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SPECIAL EVENTS

Special Presentations

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…
Gala Presentations

Opening Night Gala

Special Event Opening Night Gala Join us on Thursday, May 12th to celebrate 40 years of CAAMFest and our return to in-person events....
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

Centerpiece Narrative: Leonor Will Never Die

Film Centerpiece Narrative: Leonor Will Never Die Directed by Martika Ramirez Escobar What if you could change what was happening before your very eyes? Genres collide in this wild tale…
Special Presentations

Hong Kong Cinema Showcase

Program Hong Kong Cinema Showcase With support from the Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office in San Francisco (HKETO), CAAMFest40 presents a dynamic...
Special Presentations

Pacific Showcase

Program Pacific Showcase This series of films and conversations is a collaboration with our National Multicultural Alliance (NMCA) partner, Pacific Islanders...

Panels + Conversations

Panels & Conversations

NBC’s “YOUNG ROCK”: PAVING THE WAY FOR PACIFIC ISLANDER STORIES

Special Event NBC’s “YOUNG ROCK”: PAVING THE WAY FOR PACIFIC ISLANDER STORIES FREE PANEL (ticket required) NBC’s hit show “Young Rock,” takes a comedic look back at the life and...
Panels & Conversations

OPENING THE GATES: Access in Asian Hollywood

Special Event OPENING THE GATES: Access in Asian Hollywood FREE PANEL (ticket required) Authentic representation is great, but who defines what “authentic representation” is – in and...
Panels & Conversations

First Look: Plague at the Golden Gate

Special Event First Look: Plague at the Golden Gate This special presentation highlights excerpts from Li-Shin Yu’s documentary for PBS’ American Experience about the 1900 bubonic plague...
Panels & Conversations

CAAMFest40 and Asian Art Museum Presents: Rice and Asian Americana

Special Event CAAMFest40 and Asian Art Museum Presents: Rice and Asian Americana Can a grain just eight millimeters long help us understand Asian American culture? Rice farmer Robin Koda and...
Panels & Conversations

THE JOURNEY OF A STORYTELLER: FELLOWSHIPS, FILMMAKING AND FINDING YOUR CREATIVE VOICE

Special Event THE JOURNEY OF A STORYTELLER: FELLOWSHIPS, FILMMAKING AND FINDING YOUR CREATIVE VOICE FREE Panel (ticket required) Join Grace Anne Moss, VP, Equity & Inclusion, Warner Bros. Discovery, and Director Jude...
Panels & Conversations

Meet the Makers Panel

Special Event Meet the Makers Panel FREE PANEL (ticket required) Join us to “Meet the Makers” of CAAMFest. Hear from the filmmakers behind some...

CAAM Filmmaker Summit

CAAMFest Filmmaker Summit Session 1 CAAM Filmmaker Summit

Session 1: The Power of Personal Documentary Films: The Creators Session

Special Event Session 1: The Power of Personal Documentary Films: The Creators Session FREE (registration required) In this 90 minute presentation and interactive dialogue, IDA’s Director of Artist Development Abby Sun...
CAAMFest Filmmaker Summit Session 2 CAAM Filmmaker Summit

Session 2: How it started. How it’s going.

Special Event Session 2: How it started. How it’s going. FREE (registration required) How has filmmaking evolved two years into the global pandemic? For emerging directors who are...
CAAM Filmmaker Summit Session 3 CAAM Filmmaker Summit

Session 3: Perspectives from the Pacific

Special Event Session 3: Perspectives from the Pacific FREE (registration required) What’s in a name? For people, itʻs a way we identify ourselves, who we are...

Directions in Sound

Gala Presentations

Directions in Sound: Ensemble Mik Nawooj

Special Event Directions in Sound: Ensemble Mik Nawooj Surround yourself in the hip-hop stylings of a multi-piece orchestra led by composer and pianist JooWan Kim. Strings,...
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...