In one part of the world, the country breaks into revolution. At the same time in another, a young woman gets elected as the first Asian American to hold her political title. Wherever something is happening, and whatever that something is, someone’s life ...
Care, COVID, and colonialism: A uniquely Filipino American story in ‘Nurse Unseen’
Michele Josue highlights the virtually untold story of Filipino nurses Stories of Filipino nurses are made visible in the documentary “Nurse Unseen” by Emmy award-winning documentarian Michele Josue. The 90-minute feature tells the stories of Filipino nur ...
‘Leading from the Front’ of Asian American Identity
The zeitgeist of Asians in the United States is defined by questions: How do we bear the sacrifices of our families who decided to stake our futures on this land? With whom do we connect as a nationality defined by the world’s ethnicities? And as we look ...
International Fame through Faith: “Singing in the Wilderness”
“Singing in the Wilderness” is a documentary about a Miao ethnic Christian choir group in China. After a century of living in the mountains, this choir group gets a chance to sing on the world stage. Their faith is questioned as they try to find success. ...
AAIFF46 Open for Submissions
Submissions for the 46th Asian American International Film Festival (AAIFF46) are open! This year’s festival will be from July 26 – Aug 6, 2023, in the form of a hybrid festival: a mixture of online screenings with limited in-person events in NYC. Dea ...
Our Stories Start With You on Giving Tuesday
Seasons Greetings, Thank you for joining Asian CineVision as we celebrated our milestone 45th Asian American International Film Festival (AAIFF45). We invite you to reflect with us as we conclude 2022. AAIFF45 was a work of laughter, frustration, an ...
Iris Yamashita: extraordinarily under-appreciated screenwriter
The Woman Who Penned 'Letters from Iwo Jima' Has Never Stopped Writing “If our children can sleep safely for one more day, it would be worth the one more day that we defend this island!” So declares General Tadamichi Kuribayashi, played by Ken Watanabe ...
Finding the universal in ‘It’s a Mad Mad Multiverse’
Dreams, reality, folklore, and everything in between: “It’s a Mad Mad Multiverse” encompasses it all. The collection of shorts traverses unique universes but the themes are universal, covering guilt, trauma, grief, longing, nostalgia, and friendship. Here ...
No New Wave
A movie about filmmaking dreams in its lowest tide This article may contain spoilers. New York City – a sight that gives optimism, especially when your point of view is from the outside looking in. “No New Wave,” the debut feature film by Ziwei Yao, open ...