High Five to Bring the Sights and Sounds of the Essential Elements to San Francisco Chinatown
Join CAAM and our partners at the Chinatown Media Arts Collective and Edge on the Square for the third annual Contemporary Art Festival on…
CAAM is Supporting 5 New Documentary Films in 2024
We are supporting five new documentary films in 2024, focusing on diverse Asian American experiences. Through our Documentary Fund, supported by the Corporation for…
Watch Two Asian American Stories in the 2024 PBS Short Film Festival
The Webby Award-winning PBS Short Film Festival returns this summer – Monday, July 15 through Friday, July 26 – to all PBS and station…
APIAVote 2024 Presidential Town Hall Focuses on Asian American Issues
Want to learn more about how the major presidential candidates are addressing Asian American and Pacific Islander issues? We are partnering once again with…
Announcing the CAAMFest 2024 Award Winners
Congratulations to These Films as We Reflect on 11 Days of Asian American Storytelling
CAAMFest 2024 Shines Light on Asian American Stories, May 9-19
We’re excited to announce the lineup for CAAMFest 2024, taking place May 9-19, 2024 in San Francisco and Oakland. This year’s festival will include…
More Than Underdogs: Asian American Films at Sundance 2024
With all the talk of Oscar snubs, 2024 has been a sparse year for new Asian American-helmed works at the Sundance Film Festival–just one…
Doris Duke Foundation Awards $4.5 Million to CAAM for U.S. Muslim Documentary Fund
$6 Million in Funding Aims to Propel U.S. Muslim Creators, Expand Access to the Entertainment Industry and Amplify Diverse Narratives
VIDEO: Asian American Storytellers Reflect on CAAM
As part of our 2023 End of Year reflections, highlighting CAAM’s critical role in supporting storytellers and untold narratives, we asked three talented Asian…
Reflections on CAAM’s Impact in 2023
The year 2023 will go down in history as a pivotal year for Asian American media. Last spring, Asian artists swept the awards ceremonies….
CAAM IS SUPPORTING 3 NEW DOCUMENTARY FILMS IN 2023
This year, CAAM is proud to fund Asian American filmmakers and projects that showcase the breadth and diversity of experiences in our community. We…
Filmmaker Frank Chi Directs $200K Bank of America Grant to CAAM
I’ve been so lucky to have the opportunity to tell the stories I’m passionate about on such a big scale. It means so much to me that BofA recognizes these challenges. That’s why I am directing the bank’s sizable Social Equality grant to the Center for Asian American Media – so that we pay it forward to the next generation of Asian American storytellers such that this work feels just a little bit less impossible.