CAAM Documentary Fund Open Call September 11-October 11, 2017
Here’s your chance to get your documentary funded! Applications are now open.
Filmmakers
Filmmaker Geeta V. Patel: “CAAM has a very special place in my heart”
Writer and director Geeta Patel shares how CAAM supported the start of her filmmaking career.
Remembering Filmmaker and Asian American Storytelling Advocate Irene Cho
Irene was a fierce and relentless advocate for Asian American storytelling.
CAAM Receives $600,000 from MacArthur Foundation to Support Asian American Documentary Filmmakers
CAAM will receive $600K to support the CAAM Future Fund to provide development, production, and outreach grants for projects produced by Asian American directors and producers
Justin Chon Gets Personal With “Gook,” His New Film About the L.A. Riots
Chon offers up a graceful, intimate portrait of this unlikely family where race isn’t a theoretical abstraction and where “race relations” aren’t just about clashes on the street.
Q&A With Singer/Songwriter Thao Nguyen, subject of “Nobody Dies” Documentary
“I believe in the inherited trauma of war. I think there’s a lot of weight to absorb when you are raised by people whose lives were upended, who had to flee to live.”
CAAM Filmmaker Mixer at TOTO
Mix and mingle with the local filmmaking community from all around the Bay, and learn more about the festival and the submission process.
CAAMFEST 2018 CALL FOR ENTRIES NOW OPEN!
The Center for Asian American Media (CAAM) is now accepting submissions for CAAMFest May 2018. CAAMFest is the nation’s largest showcase for new…
40th Anniversary of I-Hotel Eviction
The Manilatown Heritage Foundation is hosting an event including speakers and a screening of the documentary, Fall of the I-Hotel, with director Curtis Choy in attendance.
CAAM News & Documentary Emmy Nominations Include “Among the Believers” & “Meet the Patels”
Asian American documentaries nominated for an Emmy include several CAAM funded films and filmmakers.
Q&A with PBS Online Film Festival Director Cyrus Yoshi Tabar
Watch and vote for CAAMFest Loni Ding Award Winner “It Is What It Is!”
“Out Run” Doc on Leader of the World’s Only LGBT Political Party
Bemz Benedito, leader of an LGBT political party, runs to become the first transgender woman in the Philippine Congress. Catch it on World Channel in June and Comcast in July.