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#LAAPFF2025 Call for Entries is NOW OPEN! ?? As we embark towards the 41st edition of the Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival (VC Film Fest), we invite you to share your media works with us. LAAPFF is an Academy Award?-qualifying Festival for the Short Film Awards (Documentary and Narrative/Animation) Slated for May 1 to May 8, 2025, we intend to present in-person programs and events for the first half of the festival, with online screenings after. We look forward to celebrating our collective stories and experience with each other. ?? The early deadline is November 30, 2024, and the final deadline is December 31, 2024. ?? Share your film with us at bit.ly/laapff #VCFilmFest #LosAngelesAsianPacificFilmFestival #LAAPFF #FilmFestival

This past weekend we had an amazing time attending LAAPFF Presents: Hong Kong Generations of Cinema. A big thank you to the folks?at?Visual Communications for inviting us to create the key artwork. We loved celebrating the impact and legacy of Cantopop in Hong Kong Cinema with this artwork! Congratulations to?#VisualCommunications?on a fantastic reception and screening. Shoutout to all the awesome humans who helped bring the 3rd edition of this event to the audience. It’s always lovely to spend time with our friends from this community ??? #LAAPFFPresents?#HongKongCinema Francis Cullado?Sultan Pirzhan?#JasonTiangco?#EmilyHoang?Libby Chun Asavari Kumar?Shaivalini Kumar?Siddharth Zutshi

The third annual Hong Kong Generations of Cinema" successfully concluded over the weekend in Losa Angeles. Presented by LAAPFF and sponsored by our office, this year’s program focused on the theme of #Cantopop. Six #HongKong titles - "Rouge", "Days of Being Wild", "Happy Together", "July Rhapsody", "Anita" and "The Lyricist Wannabe" - from different decades highlighting the connection between music and storytelling were presented during the event on October 26-27. Delivering her remarks after a special reception on October 26, our director Ms Jacko Tsang said that the office was honored to work with Visual Communications, the organization behind LAAPFF, to bring the program to Southern California three years in a row. She expressed delight that the program had expanded from a one-day showcase to a two-day celebration of Hong Kong #cinema following the success of the first two years.?

Join us for the third annual LAAPFF PRESENTS: HONG KONG GENERATIONS OF CINEMA, sponsored by Hong Kong Economic And Trade Office, San Francisco. To celebrate the third anniversary of Hong Kong Generations of Cinema, this year's program will be a 2-DAY showcase, taking place October 26 & 27, 2024 @ AMC Atlantic Times Square 14 in Monterey Park! HONG KONG GENERATIONS OF CINEMA celebrates the diverse storytelling talent of Hong Kong, and uplifts its impact on audiences all over the globe. This year’s theme centers around CANTOPOP and its profound influence on Hong Kong cinema, showcasing iconic films and stars that have shaped generations. The lineup will feature filmmaking from three different decades! Get tickets: https://lnkd.in/gr8FdR3u

APPLICATIONS ARE OPEN FOR 2025-2026 ARMED WITH A CAMERA FELLOWSHIP ?? In the 22nd edition of the Armed With a Camera (AWC) Fellowship, we invite the next generation of Asian American & Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander artists to connect with our communities through the their creative works. This year's accompanying theme will surround the idea of "RE-ENVISIONING." We offer to the upcoming cohort to not only ruminate on the Past and the Present, but activate their contemporary perspectives to reshape and reimagine our Future. We empower these artists to use temporal space to interpret the theme and examine this word’s ability to transform the status quo, in their own vision. Artists may create short films using their archives as a resource and use this overarching idea as a point of creative departure. Visual Communications will work with the Fellows for 12-16 months (January 2025 - May 2026) with their projects premiering at VC Film Fest in May of 2026 (Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival). During the program, Fellows will be supported by mentors and advisors while creatively producing works to engage our communities. Each Fellow will receive a $2,500 personal stipend, in addition to a $2,500 project stipend to support the creation of their media works. ?? The deadline to apply is Saturday, October 19, 2024 @ 10PM (PDT) ?? vcmedia.org/awc

#VCFILMFEST TICKETS ARE NOW AVAILABLE ?? ? Get your tickets to over 50 programs – including Sean Wang's narrative feature, DìDI (弟弟), the Cinema Musica: Festival Launch Party, LA Liberation: VC x EWP – featuring Artbound episodes LA Rebellion: A Cinematic Movement and East West Players: A Home on Stage, and so many more! ?? Visit festival.vcmedia.org to explore our full programming lineup and to get tickets!

On March 12, 2024, the?2024 Asian Pacific Filmmakers Experience (APFE) @ SXSW celebrated six years at the South by Southwest Film Festival by recognizing AANHPI filmmakers, storytellers, creatives and community leaders at a fun and engaging networking reception. This year, the event was also?an official SXSW listing! ???? Co-hosted with local lead partner, the?Austin Asian American Film Festival, in conjunction with the?Taiwan Beats Showcase Day Party, the festive event was held at Palm Door on Sixth, where over 200 creatives, industry executives, SXSW filmmakers, influencers, local Austin and Texas-area AANHPI filmmakers, community leaders, and AANHPI allies and supporters, gathered for informal networking and connecting. Noted attendees included six-time SXSW musical artist and documentary film subject?“Big Phony” (Bobby Choy); local filmmaker, Academy of Motion Pictures Arts & Sciences member and AMPAS AANHPI Affinity Group Leader?PJ Raval; actor?Olivia Liang?(Kung Fu); writer/producer?Cherish Chen?(RocketJump Film School), and actor?Jordan Rodrigues?(We’re All Gonna Die). Attendees were treated to drinks and Asian snacks courtesy of APFE from?Asahi Imports?– Austin’s only exclusively Japanese market. Guests also heard from SXSW filmmakers?Nicole Chi?(Los Mosquitos),?Chi Thai?(Lullaby),?Mackie Mallison (Live From The Clouds) – who were invited on stage to share more about their projects. Thank you shout outs were given to SXSW’s?James Minor?(VP of Music Festival) and?Stacie Cline?(Music Festival Venues Manager).?Kudos was also given to 2024 APFE partners,?The Asian American Foundation, Warner Bros. Discovery Access, and NBCUniversal LAUNCH, for whose support makes events like this possible. ???? Stay tuned for more information as the team heads into May’s Asian American, Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander Heritage Month with events at the 40th Edition of the Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival with Visual Communications and CAAMFest with Center for Asian American Media, and the Tribeca Film Festival with Asian Cinevision in June! ? ?? Photo Credit: Roger Ho @rohofoto

We're excited to announce the #VCFILMFEST schedule is now available online! ?? (https://lnkd.in/g8TGXy4j) Explore over 150 programs, ranging from animation, experimental, documentaries, and narratives – including special presentations from the #VCArchives ?? ?? General tickets go on sale 4/15? For more information, please visit festival.vcmedia.org

Welcome to the 40th edition of the VC FILM FEST (also known as the Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival).?As the Festival continues its Renewal practices, we dedicate this Festival to Steve Tatsukawa (1949-1984), founding Executive Director and beloved community activist. We remember his impact, his humor, and positive influence he had on those around him. Through stories and shared memories, we ensure that his legacy resonates with future generations. The VC Film Fest will present over 150 programs during the 10 day festival (May 1-10, 2024) – including screenings, panels, parties, and afterhour events. Look forward to several world premieres including works from our 2024 #ArmedWithACamera and #DigitalHistories artists. ?? Full festival program and schedule will be released APRIL 8, 2024. Tickets go on sale APRIL 15, 2024 ?? Stay tuned for more announcements regarding attending talent, special presentations, panel programming and more! For more information, please visit festival.vcmedia.org

WE'RE HIRING SUMMER INTERNS! ?? VC is looking for a VC ARCHIVES PRESERVATION INTERN & VC ARCHIVES EXHIBITION INTERN to help us with the preservation and digitization of archival contents from the VC Archives. Both positions are part of the Getty Marrow Undergraduate Internship program and will start in June 2024. The positions are PAID and will be 40 hours per week for the duration of ten (10) consecutive weeks. To learn more about the eligibility and guidelines, visit https://lnkd.in/gSwGN8xx ?? ?? If you are interested in applying, please submit your cover letter, writing samples, and resume to [email protected]