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2018 Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival

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  1. On The Circuit

    Posted June 5th, 2018 by Visual Communications in Press

    Posted on GSU News As a TV writer, comedian and independent filmmaker, Lamar Woods is a triple threat in Hollywood. A staff writer for two popular TV shows, “Survivor’s Remorse” (Starz) and “New Girl” (Fox), Woods has now added a feature film to his repertoire, a comedy called “It’s a Party,” which he wrote and […]

  2. Aneesh Chaganty’s Thriller Wins Top ‘Audience Award’ at Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival

    Posted May 31st, 2018 by Visual Communications in Press

    Posted on India West Debutant Indian American filmmaker Aneesh Chaganty’s thriller/mystery film, “Searching,” won the Audience Award for ‘Outstanding North American Narrative Feature Film’ at the 34th edition of the Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival, held May 3-12 in Los Angeles, Calif. The film, starring John Cho and Debra Messing, was a double award […]

  3. ATX Film News Austinites on HBO and Netflix, plus big casting news

    Posted May 25th, 2018 by Visual Communications in Press

    Posted on AustinChronicle June in May: It often seems like short films never find a home, but “June,” the latest short by Austin filmmaker Huay-Bing Law, has been added to HBO as part of Asian Pacific American Heritage Month. A deeply moving drama exploring the complicated experiences of Taiwanese migrants in segregated 1950s America, it […]

  4. 2018 Los Angeles Asian Pacific Festival Opening Night: SEARCHING

    Posted May 22nd, 2018 by Visual Communications in Press

    Posted on FanGirlNation Fangirl Nation was invited once again to the Opening Night of the Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival held at the Directors Guild of America. The Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival is one of THE festivals to attend for Asian and Asian American cinema. Every year the festival curates movies from […]

  5. ‘Searching’ Takes Top Audience Award at L.A. Asian Pacific Film Festival

    Posted May 19th, 2018 by Visual Communications in Press

    Posted on Variety “Searching,” from director Aneesh Chaganty and starring John Cho and Debra Messing, won the audience award for North American narrative film at the 34th Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival. The thriller will open nationally in August in theaters through Screen Gems. The documentary “Minding the Gap,” directed by Bing Liu, won […]

  6. KOLLABCAST EPISODE 165 – MEET THE 2018 HBO APA VISIONARIES

    Posted May 18th, 2018 by Visual Communications in Press

    Posted on Kollaboration DURATION: 00:47:07 | FILE SIZE: 32.3MB DOWNLOAD EPISODE This episode is all about the next generation of visionaries! Earlier this month at the 2018 Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival, we attended the premiere of the 2018 HBO APA Visionaries Short Films. Three directors, chosen out of thousands of submissions, will have their […]

  7. ‘SEARCHING’ ‘MINDING THE GAP’ ‘IN THE LIFE OF MUSIC’ Win Audience Awards at 34th Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival

    Posted May 17th, 2018 by Visual Communications in Press

    Posted on Vimooz The 34th Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival (LAAPFF) came to a close this past weekend and announced their audience awards for best films at this year’s film extravaganza that began on May 3 and ended on May 12, 2018. The thriller, mystery film “SEARCHING” – directed by first time feature filmmaker […]

  8. Documentary on Jennifer Laude’s death wins prize at LA film festival

    Posted May 17th, 2018 by Visual Communications in Press

    Posted on ABS-CBN News A documentary on the death of Jennifer Laude, a transgender Filipina who was killed by a US marine, won the grand jury prize at an international film festival in Los Angeles. PJ Raval’s “Call Her Ganda” was named Outstanding North American Documentary Feature in the non-fiction feature category of the 34th […]

  9. LAAPFF2018 Announces Audience Award and Festival Jury Winners

    Posted May 17th, 2018 by Visual Communications in Press

    CONTACT: FRANCISCO SANCHEZ [email protected] MERISSA LAURON [email protected] ELISHA GUSTAFSON [email protected] MEDIA RELEASE THE 34TH LOS ANGELES ASIAN PACIFIC FILM FESTIVAL ANNOUNCES THE AUDIENCE AWARD WINNERS WITH “SEARCHING” – DIRECTED BY ANEESH CHAGANTY – TAKING HOME AUDIENCE AWARD FOR NORTH AMERICAN NARRATIVE FEATURE FILM “MINDING THE GAP,” “IN THE LIFE OF MUSIC,” AND “LATE LIFE: THE CHIEN-MING […]

  10. HAPPY ASIAN PACIFIC AMERICAN HERITAGE MONTH!

    Posted May 16th, 2018 by Visual Communications in Press

    Posted on Imprint Lab May is Asian Pacific American Heritage Month and to celebrate, the Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival (LAAPFF) showcased over one hundred films created by Asian and Asian American filmmakers. In its 34th year, the LAAPFF ‘aims to create a space that engages intra-diversity amongst Asian American & Pacific Islanders, and […]

  11. Documentary about Jennifer Laude wins at 34th Los Angeles Pacific Film Festival

    Posted May 16th, 2018 by Visual Communications in Press

    Posted on GMANewsOnline Jennifer Laude’s story continues to be heard. PJ Raval’s “Call Her Ganda”, which focuses on Laude’s death at the hands of US Marine Lance Corporal Joseph Scott Pemberton, bagged the Grand Jury Prize for Outstanding North American Documentary Feature at the at 34th Los Angeles Pacific Film Festival. Producer Marty Syjuco took to the stage to […]

  12. LAAPFF: Call Her Ganda Sears Through a Century of American Imperialism

    Posted May 15th, 2018 by Visual Communications in Press

    Posted on MSEnScene Call Her Ganda P.J. RAVAL (DIRECTOR), MIKE SIMPSON (CINEMATOGRAPHER), VICTORIA CHALK (WRITING CREDIT) NAOMI FONTANOS, JULITA LAUDE, VIRGINIA LACSA SUAREZ, MEREDITH TALUSAN (CAST) APRIL 19, 2018 (TRIBECA FILM FESTIVAL), MAY 4, 2018 (LOS ANGELES ASIAN PACIFIC FILM FESTIVAL) Jennifer Laude was once a young woman living in Olongapo City in the  Philippines. She […]

  13. #LAAPFF2018: The Closing Red Carpet And Film MATANGI/MAYA/M.I.A

    Posted May 14th, 2018 by Visual Communications in Press

    Posted on YOMYOMF Last Thursday I attended the closing of the Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival for 2018. As usual, the closing was awesome in terms of the turn out and the Asian diaspora and Asian American celebrities who graced all of us with their presence. The closing film was MATANGI/MAYA/M.I.A who is the […]

  14. ‘FOR IZZY,’ ‘CALL HER GANDA,’ ‘PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF DESIRE’ ‘WARU’ Take Top Awards at 34th LA Asian Pacific Film Festival

    Posted May 11th, 2018 by Visual Communications in Press

    Posted on Vimooz The 34th Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival (LAAPFF) announced their filmmaker awards, and “FOR IZZY,” written and directed by Alex Chu, was awarded the LAAPFF Grand Jury Prize for Outstanding North American Narrative Feature, while the Best Director honor for North American Narrative went to Joanne Park for her film “FISH […]

  15. OUTDOOR SCREENING OF ‘MULAN’ AT GRIFFITH PARK

    Posted May 11th, 2018 by Visual Communications in Press

    Posted on The Rafu Shimpo Disney’s “Mulan” (1998) will be screened Friday, May 11, at Park Center, Griffith Park, 4670 Crystal Springs Dr., Los Angeles, as part of the 2018 Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival. Doors open at 6 p.m.; screening is at 8 p.m. Fearful that her ailing father will be drafted into […]