28th Annual Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film 2012 Festival (May 10-20)NEW

The 28th Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival will be presented May 10 – May 20, 2012 at the Directors Guild of America; CGV Cinemas; and The Art Theatre of Long Beach. A key highlight of the month-long Asian Pacific Heritage Month activities, the Film Festival is produced by Visual Communications, the nation's premier Asian Pacific American media arts center.
Since 1983, the Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival has presented over 3000 films and videos by Asian international and Asian American artists, and additionally features seminars and panels, in-person guest appearances, and filmmaker awards. The Film Festival continues to be the largest festival of its kind in Southern California and is the premier showcase for the best and brightest of Asian American and Asian international cinema.

Date
May 10 - May 20, 2012

Browse the Program
Ladies and gents, here it is: the 2012 Festival Week program line-up. Eleven days, 189 films and videos, arranged in over 60 program screening events for your moviegoing pleasure. Also on tap: filmmaker panels and seminars, special presentations and parties, and a whole lot more!

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History
VISUAL COMMUNICATIONS, the nation's premier Asian Pacific American media arts center, established the Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film & Video Festival in 1983 as a vehicle to promote Asian and Asian Pacific American cinema. The Festival has grown from its humble beginnings as a weekend-long series into a major annual showcase presenting the best of Asian Pacific American and Asian international media in the United States. Along the way the Festival has taken up residence in various local venues before settling into its signature venues, the Directors Guild of America and the Aratani/Japan America Theatre.