ANNOUNCEMENT
March 11, 2020
As COVID-19 concerns continue, we regret to inform you that we are postponing the remaining two weekends of the UCLA Asian American Studies Center 50th Anniversary Film Festival.
The safety and health of our participants and our communities are the UCLA Asian American Studies Center's top priorities and although there are no confirmed cases of COVID-19 at UCLA at this time, we are following UCLA's recent advisory (see here for updated information) and made the difficult decision to postpone any large-scale events, including the AASC 50th Anniversary Film Festival.
We are working with our partners to reschedule to a time when it's safe and prudent to host large-scale and celebratory events. We will definitely reach out to you again when those dates are confirmed, especially since we deeply value your work and your contributions to the festival and AAPI communities. Please follow us @uclaaasc on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram for updates in the coming weeks/months.
As we continue to work on future dates, we will be automatically refunding events at the James Bridges Theater and the UCLA Film & Television Archive has provided additional options for ticketholders to the Billy Wilder Theater events.
For those who purchased tickets for our events at the James Bridges Theater: your refund will be processed through Eventbrite. Please allow at least 7-10 business days to see the refund reflected back to your original form of payment. If you have questions about your refund, please email events@aasc.ucla.edu.
For those who purchased tickets for our events with the UCLA Film & Television Archive at the Billy Wilder Theater: you can exchange any tickets you have purchased for a future screening this year by the Archive or they can provide a refund. Please contact UCLA Film & Television Archive at 310-206-8013 or at programming@cinema.ucla.edu for assistance.
Thank you for your support of the AASC film festival and UCLA Asian American Studies Center. We hope to connect with you again soon.
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This year marks the UCLA Asian American Studies Center's 50th anniversary. To continue our series of celebratory events, we are excited to host the Film Festival, a three-weekend film festival featuring powerful imagery and poignant commentary about some of the most meaningful issues facing our AAPI communities. Each program features films organized around central themes. After each screening, audiences will hear from Asian American and Pacific Islander filmmakers and actors speaking to their creative journeys, as well as from scholars, artists, and community leaders on the meaning of these themes in today's world. For sponsorship opportunities, please contact lgadia@aasc.ucla.edu. |
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We are proud to screen these feature films along with selected short films from UCLA Center for EthnoCommunications and the L.A. Asian Pacific Film Festival presented by Visual Communications.
To see feature films, click here. To see short films, click here.
To explore the films by themes or topics, click here.
To see the entire program, please go to the "Schedule" page.
FEATURE FILMS
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| Always Be My Maybe (2019) | Episode Preview of PBS' "Asian Americans" documentary series (2020) |
Awesome Asian Bad Guys (2014) |
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Bad Rap (2016) |
Better Luck Tomorrow (2003) |
Daughter of Shanghai (1937) |
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Enter the Dragon (1973) |
Final Recipe (2013) | Moananuiākea (2018) |
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Now Apocalypse (2019) TV series: season 1, episode 1 |
Punching at the Sun (2006) |
Saving Face (2004) |
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Wong Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (2011) |
** All films are subject to change based on availability.
SHORT FILMS
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| Across the Yumiverse (2017) | Cultural Collage (2018) | Eat your Baon (2019) | Fighting for Family (2019) |
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| Hiya (2018) | Lights Up: Asian American Theater at UCLA (2018) | Lost and Found (2007) | Mama Pingpong Social Club (2018) |
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| Master of the Sky (2015) | Missing Piece Project (2018) | Mother Tongue/Tiếng Mẹ Đẻ (2019) | Muscles and Mascara (2017) |
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| Phoenix Bakery: Sweets for the Sweet (2020) | Pilgrimage (2003) | Queering Movements (2019) | Radical Cram School webisodes, Season 2 (2020) |
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| Roots and Shoots (2017) | Secret Lives of Asians at Night (2019) |
Step In: Asian American Urban Dance Communities (2019) | The Collector (2018) |
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THEMES AND TOPICS
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| UCLA Alumni | * names in ( ) are the directors, unless noted PBS Asian American series, episode 4 (Grace Lee) The Missing Piece Project (Daniel Luu) Better Luck Tomorrow (Justin Lin) Fighting for Family (Lan Nguyen) Awesome Asian Bad Guys (actors: Tamlyn Tomita and Randall Park) The Collector (Linh Ngau, Michelle Shin, Mitchelle Zia) Wong Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (Kristina Wong) "Radical Cram School, season two" webisodes (Kristina Wong) Muscles and Mascara (Michael Chang, Ryan Rodriguez, Janelle Sangalang, Tiffany Wong) Hiya (Arielle Bagood) The Weight Off My Chest (Emory Johnson) Bad Rap (Salima Koroma) Master of the Sky (Sumiko Braun) Step In: Asian American Urban Dance Communities (Jeana Cho, Jasmin Han, Jenny Tan) Across the Yumiverse (Kady Le) Queering Movements (Yen Dinh, Rino Kodama, Ceci Sheng) Cultural Collage ('Inoke Hafoka) Roots and Shoots (Daniel Luu, Leann Pham) Mother Tongue/Tiếng Mẹ Đẻ (Yen Dinh) Eat Your Baon (Vanessa Codilla, Jenny Tan) Always Be My Maybe (actors/writers/producers: Ali Wong, Randall Park, writer/co-producer: Michael Golamco, actor: James Saito) Lights Up: Asian American Theater at UCLA (Arielle Bagood) |
| Activism | Lost and Found, PBS' ASIAN AMERICANS series--"Episode 4: Generation Rising," Pilgrimage, The Missing Piece Project, Wong Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, Fighting for Family, Moananuiākea: One Ocean, One People, One Canoe, Roots and Shoots |
| Community | Across the Yumiverse, Bad Rap, Fighting for Family, Lights Up: Asian American Theater at UCLA, Moananuiākea: One Ocean, One People, One Canoe, PBS' ASIAN AMERICANS series-- "Episode 4: Generation Rising", Phoenix Bakery: Sweets for the Sweet, Pilgrimage, Roots and Shoots, Saving Face, Step In: Asian American Urban Dance Communities, The Missing Piece Project, Wong Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest |
| Food | Always Be My Maybe, Eat your Baon, Phoenix Bakery: Sweets for the Sweet, Final Recipe |
| Family | Always Be My Maybe, Cultural Collage,
Eat your Baon, Fighting for Family, Mama Pingpong Club, Master of the Sky, Mother Tongue/Tiếng Mẹ Đẻ, Now Apocalypse--Episode 1: "This is the Beginning of the End", Phoenix Bakery: Sweets for the Sweet, Roots and Shoots, Saving Face, The Weight Off My Chest, Final Recipe |
| Immigration | Better Luck Tomorrow, Fighting for Family, Hiya, Lost and Found, Punching at the Sun, Saving Face, The Missing Piece Project |
| LGBTQ+ | Queering Movements, Saving Face, The Missing Piece Project, The Weight Off My Chest, Now Apocalypse--Episode 1: "This is the Beginning of the End" |
| Pacific Islander | Cultural Collage, Moananuiākea: One Ocean, One People, One Canoe |
| Horror | Mama Pingpong Club, Secret Life of Asians at Night, The Collector |
| Comedy | Awesome Asian Bad Guys, Now Apocalypse--Episode 1: "This is the Beginning of the End," Saving Face Secret Life of Asians at Night, Wong Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest |
| Drama | Daughter of Shanghai, Now Apocalypse--Episode 1: "This is the Beginning of the End," Secret Life of Asians at Night, Saving Face, Final Recipe |
| Documentary | Across the Yumiverse, Cultural Collage, Eat your Baon, Fighting for Family, Hiya, Lights Up: Asian American Theater at UCLA, Lost and Found, Master of the Sky, Moananuiākea: One Ocean, One People, One Canoe, Mother Tongue/Tiếng Mẹ Đẻ, Muscles and Mascara, Phoenix Bakery: Sweets for the Sweet, Queering Movements, Roots and Shoots, The Missing Piece Project, The Weight Off My Chest, Bad Rap, PBS' ASIAN AMERICAN Series--"Episode 4: Generation Rising", Anna May Wong Visits Shanghai, China |
| Music | Always Be My Maybe, Bad Rap, Mother Tongue/Tiếng Mẹ Đẻ |
| Art | Across the Yumiverse, Cultural Collage, Lights Up: Asian American Theater at UCLA, Master of the Sky |
| Dance | Queering Movements, Roots and Shoots, Step In: Asian American Urban Dance Communities |
| Mental Health | Across the Yumiverse, Hiya, Muscles and Mascara, Wong Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest |
| Multi-Racial/Mixed Race | Cultural Collage, Master of the Sky, PBS' ASIAN AMERICANS series--"Episode 4: Generation Rising" |
| Women | Anna May Wong Visits Shanghai, China, Bad Rap, Cultural Collage, Daughter of Shanghai, Muscles and Mascara, Saving Face, Wong Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, Across the Yumiverse, Hiya |
| South Asian | Now Apocalypse--Episode 1: "This is the Beginning of the End", Punching at the Sun, Queering Movements |
| Southeast Asian | Eat your Baon, Fighting for Family, Mother Tongue/Tiếng Mẹ Đẻ, The Missing Piece Project |
| Filipinx American | Eat your Baon, Hiya, PBS' ASIAN AMERICANS series--"Episode 4: Generation Rising", Awesome Asian Bad Guys, Step In: Asian American Urban Dance Communities |
| Cambodian American | Roots and Shoots |
| Vietnamese American | Lost and Found, Mother Tongue/Tiếng Mẹ Đẻ, PBS' ASIAN AMERICANS series--"Episode 4: Generation Rising", The Missing Piece Project, Fighting for Family |
| Pakistani American | Punching at the Sun |
| Indian American | Punching at the Sun, Queering Movements |
| Restorative Justice | Fighting for Family, PBS' ASIAN AMERICANS series--"Episode 4: Generation Rising", Better Luck Tomorrow |
| History | Awesome Asian Bad Guys, Daughter of Shanghai, Lights Up: Asian American Theater at UCLA, Moananuiākea: One Ocean, One People, One Canoe, PBS' ASIAN AMERICANS series--"Episode 4: Generation Rising ", Pilgrimage, Step In: Asian American Urban Dance Communities, The Missing Piece Project |
| Chinese American | Always Be My Maybe, Anna May Wong Visits Shanghai, China, Better Luck Tomorrow, Daughter of Shanghai, Enter the Dragon, Mama Pingpong Club, Phoenix Bakery: Sweets for the Sweet, Secret Life of Asians at Night, Wong Flew Over the Cuckoo's Night, Muscles and Mascara, Saving Face, Final Recipe |
| Japanese American | PBS' ASIAN AMERICANS series--"Episode 4: Generation Rising", Pilgrimage, Secret Life of Asians at Night, Across the Yumiverse |
| Korean American | Always Be My Maybe, Bad Rap, Better Luck Tomorrow, Secret Life of Asians at Night, Daughter of Shanghai, Final Recipe |
| African American | Bad Rap, PBS' ASIAN AMERICANS series--"Episode 4: Generation Rising", Punching at the Sun |
| Latinx American | PBS' ASIAN AMERICANS series--"Episode 4: Generation Rising" |
| East Asian | Always Be My Maybe, Bad Rap, Better Luck Tomorrow, Phoenix Bakery: Sweets for the Sweet, Secret Life of Asians at Night, Daughter of Shanghai, Pilgrimage, Mama Pingpong Club, Enter the Dragon, Wong Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, Muscles and Mascara, Saving Face, Across the Yumiverse, Anna May Wong Visits Shanghai, China, Final Recipe |
| Masculinity | Bad Rap, Better Luck Tomorrow, Enter the Dragon, Punching at the Sun |
| Sexuality | Now Apocalypse--Episode 1: "This is the Beginning of the End", Queering Movements |
Presented by UCLA Asian American Studies Center, Center for Ethnocommunications, Film and Television Archive, Melnitz Movies.
In collaboration with Visual Communications, Film Quarterly, and UCLA Asian American Studies Department.
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