We brought a camera crew to the 18th Austin Asian American Film Festival and didn’t stop rolling — from the centerpiece red carpet to the after-party. Here are all 45 videos: red-carpet interviews grouped by film, the programmers and jurors who built the festival, a reel of vertical shorts, and the atmosphere of centerpiece night at AFS Cinema. Tap any thumbnail to play.
We’re cutting together the closing-day feature now. Until it lands, here is everything we shot — tap any thumbnail below to play.
The films, in their own voices
Interviews by film
The filmmakers behind AAAFF 2026, grouped by the film they brought to Austin — from the makers of ‘Taemong’ to the centerpiece documentary ‘Traces of Home’ and the festival’s first Taiwan VR work.
‘Taemong’
A Korean-language short on the dream that foretells a child.
‘Traces of Home’
The Sundance-honored centerpiece documentary.
‘11:11’
Mahnoor Euceph’s short — a wish at 11:11.
‘Māhū’
Lisette Marie Flanary’s film on hula and identity.
‘Light on a Hill’
‘Barrio Chino Havana’
Taiwan VR · ‘In the Mist’
The festival’s first-ever Taiwan VR activation.
Festival voices
Programmers, jurors & leads
The people who built AAAFF 2026 — the artistic director, the programmers who chose the slate, the jurors, and the team running the floor on centerpiece night.
Shorts
15 vertical clips
Quick, vertical, one idea each — the moments and stories that jumped out on the floor.
Centerpiece night
10 b-roll clips
The room before the lights went down — arrivals, photographers at work, and the atmosphere at AFS Cinema.