Jason DaSilva Documents His Journey, Even Through His Hardest Times
“It’s going to be a real challenge, but you’re going to make it work. I’d like to tell my 25-year-old self that it’s going to be a bumpy ride, but you’re going to make it out.”
Filmmaker Profile
Bao Nguyen Shows the Potential of Story Through Films
“This was a time when there weren’t iPhones or anything that kept me entertained, so I would sketch all day on the back of these invoices. I would have piles and piles of papers and these pens. Come to think of it now, these were like storyboards. In a way, because my parents made me work at their small business, I had to daydream, and it fueled my imagination.”
Drama Del Rosario Takes a Personal Approach to Making His Personal Documentaries
“I grew up in the generation of vloggers and YouTubers and people navigating how to use editing software. That’s really how I got my start in hands-on filmmaking.”
Flash Cuts Producer and Founder on the Making of “Asian Americans”
Flash Cuts is a post-production facility founded by Walt Louie in Atwater Village in Los Angeles. While it has been involved in the making…
Director Alice Wu and Actor Leah Lewis on the Whole Story of Making “The Half of It”
In the small town of Squahamish, Washington, introverted high schooler Ellie Chu is approached by the not-so-bright school jock, Paul Munsky, to write a…
Anuradha Rana Finds Community to Help Tell Stories, Personal and Political
“My work focuses on women, whether they are outsiders or those who are trying on the mantle of where they don’t usually fit”
Paula Madison’s Personal Crusade to Tell the History of Chinese in the Caribbean
“If we have the African diaspora teamed with the Asian diaspora, we would be unstoppable.”
Christina Hodson on Writing the Diverse, Girl Gang Story of “Birds of Prey”
Screenwriter Christina Hodson has been in the entertainment industry for several years, but has gained recent attention for her work on films like Bumblebee. Birds…
CAAMFest Alum Cathy Yan on the Fantabulous Experience of Directing “Birds of Prey”
In the aftermath of her major breakup from the Joker, the eccentric vigilante Harley Quinn (Margot Robbie) finds herself in the unexpected position of…
From “Greetings from Bury Park” to “Blinded by the Light”: The Making of a British Pakistani’s Cinematic Personal Story
“I make these films so that people like us are visible. People who are generally on the margins of the frame or in the background or the side characters – I try to put them in the center of the frame, and then build the story around them to be as mainstream as possible and as universal as possible.” – Gurinder Chadha
Higher Land Coffee Talkshow Premieres with CAAM’s Sapana Sakya as Special Guest
“On the Higher Land Coffee Talkshow, we dive deeper into the collective consciousness of our Himalayan heritage.” – Lobsang Thinley
Director Lulu Wang Explores Telling a Story Based on an Actual Lie in “The Farewell”
“Ethnicity or race is not a genre. Being Asian American is no different from having a story about a white family or any other family, and I think that it shows that as a community, we can tell all kinds of stories of in all different genres.” – Lulu Wang