Presenters of the Asian American International Film Festival
Director RB UMALI | 5 mins | USA The year was 1997 and RB Umali was busy documenting some of the finest skateboarding to ever go down in New York City while attending his third year of film school at NYU. On assignment as a Main Videographer for 411 Vi ...
Curated by Martin Wong of Asian American pop culture icon Giant Robot, the program combines skateboarding and cinema, two dynamic sources that inform his lifestyle and navigating the unknown.
Three cherry picked short films and two refreshing animations, comprehensively present the various city- and landscapes of Taiwan, and briskly depart from the rich legacies of the Taiwanese masters.
Special program KOREAN WAR REMEMBERED examines the history and human effects of the Korean War, a war that most Americans now remember little about.
Asian American representation in mainstream media has always been a struggle. Only those who envisage a possible shattering of the status quo could pioneer change.
These 5 heart-wrenching stories provide insights on how the disfranchised are sent on a downward spiral to a limbo where everything could possibly go awry.
What is the incomprehensibility of love that seduces us to unravel it? Perhaps it is the pointed question that deters us from loving, as well as compels us to love.
With a power and imagination uninhibited by their length, these five beautiful shorts capture the strength and pitfalls of familial bonds.
For Youth by Youth program celebrates works by media makers of Asian descent under the age of 21, articulating their perceptions of life and the world in the most original voice.