Asian American International Film Festival

When Valerie Soe started fundraising for what would become “The Auntie Sewing Squad Resistance Playbook,” she was still weighing whether she would even be allowed inside her subjects’ homes. It was the height of the pandemic, and she remembers researching remote filming setups where a camera would be shipped to someone’s house and a crew […]

An important decision that didn’t have to be made. BEFORE THE CALL is a film directed by James Choi where the film addresses identity and duty.

AN INTERVIEW WITH CHRISTINE CHOY BY DENISE KUNG, EVELYN MATEOS, AND JACLYN LEE In the spring of 2002, Angel Velasco Shaw taught a media and culture course called “Imagining Asia/Pacific America” for the Asian/Pacific/American Studies Program at New York University. For their final projects, students were asked to watch three films made by Asian Ame

A film focused on finding self amongst a movement On Thursday, August 7th, Conner Sen Warnick’s feature film debut, CHARACTERS DISAPPEARING, will be screened at the 48th Asian American International Film Festival (AAIFF) in NYC. In an interview with CineVue, Warnick explained that this film was birthed from the confusion and despair he felt during

A new generation of filmmaking is coming out of Hong Kong. But can we watch it?

Dear Festival Friends, Happy new year! As we welcome in 2025, we’d like to announce the changes that are taking place at Asian Cinevision.