Visual Communications has been approved for a Grants for Arts Projects award from the National Endowment for the Arts to support our annual Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival. We look forward to being able to continue our work with the Festival.

In our continued work to create spaces for expression, engagement, and empowerment, we proudly kicked off the 36th annual Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival, presented online from September 24 to October 31, 2020, reflecting a lineup that centered conversations that are most critical and compelling at this time. Here are some of the highlights of our Festival.

During May 2020, Visual Communications presented the first ever Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival Virtual Showcase: a kickoff to celebrate Asian American & Pacific Islander Heritage Month. We presented 31 days of FREE programming, over 62 programs, 80 films, and 26 live streaming panels to keep our communities CONNECTED. Our programs reached over 83K people and were viewed from over 105 countries around the world.

In keeping with directives from our local, state, and federal health agencies, we are rescheduling the 36th Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival (LAAPFF), originally slated for April 30 - May 8, 2020, to later this year.  We are committed to the well being of our volunteers, artists, and audiences.