I’m so excited to attend the 2022 Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival
It’s been too long since I’ve been able to attend one of my favorite film festivals in Los Angeles! I have a list of what I want to see and hope we can say hi before sitting down THIRTY minutes before the screening time starts <ha ha>. It’s a mix of animation, documentaries about the Japanese internment camps in the USA, RomComs, a few dramas, and of course a family-friendly sci-fi adventure!
So buy your tickets, add them to your calendar (and give yourself time to check-in and get to your seat) and make sure you read HOW TO FEST for Covid Protocols!
When a young Korean-American mother moves into Jersey City, NJ, she changes her preconception of her new community of ‘questionable’ neighbors and embraces them, touched by their simple act of kindness. Directors Guild of America May 7, 2022 11:00 am
80 Years Later
Filmmakers in attendance. Film program will be followed by Q&A
On the 80th anniversary of Executive Order 9066 that imprisoned Japanese Americans in World War II, 80 YEARS LATER captures how families continually grapple with the legacy of their experience. Beyond physical appearances, habits, and tendencies, how does one inherit trauma across generations? Tateuchi Democracy Forum @ JANM May 12, 2022 5:00 pm
Dancers Lino and Dante are struck by tragedy and the supernatural. Aratani Theatre @ JACCC May 12, 2022 7:00 pm
Jenny, a wide-eyed Asian woman in her twenties, arrives at Isabella and Theo’s chic home after a successful, boozy date. Despite the white couple’s strange behavior, Jenny stays as to not miss out on a cool sexual experience… until she realizes she is in for something far more frightening. Aratani Theatre @ JACCC May 13, 2022 9:30 pm
HELLO KITTY AND HER FANS
Filmmakers in attendance. Film program will be followed by Q&A
Sanrio created Hello Kitty and began her globalization in 1974. She is not a cat, does not have a mouth but is an ambassador of friendship. Watch how she takes over the world with her motto: you can never have too many friends! Tateuchi Democracy Forum @ JANM May 11, 2022 5:00 pm
Veteran filmmaker Ham Tran (JOURNEY FROM THE FALL; HOW TO FIGHT IN SIX INCH HEELS; BITCOIN HEIST) gives us Vietnam’s first family sci-fi film, and introduces us to 8-year-old Hung who is grieving the loss of his mother. After a meteor falls to earth, he meets an alien girl from the planet Maika, searching for her lost friend. The alien helps Hung make new friends and heal a broken heart. But danger lurks. This is fun for the whole family ride, that you’ll never forget. Directors Guild of America May 7, 2022 12:15 pm
While painting, Ciara Morena, an insecure folk artist, runs out of paint. At the art store, she hesitates on darker paint after remembering mom’s opposition to darkness. Fed up with triggers, Ciara uses skin whitening cream and hallucinates her ancestor. With side effects, she must rush before it erases her. KUWENTUHAN
2220 Arts + Archive May 10, 2022 7:00 pm
Onyx is a slave to his profession; he’s a professional time-traveling hitman who “reverses” timelines by eliminating targets before their prime. When tasked with eliminating a young President Hope, he learns that the mission takes place at the exact time and place his heartbroken years ago. LIT AFTER DARK
Aratani Theatre @ JACCC May 13, 2022 9:30 pm
All cards are on the table when a queer Pakistani Muslim woman brings her Puerto Rican partner home for the first time on the family’s annual game night. #LIFE
Directors Guild of America May 8, 2022, 5:00 pm
A Pakistani immigrant juggles demanding rideshare customers while talking on the phone to his mother in Pakistan. PARENTHOOD Directors Guild of America May 8, 2022, 12:00 pm
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