HBO Announces Call for Entries for 2019 APA Visionaries Short Film Competition
The competition is dedicated to showcasing emerging Asian Pacific American directors with unique perspectives of the APA experience.
Filmmakers
Pinays Rising: Ruby Ibarra, Evelyn Obamos and Dale Keano on “Us” Video
“I try to incorporate stories about where I am from because I know how dynamic the immigrant and POC experience is.” – Ruby Ibarra
2018 CAAMFest Award Winners!
Winners include “Minding the Gap” and “Unlovable!”
CAAM to Receive Grant NEA to Support American South Project
The grant supports CAAM’s work with Asian American documentary filmmakers in the South.
Preserving Foodways with Chef Tu David Phu | Cá Kho Tộ Peppercorn Braised Fish
The story of how Chef Tu went from Phú Quốc to Top Chef using ingredients largely unfamiliar to Western palates is captured in BLOODLINE.
CAAM Announces National Minority Consortia Fellows
Quyên Nguyen-Le and Tani Ikeda will join CAAM as part of the National Minority Consortia fellowship, and will be mentored by filmmaker Tadashi Nakamura (“Mele Murals,” “Life on Four Strings: The Jake Shimabukuro Story”).
Memoirs of a Superfan Vol 13.1: Atsuko Hirayanagi and “Oh Lucy!”
The film follows Setsuko, a single, depressed and “unfulfilled office-lady” in Tokyo as she has an awakening of individuality.
Jennifer Crystal Chien Joins CAAM and Ninth Street Independent Film Center as a Filmmaker in Residence
Our new filmmaker in residence is working on several projects, including “The Highway,” a short animated documentary recreating a highway protest against police violence.
First Convening of Asian American Filmmakers in the South
On Tuesday, CAAM hosted a convening of Asian American filmmakers, community organizations, and media arts organizations based in the American South: “Beyond Borders: Diverse…
Linsanity – Five Years Later, “Linsanity” Director Evan Jackson Leong on the Craze that Swept the World
The filmmaker reflects on the 2013 CAAMFest Opening Night film.
REMEMBERING HIEP THI LE (1969-2017) AND STEPHANE GAUGER (1969-2018)
The Vietnamese American creative community lost two people in the recent months.
Elevate, Incubate & Demonstrate: Advancing Asian American Artists Streaming
From CAAM and Visual Communications, WATCH the dynamic Sundance conversation on the current & future state of Asian American artists streaming at World Channel.