DC Asian Pacific American Film is excited to present three screenings of Rising Against Asian Hate: One Day in March. Following the aftermath of the March 2021 mass shootings at three spas in Atlanta, this new film chronicles how the Asian American community came together to fight back against hate.
The 2022 DCAPAFF Closing Night selection BAD AXE will screen at the AFI Silver Theatre and Cultural Center in Silver Spring, MD on Sunday, July 17. BAD AXE won the SXSW Audience Award and received Special Jury Recognition for Exceptional Intimacy in Storytelling in the Documentary Feature Competition.
WATERMAN, by filmmaker Isaac Halasima, will screen outdoors on Thursday, July 14 at Alethia Tanner Park in Washington, DC’s NoMa neighborhood. The Opening Night program is a FREE family friendly affair and will kick off with performances by the Hawai'i State Society Ukulele Hui and Dancers, and Halau Ka’ahupuna, and feature a post-screening Q&A with Halasima.
For those who cannot attend our closing night event at the AFI, please join us for a livestreamed Q&A with filmmakers from The Girl Who Left Home.
Celebrate with us at American Film Institute as we close out our 21st anniversary film festival!
We’ll be screening The Girl Who Left Home and hosting a Q&A.
Join DCAPAFF and three filmmakers in the "A Sexplanation" film program.
Join us for a live, virtual Q&A with the cast and crew of Lumpia with a Vengeance.
Join us for a live, virtual Q&A with the cast and crew of A Tale of Three Chinatowns.
Join us for a live, virtual Q&A with Alex Liu, writer and director of A Sexplanation.
Join us for a live, virtual Q&A with the cast and crew of Americanish.
Join DCAPAFF Director of Programming, Dewey Tron, and and Director of Community Outreach, Dee Sanae, for a Q&A with this year’s festival award winners.
Join us for a Zoom Q&A with Goh Nakamura, Yea-Ming Chen, and “I Will Make You Mine” director, Lynn Chen.
Watch the film “I Am a Ghost” (2012, 76 min.), then join director H.P. Mendoza and actress Anna Ishida for a Q&A.
Meet Lynn Chen and team as they discuss what is endearingly known as the “most low-budget trilogy in history.”
Watch the film “A Village Called Versailles” (2009, 67 min.), then join Director S. Leo Chiang for a Q&A session, where he will discuss past and current work, including the new PBS series “ASIAN AMERICANS.”
