April 03, 2017

One of These LAAPFF 2017 Shorts Will Be Eligible for Consideration in the Academy Awards®

April 03, 2017/ VC Staff

In December 2016, we were pleased to receive 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. Recipient(s) of the Film Festival’s Golden Reel Award for Narrative Short Film will be eligible for consideration in the Animated Short Film/Live-Action Short Film category of the Academy Awards®. Check out the list of films here.

March 27, 2017

MEET AN AWC 2017 FELLOW: Alice Hsieh

March 27, 2017/ VC Staff

In the spirit of Women History Month, we asked Armed With a Camera (AWC) 2017 Fellow, Alice Hsieh, to share some of her words and wisdom.

March 27, 2017

Welcome to the 2017 LA Asian Pacific Film Festival!

March 27, 2017/ VC Staff

Welcome 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.

March 10, 2017

AWC Fellows Visit LAIKA Entertainment in Portland

March 10, 2017/ VC Staff

This week our 2017 Armed with a Camera Fellows went to Portland to visit LAIKA Entertainment (KUBO AND THE TWO STRINGS, CORALINE, CORPSE BRIDE, PARANORMAN) for a studio tour. The Fellows observed all stages of a working stop motion animation studio, from LAIKA staff choosing different fabrics for costume design, to building the robot mechanisms for the puppets used in the films.

March 08, 2017

Women of LAAPFF: Nanfu Wang, Director of HOOLIGAN SPARROW

March 08, 2017/ VC Staff

For 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.

February 27, 2017

Comedy Dynamics Books ‘Chee And T’; Kino Lorber Nabs Two Venice Film Fest Pics

February 27, 2017/ VC Staff

Comedy Dynamics, an independent stand-up comedy production and distribution company, has acquired the rights to its first feature film, buddy comedy pic Chee and T from director Tanuj Chopra.

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