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40th Annual

CAAMFest

May 12-22, 2022

San Francisco, CA
This year, CAAMFest celebrates its 40th anniversary by welcoming a new festival director, with a peek of what’s to come. To finally return to the theater and be together means everything right now, and we can’t wait to see you.

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Festival Highlights

Documentaries, Gala Presentations

Opening Night + Gala: Free Chol Soo Lee

Film Opening Night + Gala: Free Chol Soo Lee Directed by Julie Ha and Eugene Yi Asian American activists and Korean immigrants rally to free a death row inmate in a landmark movement in…
Documentaries, Gala Presentations

Centerpiece Documentary: Bad Axe

Film Centerpiece Documentary: Bad Axe Directed by David Siev On the eve of pandemic shutdowns, burgeoning filmmaker David Siev returns to his hometown of Bad Axe, Michigan,…
Gala Presentations, Narratives

Closing Night: Every Day in Kaimukī

Film Closing Night: Every Day in Kaimukī Directed by Alika Tengan When his girlfriend receives an opportunity outside of their small Hawaiian town, Kaimukī, Naz also decides to leave.…
Special Presentations

Directions in Sound: Pinays on the Rise

Special Event Directions in Sound: Pinays on the Rise In partnership with the Yerba Buena Gardens Festival, CAAMFest40 spotlights the SOMA Pilipinas Cultural District in an outdoor...
Shorts Programs

New Journeys

Program New Journeys Caring for those around us can demand we break out of the habitual to meet the moment. Whether…
Shorts Programs

Boundless

Program Boundless Sometimes our most intimate stories drift beyond casual understandings of time, transcending into something more. Like ocean waves,…

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