The Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival (Laapff), presented annually by Visual Communications (Vc), today announced the first set of films that will screen as part of the 37th edition of the Festival, which will be a hybrid event taking place virtually and in person at select cinemas in the Los Angeles area from September 23 to October 2, 2021.
The Festival will open on Thursday, September 23 at the Japanese American Cultural & Community Center’s Aratani Theatre in Little Tokyo, Downtown Los Angeles with the Los Angeles premiere of Ann Kaneko’s Manzanar, Diverted: When Water Becomes Dust, a poetic look at the unexpected alliance formed by Native Americans, Japanese American WWII incarcerees, and environmentalists to defend their land and water from Los Angeles.
“Visual Communications looks forward to sharing the stories that intersect and converge movements such as Manzanar, Diverted,” says Francis Cullado, Executive Director of Visual Communications. “From emerging to established filmmakers,...
The Festival will open on Thursday, September 23 at the Japanese American Cultural & Community Center’s Aratani Theatre in Little Tokyo, Downtown Los Angeles with the Los Angeles premiere of Ann Kaneko’s Manzanar, Diverted: When Water Becomes Dust, a poetic look at the unexpected alliance formed by Native Americans, Japanese American WWII incarcerees, and environmentalists to defend their land and water from Los Angeles.
“Visual Communications looks forward to sharing the stories that intersect and converge movements such as Manzanar, Diverted,” says Francis Cullado, Executive Director of Visual Communications. “From emerging to established filmmakers,...
- 8/28/2021
- by Grace Han
- AsianMoviePulse
Three finalists for HBO’s fifth annual Asian Pacific American Visionaries short film competition have been announced, and include filmmakers Jess X. Snow (Little Sky), Jesse Gi (Neh), and Urvashi Pathania (Unmothered).
HBO said the three films exemplify this year’s competition theme of “Taking the Lead.” The film competition showcases cinematic storytellers of Asian and Pacific Islander descent, and the finalists were selected from hundreds of submissions and judged by a panel of HBO executives, industry leaders and fellow APA filmmakers.
The three winning filmmakers will premiere their films during the 2021 Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival, presented by Visual Communications, on Saturday, September 25. In addition to the festival premiere, HBO Max will debut the films on September 27.
Snow is a non-binary film director, artist, poet and community arts educator who creates queer Asian immigrant stories that transcend borders, binaries and time. Gi is a second generation Korean-American writer...
HBO said the three films exemplify this year’s competition theme of “Taking the Lead.” The film competition showcases cinematic storytellers of Asian and Pacific Islander descent, and the finalists were selected from hundreds of submissions and judged by a panel of HBO executives, industry leaders and fellow APA filmmakers.
The three winning filmmakers will premiere their films during the 2021 Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival, presented by Visual Communications, on Saturday, September 25. In addition to the festival premiere, HBO Max will debut the films on September 27.
Snow is a non-binary film director, artist, poet and community arts educator who creates queer Asian immigrant stories that transcend borders, binaries and time. Gi is a second generation Korean-American writer...
- 8/4/2021
- by Greg Evans
- Deadline Film + TV
HBO announced Tuesday that Urvashi Pathania, Jesse Gi and Jess X. Snow are the three finalists of the fifth annual Asian Pacific American Visionaries, a short film competition which showcases cinematic storytellers of Asian and Pacific Islander descent. The finalists were selected from hundreds of submissions and were judged by a panel of HBO executives, industry leaders and fellow APA filmmakers.
Each winning film — Pathania’s “Unmothered,” Gi’s “Neh” and Snow’s “Little Sky” — embodied this year’s competition theme, “Taking the Lead,” through their storytelling and narrative arcs.
Pathania’s “Unmothered” follows an Indian American woman is forced to go back to “the old country” to scatter her mother’s ashes. There, she uncovers more about the family she took for granted and the secrets they hold close to them.
Gi’s “Neh” is centered on a young Korean American on a date, who attempts to hide an embarrassing secret.
Each winning film — Pathania’s “Unmothered,” Gi’s “Neh” and Snow’s “Little Sky” — embodied this year’s competition theme, “Taking the Lead,” through their storytelling and narrative arcs.
Pathania’s “Unmothered” follows an Indian American woman is forced to go back to “the old country” to scatter her mother’s ashes. There, she uncovers more about the family she took for granted and the secrets they hold close to them.
Gi’s “Neh” is centered on a young Korean American on a date, who attempts to hide an embarrassing secret.
- 8/3/2021
- by Aarohi Sheth
- The Wrap
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