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Tag Archives: CAAMFest
CAAMFest 2026 Film Review: The Auntie Sewing Squad Resistance Playbook
Overview of The Auntie Sewing Squad Resistance Playbook I’ve known professor and filmmaker Valerie Soe ever since she started producing her documentary film, Love Boat: Taiwan, where I eventually became a minor producer, interview subject, and archival footage provider. So … Continue reading
CAAMFest 2026 Film Review: Breaking the Code (some spoilers)
While looking through the CAAMFest 2026 online guide, the documentary Breaking the Code, caught my eye. After seeing the film, I regret not being able to see the film in-person, especially since the subject of the film, Kanwal Rekhi and … Continue reading
CAAMFest 2026: Opening Night featuring ‘The A List: 15 Stories from Asian and Pacific Diasporas’ & Gala
One of my favorite events in the San Francisco Bay Area since moving here in 1999 is attending CAAMFest. CAAM stands for the Center for Asian American Media. CAAMFest 2026 celebrated its 44th year as the nation’s leading showcase for … Continue reading
CAAMFest 2025 Opening Night featuring Third Act
18 One of my favorite annual events I’ve enjoyed after moving to the San Francisco Bay Area in 1999 is CAAMFest. Prior to 2013, CAAMFest was known as the San Francisco International Asian American Film Festival. This year’s CAAMFest was … Continue reading
CAAMFest 2024: And So It Begins – Review and Q&A with Maria Ressa and Filmmakers
If you’ve been following me on 8Asians, you will know that I follow politics worldwide and not just in the United States. So when I came across this CAAMFest closing night film, the documentary And So It Begins, I had … Continue reading
Posted in Current Events, Local, Movies, Politics, San Francisco Bay Area
Tagged And So It Begins, CAAMFest, CAMMFest 2024, documentary, Maria Ressa, Philippines, Politics
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CAAMFest 2024: Smoking Tigers
I wasn’t able to see an in person screening of Smoking Tigers at CAAMFest but given the topic, I thought I would be interested in the film and thought I’d watch the screener: “Hayoung, a Korean American teenager dealing with her … Continue reading
Posted in 8mm Film Review, Entertainment, Movies
Tagged Abin Andrews, CAAM, CAAMFest, Jeong Jun-ho, Ji-young Yoo, Smoking Tigers, So Young Shelly Yo
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CAAMFest 2024: The Lyricist Wannabe – Mini-Review & Post-screening Q&A
Earlier this year, I attended a Hong Kong Economic & Trade Office – San Francisco (HKETO-SF) event in Silicon Valley and had met the director Norris Wong. I subsequently got invited to CAAMFest supported Hong Kong films, including The Lyricist … Continue reading
Posted in 8mm Film Review, 8Series, Local, San Francisco Bay Area
Tagged CAAMFest, CAAMFest 2024, Cantonese, Cantopop, Hong Kong, hong kong cinema
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CAAMFest 2024: A Great Divide – Post Screening Q & A
I had seen A Great Divide last fall at the Silicon Valley Asian Pacific FilmFest (SVAPFF). I enjoyed the film and would at least see it again at CAAMFest if only to see director Jean Shim to say hi. As … Continue reading
Posted in Entertainment, Local, Movies, San Francisco Bay Area
Tagged A Great Divide, CAAMFest, CAAMFest 2024, Jean Shim
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CAAMFest 2024: Light of the Setting Sun
Going into this film, I didn’t know much about Light of the Setting Sun except from the CAAMFest program description: “Candid conversations meet photographic scenes, as the details of violence begin to take shape, and we witness how deep the … Continue reading
CAAMFest 2024: “Home Court” – The Basketball Journey of Ashley Chea
Director Erica Tanamachi, Producer Jenn Lee Smith, Executive Producer Diane Quon, and Writer/Editor Jean Kawahara Home Court was one of the CAAMFest 2024 films I was most excited to screen: “Ashley Chea is a Cambodian American basketball phenom. Home Court, … Continue reading
Posted in 8mm Film Review, 8Series, Local, Movies, San Francisco Bay Area, Sports
Tagged Ashley Chea, basketball, CAAMFest, CAAMFest 2024, Cambodian Americans, Home Court, Jeremy Lin, Princeton
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CAAMFest 2024 Returns May 9-19: Shining Light on Asian American Stories
The Center for Asian American Media (CAAM) recently announced its fully in-person program for CAAMFest 2024, which will take place May 9-19, 2024 in San Francisco and Oakland. This year’s festival will include over 35 programs that will spotlight film, … Continue reading
Posted in Entertainment, Local, Movies, San Francisco Bay Area
Tagged Admissions Granted, CAAMFest, San Francisco
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Nǎi Nai and Wài Pó: Review and Q&A with Oscar Nominated filmmaker Sean Wang
One of the things I have loved about living in the San Francisco Bay Area since I had moved out here in 1999 has been attending CAAMFest, or what it was known previous, as the San Francisco International Asian American … Continue reading
Posted in 8mm Film Review, 8Series, Entertainment, Local, Movies, San Francisco Bay Area, TV
Tagged CAAMFest, Movie Review, Nai Nai & Wài Pó, San Francisco, Sean Wang
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