The Center for Asian American Media presents CAAMFest36, a 15-day celebration of film, music and food. This year, we moved our fest to run right in the heart of Asian Pacific Heritage month, May 10 through the 24th. Featuring a diverse showcase of over 100 narratives, documentaries, concerts and special events, CAAMFest comes to life in over 20 venues across San Francisco and Oakland.
Highlights from this year's program include:
Gala Presentations:
An American Hero: Norman Mineta and his Legacy (Opening Night)
Bitter Melon
Origin Story
Aunt Lily’s Flower Book (Closing Night)
Special Presentations
Meditation Park
Come Drink with Me
Golden Swallow
Music and Live Performances
Heritage SF
Directions in Sound -
https://caamfest.com/2018/events/directions-in-sound/
Anatomy of a Music Video with Warren Fu -
https://caamfest.com/2018/events/anatomy-of-a-music-video-w-warren-fu/
Anatomy of a Music Video with Ruby Ibarra
Food
First Kitchen
Jimami Tofu
Lumpia (15th Anniversary)
Ulam: Main Dish
Narrative:
20 Weeks
Dead Pigs
Eat a Bowl of Tea (Out of the Vaults)
Go for Broke: An Origin Story
Half Window
I Can, I Will, I Did
Saving Sally
Stand Up Man
Unlovable
White Rabbit
Documentaries:
A Little Wisdom
A Time to Swim
Havana Divas
Late Life: The Chien-Ming Wang Story
Looking For?
Minding the Gap
Nailed It
The People’s Republic of Desire
The Registry
Shorts Programs:
Altered States
Episodics
Fighters & Dreamers
In Transition
Life, Animated
Made you a Mixtape
Out/Here
Women on the Rise
Check out the full program, watch trailers, and get tickets at
https://caamfest.com/2018/schedule/ .
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CAAMFest is the nation's largest showcase for new Asian American and Asian films in San Francisco, Berkeley and Oakland. Since 1982, the festival has been an important launching point for Asian American independent filmmakers as well as a vital source for new Asian cinema.
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