We had such a great time last night and hope you did too! We’re thrilled to be back at the Goethe-Institut which has been our home for the past few years.
Check out our great lineup tonight, starting at 7 p.m:
Close Encounter of Mahjong
Five people meet in a tiny Chinese apartment for an afternoon game of mahjong, a traditional Chinese tile game. But everyone has something to hide in this stylized black comedy. Preceeded by the short Digital Antiquities. Read More »
A few reasons why you should come to the Opening Night of the 12th Annual D.C. APA Film Festival:
- Some people actually bought new threads to wear for Thursday night’s screening of Saigon Electric. So you’ll be seeing some sharp dressed peeps if you’re into fashion.
- The popcorn at E Street Cinema is frickin’ ridiculously good. Yes even better than the popcorn at ArcLight Cinemas in Hollywood. Yes I know because I ate buckets of popcorn at ArcLight. Read More »
Miyuki's Wind Bell
We’re really excited about our partnership with Asians on Film. Find out more about two films that will be screening at our festival: Miyuki’s Wind Bell and The Lulu Sessions:
Ken Ochiai (Miyuki’s Wind Bell)
http://www.asiansonfilm.com/2011/10/ken-ochiai-interview-miyukis-wind-bell-blood-ties/ Read More »
Be sure to check out Asians on Film as they will be featuring many of the stars and filmmakers who are in this year’s 12th Annual Film Festival. Get all the news and scoops on Asians on Film, it is truly an impressive site! Read More »
Comcast Corporation’s Cinema Asian America, an On Demand destination featuring Asian American content that reflects the diversity and depth of Asian American culture and its cinema, will be showing two films that screened at the D.C. APA Film Festival: 9500 Liberty co-directed by Annabel Park and Eric Byler, and Charlotte Sometimes (directed by Byler) in the month of October. Read More »
Wow, we have a lot of cool films for the 12th Annual film festival! Dance flicks, romantic comedies, dramas, shorts, documentaries and much more. Tickets are now on sale!
To purchase tickets, click here.
The 2011 Festival offers discounts for advance purchases online or over the phone. We encourage all patrons to take advantage of these discounts by purchasing tickets early. Online/Phone sales for each day’s screenings will be available until approximately 3 hours before the first screening of that day. After Online/Phone sales end, tickets will still be available at the door, but Advance Purchase discounts will no longer apply. Visit our ticket page now!
D.C. APA Film is proud to announce the world premiere of three films at our 12th Annual Film Festival.
We welcome back Jason Ho, whose film Puncture Wound screened at the 10th APA Film Festival. Jason returns to our fest with a new short titled The Pony Collector which will screen on Friday, October 7 at 9:15 pm. Synopsis: A young boy searches for a missing pony figure that was given to him by his absent father. A sensitive, charming tale with some moments of magic. Read More »
We’d like to thank the 20s & 30s Asian Going Out Group for a fun night at Cafe Asia on Thursday night! We met so many great folks and got to tell them about our wonderful film festival. We look forward to seeing many of you again at the APA Film Kick-Off Party at Tabaq Bistro in U. St on September 29 for 6:30 p.m. to 9 p.m. Read More »
Roots of Love is part of the 12th Annual DC Asian Pacific Film Festival and will screen on Friday, October 7 at 9:15 pm at the Goethe-Institut as part of the shorts program Losing Roots, Finding Home. Тhe documentary, directed by Harjant Gill, depicts the generational shifts in the significance of hair and the turban among Sikhs in India. Cutting your hair can lead to cutting ties with your family and community.
An interview with the award-winning filmmaker will be aired on WAMU 88.5 American University Radio’s Interfaith Voices on October 2nd. Listen online at http://wamu.org/ Read More »
We are excited to have our Kick-off Party Thursday, September 29 at Tabaq Bistro! Come join us at 6:30 p.m. and learn more about our 12th Annual D.C. APA Film Festival and partake in some great food/drink specials (suggested donation $10). We can’t wait to see you as we kick off another great year of APA films!
Tabaq Bistro is located at 1336 U Street, NW, Washington, DC 20009, near the U Street Metro station.
Tickets for our films are now available! Visit our ticket page by clicking here.
If you’re interested in volunteering we definitely could use you. Not only will you meet a lot of cool people, you’ll also get a free ticket for volunteering! Contact Ken Eng at Ken@apafilm.org for more info.