Apply to the CAAM Documentary Fund
CAAM’s next Open Call for Documentary Fund begins September 1. The deadline to submit is September 30, 2016.
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PBS ONLINE FILM FESTIVAL RETURNS JULY 11-29, 2016
CAAM’s entry Home is a Hotel, about a mother and daughter living in one of San Francisco Chinatown’s single room occupancy hotels, which won the Loni Ding Award in Social Issue Documentary at CAAMFest 2016.
Exploring Cambodia’s Trauma of Silence
“Daze of Justice,” a film by Michael Siv, helps carve a path toward healing.
Memoirs of a Superfan Vol. 11.12 – Taiwan Love Boat Doc Sets Sail
Update: Love Boat: Taiwan will be featured at CAAMFest37 on May 17, 2019. Memoirs of a Superfan Vol. 11.12 – Taiwan Love Boat Doc…
CAAMFest 2016 Award Winners
Winners were announced at the Filmmakers Awards Brunch. Find out if your favorite film won here! Stay tuned for our announcement of the Audience Award after the festival.
Mina Shum’s “Ninth Floor” – Institutional Racism, Then and Now
Mina Shum’s Ninth Floor seems to suggest that there remains much at stake for today’s generation: the discourse changes, the struggle continues – and filmmaking remains to be an essential tool to explore how far, alas, we have yet to go.
CAAM-funded film “Breathin’: The Eddy Zheng Story” screens at San Quentin
Director Ben Wang reflects on screening the CAAMFest 2016 documentary inside prison.
Memoirs of a Superfan Vol. 11.3 – “Ninth Floor” and Campus Racism in 1969
“I hope my stories activate us personally….My job is to invite individuals to their own liberation and maybe they will seek that for others.” — Director Mina Shum
Announcing CAAMFest 2016 Centerpiece Films: “A Tale of Three Cities” and “Daze of Justice”
See a sneak peek of the programs for CAAMFeast and CAAMFest 2016 that are on sale now! The full CAAMFest program will be announced on February 11, 2016.
UPDATE: Now Streaming – When and Where to Watch ‘Off the Menu: Asian America’
Tune in for Grace Lee’s newest documentary, Off the Menu: Asian America, premiering this week on PBS! Broadcast begins December 8.
CAAM and ASNC Present Chinese Doc “Cut Out the Eyes” Nov. 20
“China Now: Independent Visions, presented by Cinema on the Edge,” celebrates the daring spirit and creative innovation of independent filmmakers, festival organizers, and grassroots distributors in mainland China. The international tour kicks off in San Francisco.
Off the Menu: Asian America L.A. Premiere
Don’t miss the December 8, 2015 PBS national premiere (check local listings)!