It is time for the 2020 Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival virtual edition and my first year covering what looks like a super fun event. The festival programmers have put together an amazing list of virtual experiences including feature films, short film programs, and several themed interactive online events and gatherings. My coverage will focus on feature films so take a look at the ones I have selected as the ones you do not want to miss.
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| Ted Ngoy, subject of The Donut King |
Since this is a Los Angeles based film festival, most features and shorts are geo locked to the Southern California area meaning only people who live there will have access to them. This is meant to preserve some of the exclusivity of the film festival experience. Go to the links for these films for more info and to see where they are available.
- A Thousand Cuts - Directed by Ramona S Diaz
- Death of Nintendo - Directed by Raya Martin
- Down A Dark Stairwell - Directed by Ursula Liang
- The Donut King - Directed by Alice Gu
- Finding Yingying - Directed by Jiayan Shi
- The Girl Who Left Home - Directed by Mallorie Ortega
- Goodbye Mother - Directed by Trinh Dinh Le Minh
- Kim Ji-Young, Born 1982 - Directed by Kim Do-Young
- The Miseducation of Bindu - Directed by Prarthana Mohan
- One Meal - Directed by Yuechen Hao
Special mention:
The Paper Tigers - Directed by Bao Tran
I watched The Paper Tigers during the 2020 Fantasia International Film Festival where the movie enjoyed its world premier and it holds a special place for me as it was filmed right here in my home city of Seattle. I also had an opportunity to interview director Bao Tran for my podcast interview series New Directions in Film which you can listen to below.
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| Ron Yuan, Alain Uy, and Mykel Shannon Jenkins in The Paper Tigers |
To see more reviews, interviews, and festival coverage please go to: TwoOhSix at LAAPFF 2020
The 36th annual Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival runs from September 24th through October 31st. For more information on the festival please visit the OFFICIAL WEBSITE.
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