Program Book 2016

12:00 pm – 2:00 pm Sunday,
April
WELCOME TO HAPPY DAYS 24th
Directed By Eric Chou (1 hour 45 min)

2:00 pm – 4:00 pm

SHORTS SHOWCASE A: Love and Family

SOPHIE by Alle Hsu
ALL MEN ARE FLOWERS by Shirley Kim-ryu
PLEASE NOTE….There is a full frontal male nudity scene…
TALKING TO MY MOTHER by Leon Le
THE STORY OF 90 COINS by Michael Wong
IN SEARCH OF by Paul Dombrovskis
COPPER WIRE by Hasan Najmabadi
YOUR RING NO LONGER FIT by Laurence Tong
THE LEES OF LA by Phong Le

Community Partner: DC Shorts

4:00 pm – 6:00 pm

SHORTS SHOWCASE B: Youth and War

BE ABOUT IT by Christopher Wong
FALL SEVEN TIMES, GET UP EIGHT: THE JAPANESE WAR BRIDES
by Lucy Craft
NOODLE DELI by David Liu
NOIR by Soyeon Kim
HANDSEL GRETEL by Soyeon Kim
Community Partner: DC Shorts

Filmmakers: Kathryn Tolbert and Karen Kasmasuki will be in
attendance…

7:30-9:00 PM

CLOSING NIGHT RECEPTION W/ ENTERTAINMENT

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3:00 pm – 4:30 pm Saturday,
April
CINEMA AND ITS HISTORY 23rd

TO DIE OR TO DREAM (Short)
THE TAKE OVER (Feature)

Community Partners: DC Independent Film Festival, Docs in
Progress

4:30 pm – 6:00 pm

6:30p - 8:00p THE COST OF BEAUTY

SCRIPT TO SCREEN CONTEST SUNSET COSMETICS (Short)
PAINTED NAILS (Feature)
DC Asian Pacific American Film Festival is launching a new type of short
screenplay contest. Submit a short screenplay 10 pages or less to our Community Partners: Women in Film and Video
2016 Film Festival. The winning script will be produced in partnership with
Dimension FX Studios and OZ Productions, which will supply a 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm
professional crew, lights, and a Red Epic Dragoon camera package to
bring the film to life…Come and help decide whose script will be made MEANING OF FAMILY
into a movie!
FINDING CLEVELAND (Short) + REUNIFICATION (Feature)
SCRIPT FINALIST………….. Community Partners: The Immigration Film Festival

 The Importance of Finding the Other by Marcey Lynn 8:00 pm – 10:00 pm

Frutchey…..Iris is a little girl on a mission to discover what it means to be FOR THE SPORTS LOVER
an “other.”
CROSS (Short)
 Hide and Seek by Shoshana Rosenbaum…..A rock musician JIAOLIAN “COACH” (Feature)

turned stay-at-home dad makes an impulsive wish during a chance Community Partner: DC Chinese Film Festival, The Chinese
encounter with a former bandmate. A game of hide-and-seek with his Youth Club of Washington, DC
child sends him into an alternative reality where his wish comes true.

 Rock Bottom by Ilyanna Espiritu…..A twenty something year old

woman is brought out of her funk by the six year old boy she baby sits.
The Complication by Harsh Voruganti…..Ram, a gay Indian American
man eager to end his troubled relationship with boyfriend Josh, finds his

plans stymied when Josh proposes to him. 

12:00 pm – 1:30 pm Thursday,
April
YOUTH & THEIR STORIES 21st

POV YOUTH (AALEAD) SHORT (Short) 8:00p - 10:00p
BREATIN’: THE EDDY ZHENG STORY (Feature)
ROAD TO PERDITION
Community Partner: Asian American Student Union @
American University, DC Chinese Film Festival, The Chinese Directed By Yaser Talebi (1 hr:25 min / Dark Comedy / Iran)
Youth Club of Washington, DC Community Partners:

1:30 pm – 3:00 pm Two portable mechanic men get involved into an accident. The accident is
an opportunity for them to possess half a million USD. They are on the
REEL WOMEN: SPECIAL PANEL track which turns decision-making difficult for them, not knowing that the
W/ API WOMEN FILMMAKERS owner of the money has already made his decision and…

Community Partners: Women in Film and Video 10:00p - 11:30p
We have all read about lack of representation of women in
the film & television industry. With Vimeo and other programs OPENING NIGHT RECEPTION
designed to give women opportunities to succeed in the @ Atlantic Plumbing Cinema
film, there is still a lack of representation. How do we create
a sustainable industry where women have a space to thrive Cash Bar Specials (Specials: $2 off all drafts and specialty cocktails. All
and succeed. Join industry experts as we discuss this very rail drinks will be priced at $6. $2 off Narragansett and $10 for a
current topic! Narrangansett and rail liquor shot combo.)
PANEL MODERATOR: Melissa Houghton, Executive
Join us as we kick off our Sweet 16!
Director, Women in Film and Video
PANELIST: Marissa Aroy, Director of Delano Manongs Sponsors:
PANELIST: Peilin Kuo, Director of To Die to Dream Inktip, Dimension FX Studios, Oz Productions, and OCTFME
PANELIST: Rhonda Mendoza
Community Partners:
Filmmakers: Peilin Kuo, Dianne Griffin, Baldwin Chiu, Alvin Our City Film Festival, The DC Palestinian Film and Arts Festival, Reel
Tsang, Gerry Maravilla, and Esteban Arguello will in
attendance… Independent Film Extravaganza

12:00 pm – 1:30 pm Friday,
April
COMMUNITY SCREENING 22nd

Embassy of Philippines 5:00 pm – 8:00 pm
1600 Massachusetts Avenue,
Washington DC NW 20036 6:00 pm (Monologue Filming Starts)
REEL SOCIAL: ACTOR’S NETWORKING EVENT
Sponsor: Embassy of Philippines
Community Partners: Freer Gallery, Immigration Film Sponsor: SAG AFTRA
Festival, Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center Community Partner: DC Casting

FILMMAKER AND ACTOR EDUCATION SERIES 8:00 pm – 10:00 pm

1:30 – 4:00 PM SOMEONE ELSE
Directed by Nelson Kim
SEED and SPARK: Crowdfunding to Build Confidence Community Partners: Conference on Asian Pacific American
Sponsor: Seed and Spark Leadership
Community Partners: DC Filmmakers, DC Media Makers
Filmmaker, Nelson Kim will be in attendance…
4:00-5:00 PM
For More Information Click Here or visit www.apafilm.org
SAG-AFTRA: The Benefits of SAG-AFTRA Membership
Sponsor: SAG AFTRA
Community Partners: DC Casting, DC Filmmakers, DC Media
Makers

5:00-6:00 PM

SAG-AFTRA: How to Work with SAG-AFTRA Actors
Sponsor: SAG AFTRA
Community Partners: DC Filmmakers, DC Media Makers