DC Asian Pacific American Film is excited to present three screenings of Rising Against Asian Hate: One Day in March. Following the aftermath of the March 2021 mass shootings at three spas in Atlanta, this new film chronicles how the Asian American community came together to fight back against hate.
The 2022 DCAPAFF Closing Night selection BAD AXE will screen at the AFI Silver Theatre and Cultural Center in Silver Spring, MD on Sunday, July 17. BAD AXE won the SXSW Audience Award and received Special Jury Recognition for Exceptional Intimacy in Storytelling in the Documentary Feature Competition.
WATERMAN, by filmmaker Isaac Halasima, will screen outdoors on Thursday, July 14 at Alethia Tanner Park in Washington, DC’s NoMa neighborhood. The Opening Night program is a FREE family friendly affair and will kick off with performances by the Hawai'i State Society Ukulele Hui and Dancers, and Halau Ka’ahupuna, and feature a post-screening Q&A with Halasima.
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For those who cannot attend our closing night event at the AFI, please join us for a livestreamed Q&A with filmmakers from The Girl Who Left Home.
Celebrate with us at American Film Institute as we close out our 21st anniversary film festival!
We’ll be screening The Girl Who Left Home and hosting a Q&A.
Join DCAPAFF and three filmmakers in the "A Sexplanation" film program.
Join us for a live, virtual Q&A with the cast and crew of Lumpia with a Vengeance.
Join us for a live, virtual Q&A with the cast and crew of A Tale of Three Chinatowns.
Join us for a live, virtual Q&A with Alex Liu, writer and director of A Sexplanation.
Join us for a live, virtual Q&A with the cast and crew of Americanish.
Thank you so much for supporting the Multi-APA Collective Toy Drive over the past 14 years. Asian Pacific American Film - APA Film and NAAAP DC are excited to continue the tradition to get the support of community and APA organizations to collect toys for local youth in the DMV.
Join DCAPAFF Director of Programming, Dewey Tron, and and Director of Community Outreach, Dee Sanae, for a Q&A with this year’s festival award winners.
A panel conversation facilitated by DC APA FF Board Members Neel Saxena, Christian Oh, and Dee Sanae, exploring historical and contemporary Asian American & Black solidarity.
Join us for a Zoom Q&A with Goh Nakamura, Yea-Ming Chen, and “I Will Make You Mine” director, Lynn Chen.
Join a discussion led by Director of Programming Dewey Tron, looking at two short films from the festival: “Ramadan” by Joseph Mills and Abdulgani Mohamad and “YAI NIN” by Champ Ensminger.
Watch the film “I Am a Ghost” (2012, 76 min.), then join director H.P. Mendoza and actress Anna Ishida for a Q&A.
Meet Lynn Chen and team as they discuss what is endearingly known as the “most low-budget trilogy in history.”
Join a discussion led by film programmers Melissa Bisagni and Sunbin Song looking at four short films from the festival: “Hiko in Tonga: a Culture Almost Lost” by Connie Paprika Leaverton, “SOMA” by Peter Trinh, “The Chef” by Hao Zheng, “The Blessing” by Liann Kaye. With special guests.
Watch the short film "Yamasong" (2010, 9 min.), then join Director Sam Koji Hale for a origami flying fish and finger puppet-making workshop.
Watch the film “A Village Called Versailles” (2009, 67 min.), then join Director S. Leo Chiang for a Q&A session, where he will discuss past and current work, including the new PBS series “ASIAN AMERICANS.”
“And She Could Be Next” (2020 Tribeca Film Festival Official Selection) tells the story of a defiant movement of women of color who are transforming American politics from the ground up.
Join a discussion led by film programmers Melissa Bisagni and Sunbin Song looking at four short films from the festival: “Out of Place” by Peier “Tracy” Shen, “Ài Bàba (Love Dad)” by Connie Huang, “Ahma & Alan (阿嬤與阿倫)" by James Y. Shih, and “Fighting for Family” by Lan Nguyen.
Let's be serious, in times like these, is it OK to laugh? Heck yeah! But don't take our word for it, join us for a look at three films, "Atsuko's Story" by William Johnston-Carter, "Curtain Call" by Angel Yau, and "Becoming Eddie" by Lilan Bowden, and a Q&A with the comedy creatives behind them.
Film programmers Sunbin Song and Melissa Bisagni spark a conversation about women’s health, looking at four films from this year’s collection: “Curtain Call” by Angel Yau, “Farming Slowly” by Anthony Newen, “MIRROR” by Christina Yoon, and “Mother, Flower” by Eunhye Hong Kim.
Catch the sneak preview of episodes 3 and 4 of ASIAN AMERICANS, a film series that delivers a bold, fresh perspective on a history that matters today, more than ever. Presented by Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival.
Join us for the DCAPAFF 20th Anniversary Opening Day Welcome. Meet Festival Director David Yao, Director of Programming Dewey Tron, and other key staff dropping by on their lunch break.
