For the 15th year, Asian and Asian Pacific filmmakers are making their presence felt throughout Park City with a wide range of remarkable films and creative projects at the 2019 Sundance and Slamdance Film Festivals. Join us at our 2019 Asian Pacific Filmmakers Experience to celebrate from Jan 25-Jan 30.
Read MoreIn its seventeeth season, the Armed With a Camera (AWC) Fellowship for Emerging Media Artists nurtures the next generation of Asian Pacific American artists to capture their world, surroundings and outlook on life. VC works with the Fellows for six months and provides special training, mentoring, networking opportunities, access to facilities and equipment, plus a cash stipend to create four to five-minute digital short films that will premiere at the Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival. Meet our new AWC Fellows below!
Read MoreOn Thursday, October 25th, also known as Larry Itliong Day, Visual Communications (VC) hosted “Long Distance Stories: A Night of Fil Am History & Storytelling” as part of Filipino American History Month. The event included a screening of the documentary MANONG by Linda Mabalot, an excerpt from the podcast Long Distance, and a discussion with six Filipino American storytellers of various media.
Read MoreApply for Little Tokyo Service Center's 2019 +LAB Artist Residency Program. We had a wonderful 3 months with our Artist-in-Residence Tina Takemoto this past year. Deadline is January 22, 2019!
Read MoreVisual Communications is pleased to partner with the American Film Institute to present six award-winning films by international Asian directing talents at AFI FEST, which will run from November 8th to November 15th, 2018 at Dolby Theatre, TCL Chinese 6 Theatres, the Egyptian Theatre, and the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel.
Read MoreIn our 48th year, we are recognizing the many people who have carried our core spirit of creating cross-cultural connections between peoples and generations. With your generosity, we have been able to evolve over the years to meet the changing needs of our extensive communities. Thanks to your passion for social and cultural change through the media arts, we are empowered to keep shifting the narrative.
Read MoreVisual Communications is pleased to partner with the 2018 Asian World Film Festival to promote six programs at the Festival, which runs October 24, 2018 – November 1, 2018.
Read MoreOn October 17, 2018, Visual Communications was recognized with the Nonprofit of the Year Award by the Asian Business League of Southern California (ABL) at their 34th Annual Awards Dinner.
Read MoreSupport Visual Communications by attending our dance fundraiser "Dance the Night Away" on Saturday, January 26, 2019 at the Nishi Hongwanji Temple in Little Tokyo! The fundraiser will benefit VC's artist programs.
Read MoreWe have raised $50,000 to get At First Light: The Dawn of Asian Pacific America off the ground. Now, we need an additional $25,000 to develop installations that bring artists, performers, scholars, and presenters together for critical public engagement programs so that we can launch the exhibit in May 2019. Help our Founders carry their spirits forward!
Read MoreWe are excited to announce that we will be holding our 2019 Visual Communications Gala Past//Forward: The Present on Saturday, May 18, 2019 at the The L.A. Grand Hotel Downtown.
Read MoreThis week our Executive Director Francis Cullado was featured in Meet Little Tokyo, a newsletter by Go Little Tokyo. Thanks for highlighting us!
Read MoreVisual Communications and Long Distance podcast are proud to present Linda Mabalot’s 1978 documentary film MANONG on October 25, Larry Itliong Day, during Filipino American History Month. Mabalot’s narration, combined with archival images, animated sequences, and poignant interviews with old members of the manong generation offer deep insight into the lives of some of the first Filipinos in America.
Read MoreOn Saturday, September 29th, Visual Communications received the 2018 Community Impact Award at the JACL PSW District Awards Luncheon. The luncheon, themed “Lights, Camera, Social Action,” was held at the Torrance Marriott in Redondo Beach. Thank you for the award, JACL!
Read MoreAs part of the Little Tokyo Community Council, Visual Communications is partnering to produce the Haunted Little Tokyo Film Festival! Come watch John Carpenter’s PRINCE OF DARKNESS, some of which was filmed in the Visual Communications office! All events are free to attend.
Read MoreVisual Communications is pleased to partner with LA Film Festival to promote three films at the Festival, which runs September 20 - September 28, 2018 at various locations in the Los Angeles area.
Read MoreThe Asian Pacific American Media Coalition (APAMC) has elected three new Vice Chairs to bolster its advocacy efforts. Robert Chan, president of media watchdog group Media Action Network for Asian Americans (MANAA); Milton Liu, writer/producer/director and Director of Programs & Artist Services for Los Angeles arts nonprofit Visual Communications; and Lisa Thong, representing OCA-Asian Pacific American Advocates, will serve one-year terms through Fall 2019.
Read MoreApplications to our Armed with a Camera Fellowship are now open! We are seeking Asian Pacific American artists, 30 years old and under, who are committed to empowering communities and challenging perspectives through their creative works. Fellows will have their film premiere at the 2019 Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival. Deadline is Thursday, October 4, 2018 at 5pm!
Read MoreDigital Histories is a video production and storytelling program for senior citizens created in 2003, and aims to showcase the unique voices and perspectives of our seniors. As the 2018-2019 season of Digital Histories program gets closer, our Visual Communications (VC) Social Media Intern Elizabeth Kim had a quick chat with Digital Histories Filmmaker David Osako to learn more about her DH experience.
Read MoreVisual Communications is proud to announce that six of our fiscally sponsored projects have received funding from the California State Library, for projects relating to Japanese American internment and present-day civil liberty issues.
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