CAAM Filmmaker Summit 2022: Here’s what happened
As part of CAAMFest40, we held a one-day CAAM Filmmaker Summit with the theme of “Centering Ourselves” to support the development of creatives who are…
Filmmaker Summit
Centering Ourselves: 2022 CAAM Filmmaker Summit
Since its founding more than 40 years ago, CAAM has nurtured storytellers from a diversity of Asian American voices. While uplifting under-represented Asian American…
CAAM Filmmaker Summit 2021: Individual Conversations, Intentional Communities
Collaboration was the theme for this year’s CAAM Filmmaker Summit, a fitting celebration of the community that held our backs and inspired us through…
Stronger With Friends: CAAM Filmmaker Summit Collaboration Edition, May 19-21
Collaboration, for us, has been the biggest lesson of the pandemic. Last year, our first virtual CAAM Filmmaker Summit showed the power of the…
Developing Documentary Stories and Getting Them Funded
During the second day of the Filmmaker Summit: Work from Home Edition, some powerhouse Asian American creatives shared their personal experiences in developing the…
Directing a Personal Narrative in Documentary Filmmaking
Inserting yourself and your own vulnerabilities in a story is a challenge within itself. But what about turning the camera on your family, friends or community, especially when it could shed a bad light on them?
Adapting to COVID-19 Takes the Forefront at the Filmmaker Summit
Sharing tips and community to keep the documentary film industry going while sheltering in place