The Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival (LAAPFF) announced lineup for LAAPFF PRESENTS: HONG KONG GENERATIONS OF CINEMA, sponsored by Hong Kong Economic And Trade Office, San Francisco (HKETO). The special 1-day showcase will take place on October 15th in Los Angeles, at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Grand Ave.
Read MoreMeet Cindy Nguyen, our 2022 LACDAC Programs Intern! Learn more about her coming-of-age from SGV to UCLA, enthusiasm for culture and community, and love for window shopping.
Read MoreAs a second-generation Cambodian American raised in Cambodia Town, Brandon attributed his passion for filmmaking to its ability to empower communities. When Brandon Soun made his short documentary Cambodia Town: Not for Sale in 2019, he did not expect it to become the first of a trilogy.
Read more about Brandon, his love and ties to the community, his learnings during the making of these short films and what the community can achieve when people come together.
Read MoreShaun Vivaris, a New York-raised and Los Angeles-based filmmaker, has found his community after his 2016–2017 Armed With a Camera Fellowship. A natural storyteller and formerly aspiring novelist who makes genre-bending fantasies that have screened at multiple international film festivals, Shaun strives in his works for authentic Asian American characters and stories beyond mere representation.
In light of the release of his first feature film Lisa Mania on August 23, we checked in with Shaun and discussed his career since his AWC Fellowship, the making of Lisa Mania, his creative process and how he found a community through VC.
Read MoreVisual Communications is grateful to have partnered with United Cambodian Community of Long Beach (UCC) and Cambodia Town Thrives (CTT) to present We Are Long Beach: Our Stories, Our Future, a community arts event created to engage and uplift the Long Beach community of Cambodia Town. The event featured screenings of three documentary short films, including the Long Beach premiere of Conversations at the Register (2022), Cambodia Town Thrives (2022) and Cambodia Town: Not For Sale (2019), followed by discussions and activities guided by local community leaders.
We Are Long Beach: Our Stories, Our Future seeks to amplify local voices and movement, and encouraging solidarity around multicultural issues impacting the local community through sharing and discussing personal stories. We are honored and heart-warmed by the presence and stories of the attendees, and to witness connections being made through the films and issues impacting our communities.
Read MoreMeet Jenny Park, our 2022 Archives Exhibition Intern! Learn more about her experience at VC, her passion for art, art-making, and telling and uncovering stories from the depth of history that uplift and empower the AAPI community.
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