As May comes to an end, Visual Communications reflects on the 39th Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival. This year, VC presented 10 days of films and events, from May 4th to 13th.
Read MoreIn 2020, Visual Communications began renewing our programming and organizational values to encompass restorative practices that create systemic change. In our renewal journey, we have reflected on our role in building solidarity in response to anti-Asian violence. VC believes in the power of storytelling to develop cross-cultural connections necessary for dismantling white supremacy.
Read MoreVisual Communications (VC) announced today the program for their 39th edition of the Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival. The annual showcase for Asian American, Pacific Islander, diasporic and Asian international cinema returns May 4 to May 13 with in-person programming slated to take place in Little Tokyo, Gardena Cinemas, and Regal L.A. Live, along with online programming.
Read MoreSo Young Shelly Yo is a first-generation, Korean American filmmaker based in Los Angeles. Her short films have screened and received accolades at film festivals around the world, including LAAPFF. As an AWC fellow, she challenged herself with making a short documentary after a number of widely-screened and award-winning narrative shorts.
Read more about Shelly’s AWC fellowship experience, her first feature film, and what she has been up to!
Read MorePerformance artist, comedian, writer, and Pulitzer Prize finalist in Drama, Kristina Wong describes her aesthetic as “subversive, humorous, and endearingly inappropriate”, Wong employs humor to address difficult subjects, social issues, and amplify marginalized experiences.
Read more about how AWC shaped the future of Kristina’s performance work and what projects she has been working on.
Read MoreThe National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) announced the first round of recommended awards for fiscal year 2023, with more than $34 million in funding to support the arts nationwide. This is the first of the NEA’s two major grant announcements each fiscal year and includes grants to organizations through the NEA’s Grants for Arts Projects, Challenge America, and Research Awards categories. Visual Communications is grateful to be a recipient of the 2023 Grants for Arts Projects Award to support the Los Angeles Asian American Pacific Film Festival.
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