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2018 Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival

Feature Articles

  1. Sensational and Human-centric: A Colorful Investigation of Our Standing Belief Systems

    Posted May 1st, 2018 by Visual Communications in Feature Articles

      by Pauline Thai   Georgia Fu’s MISS WORLD is an electrifying nod towards the loneliness and tenderness of youth. A piece only twenty minutes long, it is a break-neck sprint wrought full of emotions. Despite its fast pace, MISS WORLD is grandly successful at capturing the complexity of the human narrative. It follows Miss […]

  2. The Late Life Inning: Restoring a Baseball Legacy

    Posted May 1st, 2018 by Visual Communications in Feature Articles

      by Arielle Bagood   When Chien-Ming Wang made his Major League debut with the New York Yankees in 2005, he became Taiwan’s national pride. He won the Yankees 19 games for two straight years from 2006 to 2007. But in 2008, a leg injury and a series of shoulder injuries cost him his career, […]

  3. Relearning Traditions: Balancing the Old and the New in OMOTENASHI

    Posted May 1st, 2018 by Visual Communications in Feature Articles

      by Brian Kohaya   In our fast-paced world of social media and bad technology where we are always looking towards the future, it can be difficult to find time to remember the past. Our cultural traditions and customs can at times seem to be the antithesis of our modern era, so finding the balance […]

  4. Taiwan Shines at LAAPFF with Spotlight on Taiwan

    Posted May 1st, 2018 by Visual Communications in Feature Articles

      by Anderson Le The 34th Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival (LAAPFF) shines a light on the country of Taiwan, highlighting the best in Taiwanese cinema and the country’s rich culture and history that have shaped the island nation into one of the most dynamic countries in the Asia-Pacific Rim. This year, LAAPFF is […]