Another year, another Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival (LAAPFF). As a site that is (mostly) based in LA, we’ve made it an unofficial goal to cover LAAPFF every year to get the pulse on where Asian American independent film is at – you can find coverage from past years on our site here. This […]
Back in May this year, we attended the recently rebranded VC Film Fest (fka Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival). From May 1st to May 10th, the festival took place predominantly in Little Tokyo, but spanned new venues in Long Beach as well as online. Despite the 40-year old festival being a regular on our […]
Tedious chores moonlight as signifiers for a young adult’s coming of age. Paying taxes, doing your own laundry, learning how to cook. During my college days, I often winced and skimped as much as I could on the “essentials,” hoarding weeks of dirty clothes to save on trips to the dormitory wash-and-dry machines. So goes […]
Selena Yip is the Festival Director of the Philadelphia Asian American Film Festival (PAAFF), a “showcase event of Philadelphia Asian American Film and Filmmakers, a non-profit organization founded in 2008 dedicated to supporting and highlighting the experiences of Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders through creative community-focused programs.” Currently the third-largest film festival of its kind […]