11:00 - 5:30
The Center for Asian American Media (CAAM) presents a day of screenings, followed by a filmmaker discussion and q&a.
Screening One - Community Care: Documentary Features, Shorts Programs
Directed By Sami Khan
Each night after his shift Tarik, a South Asian American nurse, races against time to deliver expiring vaccines across Philadelphia.
Directed By Pj Raval
Three young Filipino women wrestle with the ramifications of the COVID-19 Pandemic and racial tensions.
Screening Two: Documentary Feature
Directed by Richard Lui
Unconditional is a film about three families setting off on journeys of self-discovery, taking on the most emotional topics of our day—physical and mental health. Not just the polar extremes portrayed in the media, it comes in hundreds of shades and in places we do not notice. We, with our loved ones, form a beautiful but complex social system and we are balancing individual mental health in a collective setting all the time. Filmed over seven years, Unconditional bravely explores a long arc of mental health that challenges over 50 million families each year. It chronicles three families (including filmmaker Richard Lui’s) in their journey of caregiving as they grapple with difficult realities and hidden wounds.
There will be an intermission between screening, and following the final screening there will be a filmmaker discussion with q&a.
Lights, Camera, Access!
4:30-5:30 PM
Join Grace Moss, global head of diversity pipeline programs for Warner Bros. Discovery, for a one-on-one chat with esteemed Director, WBTV Workshop alum and Bay Area native, Jennifer Phang. Learn all about the newest talent development initiatives that WBD Access has to offer and get some behind-the-scenes tips on breaking into the industry and advancing your career as a storyteller in such a complex landscape.
CAAMFest is the world’s largest showcase for new Asian American and Asian film, food and music programs, annually presenting over 100 works in San Francisco and Oakland. Since 1982, our film festival has been an important launching point for Asian American independent filmmakers as well as a vital source for new Asian cinema.
The Center for Asian American Media is a nonprofit organization dedicated to presenting stories that convey the richness and diversity of Asian American experiences to the broadest audience possible. We do this by funding, producing, distributing and exhibiting works in film, television and digital media. For 40 years, CAAM has exposed audiences to new voices and communities, advancing our collective understanding of the American experience through programs specifically designed to engage the Asian American community and the public at large.
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