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36 Seconds: Portrait of a Hate Crime

Film 36 Seconds: Portrait of a Hate Crime Directed by Tarek Albaba In less than one minute, the loss of three lives in a hate crime, leads to an unwavering…
Documentary Features

Above and Below the Ground

Film Above and Below the Ground Directed by Emily Hong Indigenous women activists defend a sacred river with the power of punk rock, karaoke, and prayer.
Documentary Features, Gala & Showcases

Opening Night: Admissions Granted

Film Opening Night: Admissions Granted Directed by Hao Wu, Miao Wang The complex, high-stakes affirmative action debate escalates to the Supreme Court polarizing the Asian American community.
Documentary Features

Ashima

Film Ashima Directed by Kenji Tsukamoto For Ashima, the world’s youngest elite rock climber, there’s nowhere to go but up.
Documentary Features, Gala & Showcases

Centerpiece: Q

Film Centerpiece: Q Directed by Jude Chehab A generational tale of the eternal search for meaning - a love story of an entirely different kind.
Documentary Features, Food, Ideas

EARTH SEED: A People’s Journey of Radical Hospitality

Film EARTH SEED: A People’s Journey of Radical Hospitality EARTH SEED is an invitation to envision and enact our collective future in a transforming world
Documentary Features

Hōkūle’a: Finding the Language of the Navigator

Film Hōkūle’a: Finding the Language of the Navigator Directed by Ty Sanga The story of Hōkūle’a, a Polynesian voyaging canoe, reveals the wisdom of traditional wayfinding methods and community efforts…
Documentary Features

Home Court

Film Home Court Directed by Erica Tanamachi The ascent of Ashely Chea, Cambodian American basketball prodigy and her pursuit for college.
Documentary Features

Light of the Setting Sun

Film Light of the Setting Sun Directed by Vicky Du A palpable examination of a storyteller’s own truths, in Vicky Du’s case it is in her family’s silence…
Documentary Features, Music

Nobuko Miyamoto: A Song In Movement

Film Nobuko Miyamoto: A Song In Movement Directed by Quyen Nguyen-Le, Tadashi Nakamura A picturesque retrospective of visionary artist-activist Nobuko Miyamoto and her work that changed Asian America forever.
Documentary Features

Roots and Routes: Indigenous Legacies

Program Roots and Routes: Indigenous Legacies What does it mean to remember? How is culture transmitted and translated generation to generation? These films highlight...
Documentary Features, Gala & Showcases

SF Closing: And So It Begins

Film SF Closing: And So It Begins Directed by Ramona Diaz Chronicling the 2022 presidential race in the Philippines as a nation fights for its soul.
Documentary Features

Still We Rise

Film Still We Rise Directed by John Harvey A cinematic tribute to an incandescent year of protest and the ongoing struggle for First Nations’ to reclaim…
Documentary Features

The Taste of Mango

Film The Taste of Mango Directed by Chloe Abrahams A gorgeous layered intergenerational collage exploring memory, trauma and hope.