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2017 Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival

All Films & Events

  1. Plaza Blvd

    Cassandra Pimentel / USA / 2017 / 10 mins
    Plaza Blvd is inspired by the nostalgic memories of growing up in a strong foundational Filipino community.
    Plays In:
    FilAm Creations: A Filmmaker Movement

    Art Share L.A.
    May 3, 2017 6:00 pm Rush Line Only


  2. Please Come Again

    Alisa Yang / Shorts Competition, Programmers' Picks / Japan / 2016 / 9 mins
    Narrating the collective and personal memory of three generations of Asian women though the lens of Japanese love hotels.
    Plays In:
    Cine-Diorama

    Downtown Independent
    April 30, 2017 11:30 am


  3. Please Hold

    Jerell Rosales / USA / 2015 / 15 mins
    Fearing he may have HIV after the condom breaks during sex with a stranger, a young gay Asian American unexpectedly befriends the condom company's customer service rep over the phone as he waits for his HIV test results.
    Plays In:
    In And Out Of The Slipstream

    CGV Cinemas 3
    May 2, 2017 9:00 pm


  4. Pop Aye

    Kirsten Tan / International Competition, Programmers' Picks / Singapore, Thailand / 2017 / 102 mins
    Pop Aye is a humane ode to the power of simple acts of kindness in a world of lost innocence and missed opportunities, punctuated by well-timed bursts of deadpan absurdity. Director Kirsten Tan, in her impressive feature debut, deftly weaves the poignance and humor of Popeye and Thana’s journey with a series of indelibly beautiful cinematic images of the film’s gigantic star in this lyrical road-trip dramedy.
    POP AYE

    CGV Cinemas 3
    April 30, 2017 9:15 pm


  5. Pria

    Yudho Aditya / Shorts Competition, Programmers' Picks / Indonesia, USA / 2017 / 21 mins
    A teen living in rural Indonesia struggles between the traditions of his upbringing and his romantic idealization of the freedom of the West.
    Plays In:
    WTF: Watch These Films

    Downtown Independent
    May 3, 2017 9:30 pm


  6. Prom

    Imran J. Khan / USA / 2016 / 13 mins
    An uncomfortable moment of casual racism makes Hasan's prom night one he'll never forget.
    Plays In:
    In And Out Of The Slipstream

    CGV Cinemas 3
    May 2, 2017 9:00 pm


  7. Psychedelic Afternoon

    UrumaDelvi / Japan / 2013 / 5 mins
    Seiji is tormented by tsunami-flashback dreams, but one night his beloved grandfather appears. With a strum of his grandfather's guitar, Seiji is transported to a dreamy, colorful, psychedelic world.
    Plays In:
    Itsy Bitsy Shorts

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


  8. The Pursuit of a Happy Human Life

    Gladys Ng / Singapore / 2016 / 11 mins
    Steph Chan is leaving Singapore for good. Yokes struggles to say goodbye. The two girls spend their last moments together, before they begin their separate journeys in the pursuit of a happy human life.
    Plays In:
    In And Out Of The Slipstream

    CGV Cinemas 3
    May 2, 2017 9:00 pm


  9. Remember

    Shunsaku Hayashi / Shorts Competition, Programmers' Picks / Japan / 2015 / 9 mins
    Leaving home, "I" receives a phone call. As "I" answers it, the house explodes. "I" goes to work and continues as normal…
    Plays In:
    Wildest Imagination

    Tateuchi Democracy Forum
    April 29, 2017 7:00 pm


  10. Re:Orientations

    Richard Fung / Special Presentation / Canada / 2016 / 68 mins
    A look into the lives and thoughts of seven queer pan-Asian Canadians as they look back on the groundbreaking 1984 documentary in which they were featured. How have they changed? And how has the world around them evolved and changed?
    RE:ORIENTATIONS

    CGV Cinemas 3
    May 2, 2017 5:00 pm


  11. Returning to Heart Mountain

    Fran Ito / USA / 2012 / 5 mins
    RETURNING TO HEART MOUNTAIN chronicles my journey with former internees and friends to attend the dedication of Heart Mountain Interpretive Learning Center in Wyoming.
    Plays In:
    Digital Histories 2017: Past Informs the Future

    Aratani Theatre
    April 30, 2017 2:00 pm


  12. The Ride

    Jeff Adachi, Jim Choi / USA / 2017 / 16 mins
    THE RIDE tells the story of San Francisco Public Defenders Office and head Jeff Adachi's fight against racial bias and injustice in the judicial system. Adachi takes viewers on a personal, intense ride through the underbelly of San Francisco's criminal "injustice" system. A recent case, involving a young African American man charged with resisting police officers, offers rare insight into what happens behind the scenes in a case with racial overtones.

    Precedes: Abacus: Small Enough To Jail

    Precedes:
    ABACUS: SMALL ENOUGH TO JAIL

    Downtown Independent
    April 30, 2017 4:30 pm


  13. The Road To Mandalay

    Midi Z / International Competition / France, Germany, Myanmar, Taiwan / 2016 / 108 mins
    Two strangers, Lianqing and Guo, illegally cross the Burmese border into Thailand. While Guo starts working in a cotton factory and hopes to settle, Lianqing has different ambitions...
    THE ROAD TO MANDALAY

    CGV Cinemas 3
    April 30, 2017 6:30 pm


  14. The Robe

    We Ra AUNG / Myanmar / 2016 / 18 mins
    In 2007, during the Saffron Revolution in Myanmar, thousands of people took to the streets to protest against the oppressive military regime. Thi Ha, a young Buddhist monk, runs for his life when soldiers brutally disperse their demonstration. He finds himself at the doorstep of a Muslim girl, Salabi, where his fate lies in accepting that people are not always as they seem.
    Plays In:
    Wrong Place, Wrong Time

    CGV Cinemas 2
    May 1, 2017 9:30 pm


  15. Sampaguita Love

    Gail Gutierrez / USA / 2016 / 20 mins
    The professionalization of nursing in the Philippines originates from early twentieth century American colonialism. SAMPAGUITA LOVE explores a sisterhood of Filipina nurses, and honors the beauty in their resilience.
    Plays In:
    Cine-Diorama

    Downtown Independent
    April 30, 2017 11:30 am