Every May, thousands of people celebrate Asian Pacific American Heritage month by supporting local businesses and artisans of Asian and Pacific Islander Heritage. This year, May also marks the third month since the COVID-19 pandemic changed everyone's plans. This includes the Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival (LAAPFF) which is now on its 36th year. ...
CAAMFest Online Launches
[caption id="attachment_1151" align="alignleft" width="1774"] Still from the short Mother Tongue, directed by Eris Qian.[/caption] The Center for Asian American Media (CAAM), like many other organizations and film festivals, has turned to virtual programming to reach their audience as COVID-19 forces ...
DC APA Film Festival Celebrates 20 Years Online
Yesterday marked, not just the first day of May, but also the beginning of National Asian Pacific American Heritage Month. And thanks to COVID-19 shut downs, several Asian and Asian American film festivals across the U.S. who didn't cancel their ...
Featured Filmmaker of the Month: Zorinah Juan
Film Fest Magazine is officially kicking off a new series! Each month, we’ll be featuring a Filmmaker of the Month. We’ll interview indie filmmakers from across the U.S. and around the world, ask them how they got started and find ...
Staying Sharp Between Projects
It's been over a month since the entertainment industry, along with most of the world's businesses, has shut down as a result of COVID-19. Many actors now find themselves in between gigs or waiting for postponed jobs to begin once ...
Festivals Canceled or Postponed Due to COVID-19
For your information, here is a list of international film, music and arts festivals that have been postponed or canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. We will continuously update this list as we receive information. COVID-19 Festival Cancelations and Postponements ...
My Off-Broadway Debut Was Thwarted by Coronavirus…
... Here's What I Did Instead. Two weeks ago, I received an offer that would have symbolized the culmination of my first year as an artist in New York. Three days later, I was back home in Maryland fleeing COVID-19-related ...
COVID-19 and Film Festivals: What Do We Do Now?
COVID-19 has thrown a serious monkey-wrench is the 2020 festival season with hundreds of events either being postponed or canceled. Could this mean the end of the traditional film festival as we know it, or is it a speed bump ...