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Asian American Panorama

The heart of our festival and the best of Asian American cinema in all of its glorious colors – from stories of icons whether athletic, cinematic, or political, unlikely comedic bedfellows, or finding new homes amongst each other.

Asian American Panorama

Anxious.

Film Anxious. Directed by Nida Chowdhry In this surreal dark comedy, Ruby’s anxiety-filled SoCal life of maid-of-honor duties, convenience store job woes, in-store crush,…

Asian American Panorama

Ben and Suzanne, A Reunion in 4 Parts

Film Ben and Suzanne, A Reunion in 4 Parts Directed by Shaun Seneviratne When a long-distance couple reunites in Sri Lanka, their trip is far from romantic. Plagued by mishaps, often…

Asian American Panorama

Bitterroot

Film Bitterroot Directed by Vera Brunner-Sung In Montana’s Bitterroot Valley, a middle-aged Hmong American man grapples with loss and pressure at home and at…

Asian American Panorama

Extremely Unique Dynamic

Film Extremely Unique Dynamic Directed by Harrison Xu, Ivan Leung, Katherine Dudas A pair of stoner best friends spend their last weekend together filming their magnum opus– a meta-movie about…

Asian American Panorama

Home Court

Film Home Court Directed by Erica Tanamachi In this fiery doc, basketball prodigy Ashley Chea steps onto every court knowing she's the best player and…

Asian American Panorama

Light of the Setting Sun

Film Light of the Setting Sun Directed by Vicky Du Equal parts unflinching and compassionate, Vicky Du sifts through her family’s history during Taiwan's tumultuous post-war decades, striving…

Asian American Panorama

Love Me

Film Love Me Directed by Andy Zuchero, Sam Zuchero Millennia after the extinction of humans, a lone buoy in the ocean and a satellite in the sky…

Asian American Panorama

Moloka’i Bound

Film Moloka’i Bound Directed by Alika Tengan After years behind bars for drug charges, Kainoa is given a second chance to reunite with his estranged…

Asian American Panorama

Nobuko Miyamoto: A Song in Movement

Film Nobuko Miyamoto: A Song in Movement Directed by Quyên Nguyen-Le, Tadashi Nakamura An essential portrait of singer, activist, performer and stone-cold legend Nobuko Miyamoto and her life from incarceration camps…

Asian American Panorama

Paper Marriage

Film Paper Marriage Directed by Jeff Man Fanny decides to pay unemployed Jeff to enter into a green card marriage with a year to prepare…

Asian American Panorama

Standing Above the Clouds

Film Standing Above the Clouds Directed by Jalena Keane-Lee From the frontlines to the homefront, a rousing and intimate portrait of three families of Native Hawaiian mothers…

Asian American Panorama

Stranger

Film Stranger Directed by Zhengfan Yang The world is full of hotel rooms, spaces of transience fashioned like homes. In seven vignettes, STRANGER captures…

Asian American Panorama

Tura!

Film Tura! Directed by Cody Jarrett Narrated by Margaret Cho, TURA! celebrates the legacy of cult icon and Faster, Pussycat! Kill Kill! star Tura…