Presenters of the Asian American International Film Festival
Subverting Asian Stereotypes Through Art When Preston Choi popped into our Zoom meeting, he had a smile that could light up a room and a calmness that was in direct juxtaposition to the heavy topics he often covers in his plays. Forty-five minutes was not ...
An Immigrant’s Story Told Through Dance Even the editing feels like a slow and perfectly punctuated tango in Ryan Moore’s award-winning short film “When We Danced” (2023). The flow of the opening and the magnificent visuals move together gracefully, trans ...
The world can be divided into two subsets: A person who loves a good horror flick, and a person who loves a heartfelt tale. Luckily for you, this wide range of shorts combines both. https://youtu.be/sEXeJWk2PpM?si=7BTkVHPmPIzBLyp5 EYECATCHER Watched by ...
An Interview with the Creator of "Attack, Decay, Release" H.P. Mendoza’s musical triumph, “Attack, Decay, Release,” is not just a movie. It is a family get-together with the strangers you experience it with. Created by a Filipino director based in San Fra ...
Michele Josue highlights the virtually untold story of Filipino nurses Stories of Filipino nurses are made visible in the documentary “Nurse Unseen” by Emmy award-winning documentarian Michele Josue. The 90-minute feature tells the stories of Filipino nur ...
Editor’s Note: “The Fall of the I-Hotel Postscript” originally screened at AAIFF85. It is a documentary that follows the San Francisco Filipino community’s resistance against the systemic destruction of Manilatown, including the forced eviction of 50 elde ...
Written By: Michelle Ahn This article may contain spoilers. Lumpias, the beloved Filipino spring rolls, are so good they can be addicting. In “Lumpia With a Vengeance” they literally are and more. Patricio Ginelsa’s “Lumpia W ...
Written By: Nathan Liu This article may contain spoilers. Everything you need to know about Dante Basco’s directorial debut, “The Fabulous Filipino Brothers,” is right there in its title. It’s about being a brother and it’s about being Filipino. ( ...
Written By: Demi Guo Isabel Sandoval resurfaces in the film world with a narrative that has become all-too-familiar: The story of an undocumented worker in the time of ICE. As the director and the main lead, she makes the experience as authentic to he ...