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LAAPFF · Los Angeles, USA

Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival

Founded 1983Usually May (AAPI Heritage Month)Various LA venues (Little Tokyo & beyond)

Films by and about Asians and Pacific Islanders from around the world, spanning Asian American/Pacific Islander work and Asian international cinema.

The festival

Founded in 1983 by Visual Communications — the first US nonprofit dedicated to Asian American and Pacific Islander media — it is the largest film festival in Southern California devoted to Asian and Pacific Islander cinema, presenting roughly 150 films and media works annually.

Worth knowing

Its parent, Visual Communications, was founded in 1970 as the first nonprofit in the US dedicated to Asian American and Pacific Islander media arts.

How to attend

The public buys individual tickets and festival passes through the official festival site each year.

Official site →

Dates and programs change year to year — check the official site for the current edition.