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Omai Fa’atasi and the Disappearance of a Samoan Radical Presence in Carson, CA
Omai Fa’atasi and the Disappearance of a Samoan Radical Presence in Carson, CA
In Memory of Robert A. Nakamura, Our Founder
In Memory of Robert A. Nakamura, Our Founder
LAAPFF is 1 of 50 Film Festivals Worth the Entry Fee
LAAPFF is 1 of 50 Film Festivals Worth the Entry Fee
L.A. Times: The fight to save LA's Little Tokyo before it's too late
L.A. Times: The fight to save LA's Little Tokyo before it's too late
A Reminder to Love Everyday
A Reminder to Love Everyday
2025 Interns
Meet a VC Intern: Gillian Gee — Visual Communications
Meet a VC Intern: Gillian Gee — Visual Communications
Meet Gillian Gee, our UCLA Mellon MLIS Graduate Intern! She is currently a second-year MLIS student at UCLA specializing in Archival Studies.
Meet a VC Intern: Kate Ahn — Visual Communications
Meet a VC Intern: Kate Ahn — Visual Communications
Meet Kate Ahn, our Archives Exhibition Intern this summer! Kate is a recent graduate from UCLA with a degree in film.
Meet a VC Intern: Isaac Bolanos
Meet a VC Intern: Isaac Bolanos
Meet Isaac Bolanos, our Archives Preservation Intern this summer! Isaac is joining us as a part of the Getty Marrow Internship Program to help with managing the archives.
Meet a VC Intern: Valerie Naing
Meet a VC Intern: Valerie Naing
Meet a VC Intern: Penelope Jia
Meet a VC Intern: Penelope Jia
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LAAPFF 2025
41st Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival
41st Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival
Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival 2025
LAAPFF 2025 Recap
LAAPFF 2025 Recap
LAAPFF 2025 Photos
LAAPFF 2025 Photos
Visual Communications (VC) is the first non-profit organization in the US dedicated to the honest and accurate portrayals of the Asian Pacific American peoples, communities, and heritage through the media arts. VC was created with the understanding that media and the arts are important vehicles to organize and empower communities, build connections between peoples and generations through the development of AAPI film, video, and media. The organization has created award-winning productions, nurtured and given voice to our youth and seniors, promoted new artistic talent, presented new cinema, and preserved our visual history.
LAAPFF 2025 Award Winners
LAAPFF 2025 Award Winners
LAAPFF Schedule
LAAPFF Schedule
C3:CONVERSE
C3:CONVERSE
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R3
LAAPFF 2025 News
What We Learn As We Grow: Coming-of-Age Reflections from LAAPFF 2025 – 2025 Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival
What We Learn As We Grow: Coming-of-Age Reflections from LAAPFF 2025 – 2025 Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival
At the 2025 Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival, five standout shorts offered nuanced portrayals of adolescence. Each...
"A Love Letter Across Generations": Reina Bonta on Diaspora, Football, and Her Intimate Documentary Maybe It's Just the Rain
"A Love Letter Across Generations": Reina Bonta on Diaspora, Football, and Her Intimate Documentary Maybe It's Just the Rain
With Maybe It’s Just the Rain, award-winning filmmaker and professional athlete Reina Bonta delivers a lyrical, emotionally charged...
MĀHŪ: A Trans-Pacific Love Letter to Identity, Culture, and Courage – 2025 Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival
MĀHŪ: A Trans-Pacific Love Letter to Identity, Culture, and Courage – 2025 Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival
After making its world premiere on May 2 at the 2025 Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival, MĀHŪ:...
Sacred Moments, Universal Truths: Narrative Shorts at LAAPFF 2025 Capture Grief, Growth, and Grace – 2025 Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival
Sacred Moments, Universal Truths: Narrative Shorts at LAAPFF 2025 Capture Grief, Growth, and Grace – 2025 Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival
Year Of The Cat: Tony Nguyen’s Intimate Excavation of War, Memory, and Healing
Year Of The Cat: Tony Nguyen’s Intimate Excavation of War, Memory, and Healing
Personal Meditations on Family, Inheritance, and the Work of Becoming Whole
Personal Meditations on Family, Inheritance, and the Work of Becoming Whole
Land, Lineage, and Resistance: Indigenous Narratives at LAAPFF 2025 Reclaim Voice and Vision
Land, Lineage, and Resistance: Indigenous Narratives at LAAPFF 2025 Reclaim Voice and Vision
What We Refuse: Films of Rebellion and Reckoning at LAAPFF 2025
What We Refuse: Films of Rebellion and Reckoning at LAAPFF 2025
Memory, Movement, and Making Meaning: Three Films at LAAPFF 2025 Ask Us to Reflect -and Reimagine
Memory, Movement, and Making Meaning: Three Films at LAAPFF 2025 Ask Us to Reflect -and Reimagine
Year Of The Cat: Tony Nguyen’s Intimate Excavation of War, Memory, and Healing
Year Of The Cat: Tony Nguyen’s Intimate Excavation of War, Memory, and Healing
When Refusal Is Gentle, and Still Revolutionary
When Refusal Is Gentle, and Still Revolutionary
“We Are All Responsible for Each Other”: Remembering, Rebuilding, and Dancing Forward in Chinatown Stories
“We Are All Responsible for Each Other”: Remembering, Rebuilding, and Dancing Forward in Chinatown Stories
Birthday Blues and a Ding: Kumar Kumar Finds Humor in Isolation at LAAPFF 2025
Birthday Blues and a Ding: Kumar Kumar Finds Humor in Isolation at LAAPFF 2025
SURRENDER: What We Carry and How We Heal
SURRENDER: What We Carry and How We Heal
Joy, Rebellion, and Diaspora: LAAPFF 2025 Celebrates Asian Stories That Dance Across Generations
Joy, Rebellion, and Diaspora: LAAPFF 2025 Celebrates Asian Stories That Dance Across Generations
GRASSROOTS RISING: A Legacy of Labor, Love, and Liberation
GRASSROOTS RISING: A Legacy of Labor, Love, and Liberation
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Artist Programs
Meet Our 2025-2026 AWC Fellows
Meet Our 2025-2026 AWC Fellows
For over twenty years, the Armed With a Camera (AWC) Fellowship for Emerging Media Artists nurtures the next generation of Asian Pacific American artists to capture their world, surroundings and outlook on life.
Armed With A Camera Fellowship (AWC)
Armed With A Camera Fellowship (AWC)
Digital Histories (DH)
Digital Histories (DH)
C3: Conference for Creative Content
C3: Conference for Creative Content
VC Archives Artists-In-Residence
VC Archives Artists-In-Residence
VC Archives Artists-in-Residence
Meet Our Artist-in-Residence: Mia Barnett
Meet Our Artist-in-Residence: Mia Barnett
Learn about one of VC archives’ inaugural cohort of Artists in Residence, Mia Barnett!
Meet Our Artist-in-Residence: Derek Benig
Meet Our Artist-in-Residence: Derek Benig
Learn about one of VC archives’ inaugural cohort of Artists in Residence, Derek Benig!
Meet Our Artist-in-Residence: Habiba Hassaan
Meet Our Artist-in-Residence: Habiba Hassaan
Learn about one of VC archives’ inaugural cohort of Artists in Residence, Habiba Hassaan!
Meet a VC Archives Artist in Residence: Linda Wei
Meet a VC Archives Artist in Residence: Linda Wei
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VC Archives
VC Archives
VC Archives
Abe AF: The Brain Behind the Beret
Abe AF: The Brain Behind the Beret
America's Concentration Camps, Revisited
America's Concentration Camps, Revisited
Celebrating LA Neighborhoods
Celebrating LA Neighborhoods
First Street North: Open
First Street North: Open
Hito Hata: Raise the Banner
Hito Hata: Raise the Banner
Linda Visions
Linda Visions
Our LA Stories
Our LA Stories
Pacific Cinewaves: Talanoa
Pacific Cinewaves: Talanoa
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