A Q&A with Anderson Le, Festival Artistic Director, about THE 33RD LOS ANGELES ASIAN PACIFIC FILM FESTIVAL presented APRIL 27 – MAY 4TH, 2017 in LOS ANGELES at select cinemas, and from MAY 5 – 11 in ORANGE COUNTY at the CGV Cinemas in Buena Park.
Read MoreThe winners of HBO’s first Asian Pacific American Visionaries short film competition will receive their world premiere screenings with an exclusive event at the Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival on April 28th, 2017.
Read MorePress article on the Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival by Tim Gray from Variety.
Read MoreApril 4, 2017 – LOS ANGELES Visual Communications (VC), the nation’s premier Asian Pacific American media arts center, announced its program of outstanding films and events for the upcoming 33rd edition of the Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival (LAAPFF) running APRIL 27 – MAY 4, 2017. This encompassing annual film celebration is presented across the city of Los Angeles from Hollywood to Little Tokyo to the Arts District in Downtown Los Angeles to Koreatown to Westwood to West Hollywood and to Buena Park in Orange County.
Read MoreWelcome to the 33rd Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival! After months of anticipation, we are pleased to bring you another exciting eight days of film and events from April 27th to May 4th, 2017 in hopes to create spaces for connection and add to the dialogues of change.
Read MoreFor Women's History Month, we will be acknowledging the different women who have been featured in the Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival. This year's Festival will run from April 27th to May 4th, 2017, so stay tuned for the lineup! Today we acknowledge Nanfu Wang, Director of HOOLIGAN SPARROW.
Read MoreTicket packages for the 2017 Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival are now on sale! Choose from two types of ticket packages: the Festival Ticket 10-Pack or the Festival Pass. Both packages will save you a minimum of 10% on your tickets and you'll get even more of a savings if you're a Visual Communications member! Ticket package sales end April 20th, 2017!
Read MoreCongratulations to the winners of the 2017 APA Visionaries Short Film Competition! Their films will premiere at the Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival in late April/early May.
Read MoreWe are pleased to herald the New Year with news from our friends at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences that the Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival has been APPROVED as an Academy Award®-qualifying festival for Short Film Awards. Now, the recipient of the Film Festival's Golden Reel Award will be eligible for consideration for an Oscar® in the Animated Short Film/Live-Action Short Film category, without the standard theatrical run, subject to compliance with Academy® guidelines.
Read MoreHBO today announced the launch of HBO Asian Pacific American Visionaries, a short film competition dedicated to showcasing emerging APA directors with unique perspectives of the Asian Pacific American experience. Three winning films will be awarded cash prizes and make their premiere at the Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival in April 2017 and offered the opportunity to license their film to premiere exclusively on HBO (and/or its on-demand, digital and/or social platforms) during Asian Pacific American Heritage Month in May 2017. The deadline for entries is November 7, 2016. Join the conversation on Twitter with hashtag #hbovisionaries.
Read MoreVisual Communications, the nation’s premier Asian Pacific American media arts center, is now accepting entries for the 33rd edition of The Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival, slated for Spring 2017 at select venues in the Los Angeles area.
Read MoreVisual Communications, the nation's premier Asian American & Pacific Islander media arts organization, has recently announced its call for submissions for the fifteenth cycle of its groundbreaking Armed With a Camera Fellowship for Emerging Media Artists (AWC).
Read MoreIn a press statement released July 7, the California Arts Council has announced a grant award of $56,000 to Visual Communications as part of its Creative California Communities program. The grant will be utilized to expand FfF Interactive Little Tokyo!, a multi-format transmedia project that was a highlight of the 2016 Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival. Visual Communications was one of only forty-one grantees statewide for this program.
Read MoreFrom industry trade journals and metropolitan news, to internationally-minded press, local community organizations and media-savvy blogging collectives, the Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival received attention from a variety of journalists, writers, critics and writers. We thank everyone who spilled ink on the people, content as well as the topics which provoked, inspired and/or entertained us during this 2016 edition. And of course, we hope that you – dear readers – will stay tuned for more news about our Festival happenings and other activities in the coming year!
Read MoreThe 2016 Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival (LAAPFF) produced by Visual Communications celebrated it’s closing night of their 32nd edition last Thursday with a filmmaker awards ceremony for the competition films, and the LA premiere screening of the romantic drama PALI ROAD directed by Jonathan Lim.
Read MoreVisual Communications Executive Director Francis Cullado today issued the following statement regarding the Festival Week retrospective screening of Dai Sil Kim-Gibson's SILENCE BROKEN: KOREAN COMFORT WOMEN on Wednesday, April 27, 4:30 PM at the Tateuchi Democracy Forum @ JANM in Los Angeles Little Tokyo.
Read MoreWORLD PREMIERE OF “THE TIGER HUNTER” FROM LENA KHAN TO OPEN THE 32ND LOS ANGELES ASIAN PACIFIC FILM FESTIVAL
Read MoreIf you’ve seen these two they’ve been plastering our posters in the mean streets of Little Tokyo. Let’s get a closer look into the work they’ve been doing for Visual Communications. We’re happy to have them!
Read MoreThis April, place-based collaborative FORM follows FUNCTION (FfF) joins Visual Communications in unveiling a spatial, interactive multi-media presentation that celebrates the diverse histories and viewpoints that make up the downtown Los Angeles community, Little Tokyo. Using virtual reality (VR) storytelling techniques and historic site-specific projection, FfF Interactive Little Tokyo! aims to bring new interest on Little Tokyo’s rich legacy, stories of which are often overlooked.
Read MoreOn April 30, 2015, Visual Communications celebrated the Closing of the 31st Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival with an awards ceremony and the LA premiere screening of the award winning MARGARITA, WITH A STRAW, directed by Shonali Bose.
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