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Crazy Rich Asians Co-Screenwriter: Adele Lim
Crazy Rich Asians Co-Screenwriter: Adele Lim
19th DC APA Film Festival: Call for Submission
Crazy Rich Asians Screening at the Smithsonian National Museum of American History
Student Stories from the Freer Sackler Teen Council Program
18th DC APA Film Festival: call for submission
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DC Asian Pacific American Film's New Year Actor's Lunch Workshop
Encountering the Buddha: Art and Practice Across Asia
2017 Multi-APA Collective Toy Drive
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MICA: Film Fest (SEEK) - March 24, 2018
Freer Sackler Teen Council
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DC APA 2nd Annual Script2Screen Contest
APAC DOL Film Screening: Painted Nails
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Did you love @crazyrichasians? We’re excited to announce that we will be hosting a panel with Crazy Rich Asians co-screenwriter Adele Lim! You won't want to miss this opportunity to meet and talk to Adele and learn some keys to writing your own screenplay. Join us on Thursday, March 14 for the panel and also a screening of Crazy Rich Asians! Tickets are available now! Click on the link below to reserve your spot! We'll see you all there! #RepresentationMatters #CrazyRichAsians #DCAPAFilm #DCFilm #AsiansInFilm #WomenInFilm
Friday’s #FilmmakerFriday shoutout went to @tadams6113, director of last year’s OTHELLO SAN. Since participating in the DC APA Film Festival, OTHELLO-SAN was nominated for the Golden Reel Award and the Academy Award Qualifying Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival. It went on to win multiple awards at the Action on Film Festival including Best Actor (Yuki Matsuzaki) in Las Vegas; Best Short Film at the Columbus Black International Film Festival; Best Short Film at the Chesapeake Film Festival; and, Best Short Film and Best Actor (Theo Adams IV) at the Clifton Film Celebration. Othello-San is now available on Amazon Prime. Ted is now submitting another short film for this year’s festival season called THE CHARLES EFFECT. Ted’s team at Red Zeppelin Productions are actively working on other projects including shorts, a television series, a documentary that’s in Post-Production, and, three feature narratives that are expected to start shooting later this fall and in 2020. Congratulations Ted, the cast and crew of OTHELLO-SAN and Red Zeppelin Productions on all your successes! Be sure to get your film in before it's too late! Submissions are now open through March 31! We are open to any and all films - local, national and international - that feature Asian and Pacific Indigenous talent in your film (Actors, Director, Screenwriter, etc). We are also open to all mediums - full length, short and documentaries. To submit, click below: https://filmfreeway.com/APAFILM19 We'll see you in May!! 🎥🎬#RepresentationMatters #DCFilm #DCFilmMakers #APAFilmFestival #BlackFilmMakers #BlackDirectors #BlackProducers #SupportAsianArtists #AsiansInFilm #AsianFilmMakers #Throwback #Flashback #FlashbackFriday #FBF
Our Script 2 Screen Competition is now open to submissions! Be sure to get your screenplays in! Click on the link in our bio to submit! 👆🏼 Last year's winner DOUBLE TAP - featuring critically acclaimed DC actress @averegina and written by @wakatb - not only was fully produced by and screened at the DC APA Film Festival, but has also screened at other film festivals such as the DC Shorts Film Festival! Don't miss the opportunity to have your short film produced by Asian Pacific American Film - APA Film! #RepresentationMatters #DCFilm #DCFilmMakers #AsianFilmMakers #AsiansInFilm #DCAPAFilm #DCAPAFilmFestival
Happy #FilmMakerFriday! Today, we're shouting out to documentary filmmaker Noel “Sonny” Izon, who directed AN OPEN DOOR - a documentary about Holocaust refugees in the Philippines during WWII. His film has since toured all over the world and has screened at international film festivals in Madrid, Indonesia, Russia, London, Amsterdam, Israel, The U.S. and, of course, the Philippines. Noel recently finished filming the the film"s epilogue at Temple Yaacov in Metro Manila. He is now working on a new project on the global Filipino Diaspora - a multi-part documentary series that explores the stories of Filipinos settled in the world. Did you miss the screening last year? Don't worry! AN OPEN DOOR screens this Sunday, January 27, as Temple Beth Shalom in Arnold Maryland Congratulations Sonny on such a successful and beautiful film! #FilmMakers #RepresentationMatters #DocumentaryFilmMaker #AsiansInFilm #AsianFilmMakers #AsianDirector #DCFilmMakers #DCFilm #DCAPAFilmFestival
#great way to #kickoff #2019 with productive #conversation and #ramen. :) #thankyou @chaplinsrestaurantdc for a #wonderful #time. . . #film #filmfestival #washingtondc #asian #asianbeautycommunity #community
We love shouting out to #WomenInFilm! We're dedicating today’s shout out to @joyregullano : Actress, Filmmaker, Comedienne, Screenwriter and Playwright. Joy's short film I WON’T MISS YOU screened at last year's DC APA Film Festival. She wrote, directed and starred in the film and also won "Best Actor" for her performance. Ms. Regullano has continued to work as both an actor and writer. She recently appeared in the hit tv series @abcmodernfam as well as @happytogethercbs. She also had a recurring role on #KappaDeltaCrypto, a #Snapchat original series. Her latest work - SUPPORTIVE WHITE PARENTS, a musical - will be showing in Los Angeles this Thursday, so be sure to get your tickets! Congratulations Joy on all of your success! 🙂 Want to submit your film to this year's Film Festival? Go to https://filmfreeway.com/APAFILM19 for more information and to submit! 🎥🎬 #RepresentationMatters #PinoyPride #FilipinoActor #FilipinoAmericanActor #AsianAmericanActor #AsiansInFilm #AsianDirectors #WomenInFilm #AsianActor #DCAPAFilm #DCAPAFilmFestival #DCFilm
Our Script 2 Screen Competition is now open to submissions! Be sure to get your screenplays in! Click on the link in our bio to submit! Last year's winner @doubletapshortfilm by @wakatb not only was fully produced by and screened at the DC APA Film Festival, but was also screened at other film festivals such as @dcshorts! Don't miss the opportunity to have your short film produced by Asian Pacific American Film - APA Film! Regular Deadline is February 11! #RepresentationMatters #DCFilm #DCFilmMakers #AsianFilmMakers #AsiansInFilm #DCAPAFilm #DCAPAFilmFestival
It's #FilmMakerFriday! Today, we're shouting out to director Sangeeta Bulbul Agrawal, who made her writing and directing debut with Five O'Clock Shadow, a heartfelt short film about an Indian American mother's worst fear after she is the victim of racial abuse. Five O'Clock Shadow screened at our festival last year and has since been screened at other international film festivals and won a series of awards including: Delhi International Film Festival (Best Concept), World Music and Independent Film Festival (Best South Asian Film) NOVA International Film and Music Festival (Jury award) Immigration Film Festival DC (New Voice Award). Congratulations Sangeeta on all your successes! 💗 Submissions are now open for this year's 19th annual DC APA Film Festival! Regular Deadline to submit is March 1. 🎬🎥 #RepresentationMatters #WomenInFilm #AsiansInFilm #DCAPAFilm #DCAPAFilmFestival #DCFilmMakers #DCFilm #AsianFilmMakers #FilmFestival #FlashbackFriday #Flashback #FBF #Throwback