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.”
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.
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.
