FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: The Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival is Set to Bring an Array of Asian and Asian Pacific American Films Celebrating 33 Years

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: The Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival is Set to Bring an Array of Asian and Asian Pacific American Films Celebrating 33 Years

April 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. 

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

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

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.

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AWC Fellows Visit LAIKA Entertainment in Portland

AWC Fellows Visit LAIKA Entertainment in Portland

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. 

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LAAPFF 2017 Ticket Packages are Now on Sale!

LAAPFF 2017 Ticket Packages are Now on Sale!

Ticket 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!

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VC is Headed to Sundance 2017 for a panel on Asian Pacific American Artists!

VC is Headed to Sundance 2017 for a panel on Asian Pacific American Artists!

Visual Communications is headed to the Sundance Film Festival this weekend for Elevate, Incubate & Demonstrate: Advancing Asian American Artists. The panel will feature a dynamic conversation with industry leaders on the current and future state of Asian Americans in media. Panel guests include John Cho (STAR TREK BEYOND), Grace Lee (AMERICAN REVOLUTIONARY), Justin Chon (GOOK), and more.

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LAAPFF Now an ACADEMY® Qualifying Festival for the Short Film Awards!

We 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.

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COMMUNITY TREASURES Set for Dec. 2 as Part of TAKACHIZU Gathering Space

COMMUNITY TREASURES Set for Dec. 2 as Part of TAKACHIZU Gathering Space

As part of the ongoing community gathering space TAKACHIZU, Visual Communications will present a two-part screening series to share just some of its award-winning filmography. To wrap up: a Dec. 2 program of lovingly preserved home movies that observes the development of Little Tokyo during two different periods of its ongoing history.

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