fantasy satire about the contradiction between an anxious guy and his new neighbors, the Frenchies, who have heads that resemble French bulldogs.
    Plays In:
    Dislocated Self And Beyond

    Downtown Independent
    Saturday | May 5, 2018 1:15 pm

    Plays In:
    Dislocated Self And Beyond (Rescheduled)

    Regal L.A. LIVE - Theatre 12
    Wednesday | May 9, 2018 9:30 pm

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    FUNDAMENTAL

    Shih-Chieh Chiu / Shorts Competition / Taiwan / 2017 / Animation, Satire, Social Issues, Student / 7 mins
    A story of a teenager who discovers the strange and terrifying reality behind fundamentalism.
    Plays In:
    My So-Called Adolescence

    Regal L.A. LIVE - Theatre 14
    Monday | May 7, 2018 6:30 pm Rush Only

  10. FUTURE PERFECT

    Abigail Prade / Shorts Competition / Netherlands, USA / 2017 / Arthouse, Women / 13 mins
    A series of vignettes detailing the hopes and dreams of the patients and workers in a plastic surgery clinic in Seoul, South Korea.
    Plays In:
    Feminist AF Too

    Regal L.A. LIVE - Theatre 14
    Monday | May 7, 2018 9:30 pm Rush Only

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    A GENTLE NIGHT

    Qiu Yang / Shorts Competition / China, France / 2017 / Arthouse, Drama, Women / 15 mins
    In a nameless Chinese city, a mother with her daughter missing, refuses to go gently into this good night.
    Plays In:
    Feminist AF Too

    Regal L.A. LIVE - Theatre 14
    Monday | May 7, 2018 9:30 pm Rush Only

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    GRAY UMBRELLA

    Mohammad Poustindouz / Shorts Competition / Iran / 2017 / Drama, International, Philosophical / 8 mins
    A man has a permanent habit until he meets a man with an umbrella.
    Plays In:
    Forever Alone (Or Not)

    David Henry Hwang Theater @ East West Players
    Sunday | May 6, 2018 4:30 pm Rush Only

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    GRIN

    Tanuj Chopra / Shorts Competition / USA / 2017 / Arthouse, Drama, Experimental, Fantasy, Horror, Women / 11 mins
    A lonely starlet unravels when a photographer crosses the line.
    Plays In:
    Nightcap

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

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    HAIRCUT

    Hanxiong Bo / Shorts Competition / China, USA / 2017 / Arthouse, Drama, Experimental, International, Romance, Student / 10 mins
    Through a fixed camera, the course of a romantic relationship plays out over a series of haircuts.
    Plays In:
    The No Spin Zone

    Downtown Independent
    Saturday | May 5, 2018 9:00 pm

  15. HANH, SOLO

    Jason Taylor / Narrative Feature Competition / USA / 2017 / Comedy, Coming of Age, Drama, Mystery, Romance, Women / 86 mins
    Stuck dating guys she doesn't like and working at her dead-end job, Hanh finally finds the courage to pursue her dreams.

    Preceded by: SALAMAGAN

    HANH, SOLO

    Regal L.A. LIVE - Theatre 14
    Tuesday | May 8, 2018 9:15 pm