Welcome to the 41st edition of the Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival, presented by Visual Communications.  In a time of social, cultural, and political divisiveness, we celebrate diverse storytellers who believe in the power of our stories to initiate change.  While media is weaponized to destroy, these filmmakers build and connect communities. 

Schedule

Thursday, May 1, 2025

5:00 pm - SURRENDER - 95 mins 

Venue: Directors Guild of America

5:30 pm - VC Archives Presents GRASSROOTS RISING - 57 mins

Venue: Directors Guild of America

7:00 pm - MOLOKA?I BOUND - 115 mins

Venue: Directors Guild of America

7:30 pm - 30 for 30: Coming Home - 82 mins

Venue: Directors Guild of America

8:00 pm - Let It Flow - 36 mins

Venue: Directors Guild of America

9:00 pm - CINEMA MUSICA: FESTIVAL LAUNCH PARTY - 105 mins

Venue: Directors Guild of America

9:30 pm - Cinema Musica: (Un)Spoken Feelings - 10 mins

Venue: Directors Guild of America

Friday, May 2, 2025

2:00 pm - WHERE THE LIGHT ENTERS YOU + ON HEALING LAND, BIRDS PERCH  - 71 mins

Venue: Directors Guild of America

4:00 pm - Pacific Cinewaves MAHU: A TRANS-PACIFIC LOVE LETTER - 30 mins

Venue: Directors Guild of America

5:00 pm - TRANSPLANT - 93 mins

Venue: Directors Guild of America

6:00 pm - Pacific Cinewaves: Sites of Memory in Oceania - 70 mins

Venue: Directors Guild of America

6:30 pm - LEE SOO MAN: KING OF K-POP - 107 mins

Venue: Landmark Theatres Sunset

8:00 pm - TINA - 124 mins

Venue: Directors Guild of America

8:30 pm - FOREVER WE ARE YOUNG - 91 mins

Venue: Directors Guild of America

9:00 pm - The Space Between 3.0 - 30 mins

Venue: Directors Guild of America

9:30 pm - Helter Shelter - 87 mins

Venue: Landmark Theatres Sunset

Saturday, May 3, 2025

11:00 am - Healing Water - 50 mins

Venue: Democracy Center @ JANM

12:00 pm - Indigenous NOW: Trees in the Wind - 88 mins

Venue: AMC Atlantic Times Square 14

12:30 pm - VOICES OF DEOLI - 85 mins

Venue: Democracy Center @ JANM

1:00 pm - LITTLE RED SWEET - 92 mins

Venue: AMC Atlantic Times Square 14

2:00 pm - STANDING ABOVE THE CLOUDS - 83 mins

Venue: Aratani Theatre @ JACCC

2:00 pm - Can I Borrow a Feeling? - 94 mins

Venue: AMC Atlantic Times Square 14

2:00 pm - OH, SAIGON: A WAR IN THE FAMILY - 57 mins

Venue: Gardena Cinema

3:00 pm - The Grocery List Show - 60 mins

Venue: Democracy Center @ JANM

3:00 pm - BITTERROOT - 86 mins

Venue: AMC Atlantic Times Square 14

4:00 pm - APT: Advanced Parenting Too - 91 mins

Venue: AMC Atlantic Times Square 14

4:30 pm - FROM OKINAWA WITH LOVE - 101 mins

Venue: Democracy Center @ JANM

5:00 pm - BLOSSOMS UNDER SOMEWHERE - 97 mins

Venue: AMC Atlantic Times Square 14

6:00 pm - THIRD ACT - 91 mins

Venue: Aratani Theatre @ JACCC

6:00 pm - MISTRESS DISPELLER - 94 mins

Venue: AMC Atlantic Times Square 14

7:00 pm - SOFTSHELL - 87 mins

Venue: AMC Atlantic Times Square 14

7:30 pm - YEAR OF THE CAT - 98 mins

Venue: Democracy Center @ JANM

8:00 pm - NEW WAVE - 88 mins

Venue: AMC Atlantic Times Square 14

9:00 pm - An Emotion - 85 mins

Venue: AMC Atlantic Times Square 14

Sunday, May 4, 2025

10:00 am - MAKING WAVES: THE RISE OF ASIAN AMERICA - 58 mins

Venue: Democracy Center @ JANM

12:00 pm - We Are More! Revisited - 87 mins

AMC Atlantic Times Square 14

12:00 pm - MANZANAR + OUT OF THE DUST - 35 mins

Venue: Democracy Center @ JANM

12:45 pm - LIGHT OF A SETTING SUN - 74 mins

Venue: AMC Atlantic Times Square 14

1:30 pm - At Crossed Roads - 95 mins

Venue: AMC Atlantic Times Square 14

2:15 pm - TE PUNA ORA (THE SOURCE OF LIFE) - 75 mins

Venue: AMC Atlantic Times Square 14

3:00 pm - CHINATOWN CHA-CHA - 85 mins

Venue: AMC Atlantic Times Square 14

3:45 pm - Borderlands - 83 mins

Venue: AMC Atlantic Times Square 14

4:30 pm - BETWEEN GOODBYES - 96 mins

Venue: AMC Atlantic Times Square 14

5:15 pm - Echoes From Beyond - 75 mins

Venue: AMC Atlantic Times Square 14

6:00 pm - Kuwentuhan Lives - 86 mins

Venue: AMC Atlantic Times Square 14

6:45 pm - #LIFE #TIMES - 94 mins

Venue: AMC Atlantic Times Square 14

7:30 pm - From Visions to Reel: Living Legacy - 74 mins

Venue: AMC Atlantic Times Square 14

Wednesday, May 7, 2025

6:00 pm - YONSEI - 37 mins

Venue: Democracy Center @ JANM

7:15 pm - A FLY ON THE WALL - 82 mins

Venue: Landmark Theatres Sunset

7:30 pm - MONGRELS - 110 mins

Venue: Democracy Center @ JANM

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Date: May 1 - 7, 2025

Venues:

AMC Atlantic Times Square 14 - 450 N Atlantic Blvd, Monterey Park, CA 91754

Aratani Theatre @ JACCC - 244 S San Pedro St Los Angeles, CA 90012

CENTRL OFFICE - 360 E 2nd St, Suite 800, Los Angeles, CA 90012

Democracy Center @ JANM - 100 N Central Ave Los Angeles, CA 90012

Directors Guild of America - 7920 W Sunset Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90046

Far Bar - 347 1st St, Los Angeles, CA 90012

Gardena Cinema - 14948 Crenshaw Blvd, Gardena, CA 90249

Landmark Theatres Sunset - 8000 W Sunset Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90046

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