Join us for CAAMFest Online: Heritage at Home
Take part in a reimagined festival experience from home, May 13-22, 2020.
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CAAMFest Alumnus Edwin Chang Explores Immigration and Family in Pixar Directorial Debut “Wind”
“I think the parent-child relationship is so inherently part of who we are, but also, especially in Asian communities, the grandparents are so involved with not just your family. It’s really generations past really helping raise you and teach you about who you are and where you come from.” -Edwin Chang
The Director and Producer of Pixar’s “Float” Discuss Filipino American Representation and Bringing a Personal Story to Life
On November 12th, Disney+ became available in North America. Apart from access to old favorites, the streaming service also comes with content that cannot…
CAAM Fellowship Behind-the-Scenes: Mentor Karin Chien
“In 2010, CAAM took a bold step. We started a 5-year professional mentoring program focused on Asian Americans working in every aspect of the fiction industries – film, TV, interactive, and immersive.”
CAAM Produced Wayne Wang Film “Coming Home Again” World Premieres in Toronto With Sold Out Audience
“The thing that struck me the most was his enthusiasm and his spirit and I felt like, wow, after all these years, being on all these sets and hundreds of hours making films, he still approached it with the joy of a 10 year-old.”- Justin Chon on Director Wayne Wang.
World Premiere of “Coming Home Again” at the Toronto International Film Festival
CAAM PRODUCTION OF WAYNE WANG’S “COMING HOME AGAIN” TO WORLD PREMIERE AT TIFF AAM is proud to announce that Coming Home Again, a film directed…
CAAM Production of Wayne Wang’s “Coming Home Again” to World Premiere at TIFF
Starring Justin Chon and Jackie Chung, the film focuses on a Korean American man who cares for his ailing mother while trying to master her traditional cooking, based on Chang-rae Lee’s “New Yorker” short story.
CAAM’s Entry in PBS Online Film Festival Focuses on Story of Transgender Woman in Pakistan
RANI is a short film about a transgender Pakistani woman who takes care of an abandoned baby. Set in the heart of Karachi, she faces many challenges – yet is determined to do the right thing.
CAAM Concludes CAAMFest37 After 11 Exciting Days of Culture, Music, and Sold Out Screenings
CAAM presented 13 world premieres, 2 North American premieres, 3 US premieres, 10 West Coast premieres, and 37 Bay Area premieres. Over 20,000 festival goers attending screenings all over the Bay.
Memoirs of a Superfan Volume 14.9: Family as Metaphor, Family as Reality
“Family conflict seasons our reality, but it is also perhaps a hopeful metaphor for nations and indeed our whole Earth.”
CAAM is Supporting 14 New Documentary Films and A New Podcast in 2019
“We remain committed to telling undertold stories to the public, including stories by filmmakers from the South and historically underrepresented voices.” – CAAM Executive Director Stephen Gong
CAAM Presents Sundance 2019 Panel “The Road to Decolonization”
As ethnic, gender, and power dynamics become redefined throughout American culture and society at large, independent film faces similar challenges in finding its way forward.