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A Mind-Hacker’s Guide to Understanding & Healing Trauma

Special Event A Mind-Hacker’s Guide to Understanding & Healing Trauma 4-4:30pm
Due Quach, Founder and CEO Calm Clarity

All Access Festival Badge

Film All Access Festival Badge An All-Access Badge is the best way to fest in 2019 (November 7 – 17).

American Peril: Imagining the Foreign Threat Portrait Preview & Panel Discussion

Special Event American Peril: Imagining the Foreign Threat Portrait Preview & Panel Discussion 11am-12pm
Dr. Fariha Khan, Associate Director of the Asian American Studies, University of Pennsylvania
Masaru Ed Nakawatase, 3rd generation Japanese…

Appropriation or Appreciation Workshop

Special Event Appropriation or Appreciation Workshop Artist Jason Chu, featured as a member of NITEMRKT in the Asian American Hip Hop Showcase, will present…

Artist Bash

Special Event Artist Bash Since 2017, PAAFF has been a founding partner of the Barnes Foundation event series titled Artist Bash. This…

Artist Talk: Michelle Lopez

Special Event Artist Talk: Michelle Lopez In conjunction with her exhibition Ballast & Barricades (on view at the Institute of Contemporary Art until May…

Asian American Cinema: Past, Present, & Future

Special Event Asian American Cinema: Past, Present, & Future 4:30-5pm
Rob Buscher, PAAFF Festival Director
Selena Yip, PAAFF Communications Director

Bamboo Dogs

Film Bamboo Dogs Directed by Khavn 12:45pm
Four criminals, four cops in a van. On what should have been just another night on the…

Bed & Breakfast

Film Bed & Breakfast Directed by Anna Mikami “Bed and Breakfast” focuses on the coincidental intertwining of two couples in a serene B&B and the history…

Burdens We Share

Program Burdens We Share Whether focused on the bond between a mother and her child or the desperate urge to make memories…

Care For You

Film Care For You Directed by OHYUNG In an empty diner, two solitary lovers enter an ethereal world where intimacy runs free.

Engaged

Film Engaged Directed by David Scala “Engaged” is an LGBTQ+ romantic comedy that follows Darren, who keeps trying—and failing—to propose to his boyfriend Elliot.

Chinatown Rising

Film Chinatown Rising Directed by Harry Chuck and Josh Chuck Against the backdrop of the Civil Rights Movement of the mid-1960s, a young San Francisco Chinatown resident armed…

Chinese Breakfast

Film Chinese Breakfast Directed by Maria Isabel Burnes Discover the secret of how gastronomically delightful Chinese breakfast became a Panamanian tradition!

Cosplayer

Film Cosplayer Directed by Yingsiwat Yamolyong This documentary delves into the little-known world of soldier cosplay subculture in Thailand.

Dance Artist: Annielille Gavino

Special Event Dance Artist: Annielille Gavino Filipinx dance artist Annielille Gavino will present a mixed media film and dance performance as part of the…

Daniel Park: Emma Stone

Special Event Daniel Park: Emma Stone 11am-12:30pm
Emma Stone (working title) is a collaboratively created solo-performance by Daniel Park and Dean Rawlins. Mixing stand-up comedy,…

Dear Friend Chinatown

Film Dear Friend Chinatown Directed by Winter Tian Leng A cinematic and poetic exploration of the space and time in Chinatown of Downtown Manhattan, Dear Friend Chinatown...

Devon

Film Devon Directed by Eiko Fan Devon is a young man who creates his paintings with gentle movements of his fingers.

Documenting Asian American Community Music Ensembles: An Initiative of the Music of Asian America Research Center

Special Event Documenting Asian American Community Music Ensembles: An Initiative of the Music of Asian America Research Center 10-11am
Panel: Eric Hung, Victoria Huynh, Joe X. Jiang