VC Film Festival

Islands

By Alex Saveliev | October 2021

LOS ANGELES ASIAN AMERICAN FILM FESTIVAL 2021 REVIEW! There’s an extended shot of a microwave oven in Martin Edralin’s low-key drama, Islands,…

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LOS ANGELES ASIAN AMERICAN FILM FESTIVAL 2021 REVIEW! There's an extended shot of a microwave oven in Martin Edralin's low-key drama, Islands, its timer...

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LOS ANGELES ASIAN PACIFIC FESTIVAL 2021 REVIEW! Definition Please tells the story of overcoming obstacles and dealing with terrifying life choices....

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LOS ANGELES ASIAN PACIFIC FILM FESTIVAL 2021 REVIEW! There is no shortage of stories about the fractured state of policing in the United States. A Shot...

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LOS ANGELES ASIAN PACIFIC FILM FESTIVAL 2021 REVIEW! The Rescue, from Jimmy Chin and Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi, the directors of Free Solo, tells the...

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LOS ANGELES ASIAN PACIFIC FILM FESTIVAL 2021 REVIEW! Try Harder! by Debbie Lum follows five seniors attending Lowell High School in San Francisco (one of...

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LOS ANGELES ASIAN PACIFIC FILM FESTIVAL 2021 REVIEW! In the documentary Faceless, director Jennifer Ngo provides a street-level view of the 2019 protests...

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Writer and director Kayla Tong's Home is Where the Sunsets hits on a common theme for many immigrants: home. Alison (April Lam) is a young woman living in...

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NEW TO HULU! What do President Jimmy Carter, Cambodian refugees, and donuts have in common? Director Alice Gu's The Donut King answers that question in a...

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NEW TO THEATERS! In The Paper Tigers, writer/director Bao Tran puts a North American and indie spin on the martial arts genre. The story centers on a...

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LOS ANGELES ASIAN PACIFIC FILM FESTIVAL 2020 REVIEW! When I was a kid, I asked my mom if I could be an actor. She immediately grounded me and sent me off...

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