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2017 Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival

All Films & Events

  1. The Soul Of The Tiger

    François Yang / International Competition, Programmers' Picks / Belgium, France, Switzerland / 2016 / 91 mins
    After his brother's death, thirty-something Alex finds himself dealing with his family's history. Forced to give up his carefree life, he must now face his own responsibilities.
    THE SOUL OF THE TIGER

    CGV Cinemas 3
    May 2, 2017 6:30 pm


  2. Sounds Like the Sound of Music

    Bruce Yonemoto / Peru / 2005 / 14 mins
    Sounds Like the Sound of Music engages the Peruvian culture by translating an iconographic American musical song into the indigenous Incan language of Quechua. This representation will, offer an insight to a colonized culture that has successfully coexisted to this day with the dominant societies of Europe and the US. The Quechua language is spoken by 13 million people across the Andes and South America. Sadly, Star Wars' disgusting villain, Jabba the Hut speaks Quechua.
    Plays In:
    Pink House, Pink Home

    Downtown Independent
    April 29, 2017 11:30 am


  3. The Sower

    Yosuke Takeuchi / International Competition, Programmers' Picks / Japan / 2016 / 117 mins
    A remarkable human-interest film inspired by the life of Vincent van Gogh, and a niece with Down Syndrome.
    THE SOWER

    Downtown Independent
    May 3, 2017 7:00 pm


  4. Stop And Smell The Roses

    Tracy Quan-Nichols / USA / 2017 / 5 mins
    The phrase, "Stop and smell the roses," is heard by many. But how many of us experience it first hand?
    Plays In:
    Digital Histories 2017: Past Informs the Future

    Aratani Theatre
    April 30, 2017 2:00 pm


  5. Story of Self

    Set Hernandez Rongkilyo / USA / 2015 / 3 mins
    One undocumented immigrant's story of self.
    Plays In:
    From Vision To Reel

    Tateuchi Democracy Forum
    April 29, 2017 11:30 am


  6. The Streets Are Ours: Two Lives Cross in Karachi

    Michelle Fiordaliso / Pakistan, USA / 2016 / 17 mins
    When Fawzia Mirza, an American actress meets Sabeen Mahmud, a world-renowned Pakistani activist and founder of a progressive cafe (T2F) in Karachi, Mirza’s life purpose gets defined.
    Plays In:
    Pink House, Pink Home

    Downtown Independent
    April 29, 2017 11:30 am


  7. Sugar Plum Dreams

    Kat Thompson / USA / 2016 / 1 mins
    Inspired by her family’s annual outing to see “The Nutcracker,” a young dancer dreams of becoming the Sugar Plum Fairy.
    Plays In:
    Itsy Bitsy Shorts

    Tateuchi Democracy Forum
    April 29, 2017 10:00 am Rush Line Only


  8. swiPed

    David Chai / Programmers' Picks / USA / 2016 / 5 mins
    Texters texting, tweeters tweeting, likers liking, posters posting, Googlers Googling, Amazonians Amazoning, webheads surfing, snappers chatting, pinners pinning, tubers tubing, tenders tindering, Netflixers chilling…are we binging too much? More connected than ever, but more distant by the day. Is humanity being swiped away?
    Plays In:
    Wildest Imagination

    Tateuchi Democracy Forum
    April 29, 2017 7:00 pm


  9. Tag

    Patrick Green, Steve Tirona / Programmers' Picks / USA / 2016 / 6 mins
    A colorful day in the secret life of a budding graffiti artist.
    Plays In:
    Rebel Hearts

    Tateuchi Democracy Forum
    April 30, 2017 7:30 pm


  10. Taxi Stories

    Doris Yeung / International Competition / China, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Netherlands / 2017 / 101 mins
    In an increasingly economically polarized, and virtually connected 24 hour Asia, a closeted Beijing taxi driver, a pregnant Hong Kong trophy wife, and a Jakarta slum orphan struggle to connect, despite the constraints of their social classes.
    TAXI STORIES

    Geffen Contemporary at MOCA
    May 3, 2017 8:30 pm


  11. Three Sassy Sisters

    Nia Dinata / Special Presentation / Indonesia / 2016 / 124 mins
    Three sassy sisters: Gendis (32), Ella (28), and Bebe (19), are very passionate about running their family boutique hotel by the beach in the eastern part of Indonesia's archipelago. Their grandmother, however, is frustrated because she is unable to find the ideal matches for her granddaughters. Grandma doesn't give up. Her ultimate goal in life is to find suitable men for her granddaughters.
    THREE SASSY SISTERS

    Downtown Independent
    April 29, 2017 7:00 pm


  12. Tiffany – The Art of Coming Out

    Michi Tanioka / USA / 2017 / 8 mins
    A courageous young woman shares her journey of how she tried to hide her gayness and her eventual coming out.
    Plays In:
    Digital Histories 2017: Past Informs the Future

    Aratani Theatre
    April 30, 2017 2:00 pm


  13. A Time To Bleed

    Shaun Vivaris / USA / 2017 / 5 mins
    A young man has an existential debate with a former teacher in his head, as he bleeds out in his bathtub.
    Plays In:
    Armed, Locked, and Loaded

    CGV Cinemas 1
    May 3, 2017 7:00 pm


  14. A Time To Swim

    Ashley Duong / Documentary Competition, Programmers' Picks / Canada / 2017 / 82 mins
    An exiled indigenous activist returns to his childhood village in Borneo, and struggles to navigate a complex web of interests and tensions in a race to save his culture.
    A TIME TO SWIM

    Tateuchi Democracy Forum
    April 29, 2017 4:30 pm


  15. To Perpetuate

    Layla Hanohano-Tripp / USA / 2015 / 5 mins
    HO'OMAU takes a glimpse into the life of Kapualei Hanohano-Tripp, a passionate Hawaiian language teacher dedicated to the revitalization of the Hawaiian culture. This short documentary showcases Kapualei’s devotion to education in and out of the classroom.
    Plays In:
    Good Bones

    CGV Cinemas 2
    May 2, 2017 9:30 pm