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.
The competition is dedicated to showcasing emerging Asian Pacific American directors with unique perspectives of the APA experience.
“I try to incorporate stories about where I am from because I know how dynamic the immigrant and POC experience is.” – Ruby Ibarra
Winners include “Minding the Gap” and “Unlovable!”
The grant supports CAAM’s work with Asian American documentary filmmakers in the South.
The story of how Chef Tu went from Phú Quốc to Top Chef using ingredients largely unfamiliar to Western palates is captured in BLOODLINE.
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”).
The film follows Setsuko, a single, depressed and “unfulfilled office-lady” in Tokyo as she has an awakening of individuality.
Our new filmmaker in residence is working on several projects, including “The Highway,” a short animated documentary recreating a highway protest against police violence.
On Tuesday, CAAM hosted a convening of Asian American filmmakers, community organizations, and media arts organizations based in the American South: “Beyond Borders: Diverse…
The filmmaker reflects on the 2013 CAAMFest Opening Night film.
The Vietnamese American creative community lost two people in the recent months.
From CAAM and Visual Communications, WATCH the dynamic Sundance conversation on the current & future state of Asian American artists streaming at World Channel.