Save the Date for the 2019 Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival!

Save the Date for the 2019 Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival!

Presented by Visual Communications, the 35th Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival (LAAPFF) will be on MAY 2 - MAY 10, 2019 at select cinemas in the Los Angeles area. A key highlight Asian Pacific American Heritage Month, the Festival is the culmination of broad support from cinema artists and audiences alike. LAAPFF is also a proud Academy Award®-qualifying film festival for the Short Film Awards. Learn more at festival.vcmedia.org.

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Meet our 2019 Armed with a Camera Fellows

Meet our 2019 Armed with a Camera Fellows

In 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!

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Long Distance Stories: A Night of Fil Am History & Storytelling

Long Distance Stories: A Night of Fil Am History & Storytelling

On 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.

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