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CAAMFest 2023

Highlights from Festival

Find out which films won awards at this year's festival, plus more photos and reflections on 11-days of film, music, food and community...

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RETROSPECTIVE SPOTLIGHT

Meet Filmmaker Rea Tajiri

Learn about her latest film "Wisdom Gone Wild", as well as how draws on history and art in our CAAMFest selection of films

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DIRECTIONS IN SOUND

Fanny

Get to know the members of this trailblazing rock band and see the documentary FANNY: THE RIGHT TO ROCK and catch the musicians live at CAAMFest this weekend

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CENTERPIECE DOCUMENTARY

Get to know So Yun Um, the director of LIQUOR STORE DREAMS, a new film that explores the children of Korean immigrant small business owners

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How does one capture the life of the "Asian American Photographer Laureate"? Gil Asakawa talks with filmmaker Jennifer Takaki on her new film, playing May 14.

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CAAM Presents, CAAMFest 2023

CAAMFest 2023 Celebrates 11 Joyful Days of Gathering In Community and Storytelling

We celebrated a successful return to fully in-person programs at CAAMFest 2023, with more than 11,000 people in attendance. Over 11 days of expanded…

CAAMFest 2023

Fanny and Their Ongoing Legacy in Redefining Rock

The question “Who is Fanny?” is one that could have a simple enough answer. They are a rock band active from the late 1960s…

CAAMFest 2023, Filmmaker Profile, Independent Filmmaking

Hard Conversations with Immigrant Parents in “Liquor Store Dreams”

Meet So Yun Um, the director of the CAAMFest 2023 Centerpiece Documentary “Liquor Store Dreams”

CAAMFest 2023, Food

Futurist Food: A Conversation with Filipino American Chefs Francis Ang and Tara Monsod

Filipino American food shines bright in this star-studded chef dinner on May 16

CAAM Presents, Media Fund, Public Media, Webseries

Firelight Media, PBS, and CAAM Present Homegrown: Future Visions – Watch the Exclusive Series Trailer

The documentary series presents eight short films made by emerging BIPOC filmmakers that illuminate the living histories, cultures, and prospective futures of the American Midwest.

Premieres Thursday, May 4 on PBS Digital Platforms including the PBS YouTube Channel, PBS Digital Studios and the PBS App.

CAAMFest 2023, Independent Filmmaking

“Photographic Justice: The Corky Lee Story” Turns the Lens on the Asian American Photographer Laureate

“Corky was really about people, history and culture. How many people do you know that photograph all things Asian American for no other reason than he feels like it needs to be documented?” — Jennifer Takaki (Photographic Justice: The Corky Lee Story)

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