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CAAMFest 2027 Call for Entries is now open!Each year, the festival brings together audiences from the Bay Area and beyon...
10/16/2026

CAAMFest 2027 Call for Entries is now open!

Each year, the festival brings together audiences from the Bay Area and beyond to experience films that create conversations and connections.

For over forty years, CAAMFest has been more than a showcase—it’s been a gathering place where filmmakers, artists, and communities reflect on the narratives that shape our times, opened doors and highlighted stories from Asian America and beyond. We look forward to discovering your stories.

Submit early to benefit from reduced entry fees.
📅 Early Bird Deadline: November 16, 2026
First comment: Learn more & submit: https://filmfreeway.com/CAAMFest

10/15/2026

We’re excited to announce that we’ve received a $1M grant from the Mellon Foundation to support CAAM’s Memories to Light initiative that digitizes and archives Asian American home movies and makes the footage available to filmmakers and the public. Over five years, this investment will help us build our infrastructure and financial resiliency to sustain this critical audiovisual archive.

These video clips show some highlights of the home movie footage we’ve already digitized and archived since Memories to Light was founded in 2013 – as well as some new images from San Francisco photographer Bob Hsiang that we are adding to our collection.

Memories to Light footage has already been used in acclaimed documentaries such as the PBS Asian Americans series, the Emmy Award-winning documentary Free Chol Soo Lee, and The Chinese Exclusion Act. Footage donated by the Bohulano family of Stockton, California was inducted into the Library of Congress’ National Film Archives in 2023, proving the historic significance of these moving images.

Credit: Bohulano, Fulbeck, Brian Gee, Inoue, Ishikawa, Jue, Lei, David Leong, Takemoto families, Bob Hsiang Photography

Editing: Nisha Balaram

Music Credit: “In the Temple Garden” by Aaron Kenny

Visit the CAAM website to learn more and stay tuned to learn more about the next chapter of this important resource.

Silicon Valley Asian Pacific FilmFest is happening from Thursday, October 22-Sunday, October 25, and there are several C...
10/14/2026

Silicon Valley Asian Pacific FilmFest is happening from Thursday, October 22-Sunday, October 25, and there are several CAAM-affiliated titles in this year's lineup!
🎞 HOOP LIKE THIS (CAAMFest 2026 selection, directed by Shubhangi Shekhar)
🎞 THE MAKING OF KANGIE (directed by Derek Nakamoto, featuring footage from our Memories to Light Collection and will be followed by a performance by Nobuko Miyamoto)
🎞 BRIDGING OUR STORIES (directed by CAAM Fellow Rafael Bitanga)

https://svapfilmfest.org/ticket-info

Filmmakers and content creators: Learn more about this opportunity to receive funding from The Asian American Foundation...
09/16/2026

Filmmakers and content creators: Learn more about this opportunity to receive funding from The Asian American Foundation and create original short digital stories to expand the awareness of AAPIs in the United States. The deadline is coming up on October 7 so read below for more details.

25 years ago, the world changed as we know it. Executive Director Don Young reflects back on how 9/11 marked a turning p...
09/11/2026

25 years ago, the world changed as we know it. Executive Director Don Young reflects back on how 9/11 marked a turning point in both political and communal divisions, as well as growth and maturation in Asian American storytelling.

Read the full statement in the latest edition of CAAM Connect.

If you're in NYC, you have a chance to experience the works of Christine Choy’s five-decade career of documenting the ex...
09/08/2026

If you're in NYC, you have a chance to experience the works of Christine Choy’s five-decade career of documenting the experience of communities often overlooked. Who Killed Vincent Chin? Will be showing on September 11 and 13, and Ha Ha Shanghai will be showing on September 12 at Anthology Film Archives.

CAAM is supporting the digital food series SPICE ROAD! This season it focuses on South Asian foods in the Midwest… like ...
09/01/2026

CAAM is supporting the digital food series SPICE ROAD! This season it focuses on South Asian foods in the Midwest… like gulab jamon cheesecake croissant and other delicious flavors…

We'd love to know... What Asian American stories are you watching this week?
09/01/2026

We'd love to know... What Asian American stories are you watching this week?

Kirthi Nath’s will be featured as part of Cinema as Prayer: A Night of Q***r South Asian Films. Together with Longing ...
08/14/2026

Kirthi Nath’s will be featured as part of Cinema as Prayer: A Night of Q***r South Asian Films. Together with Longing Suite by Lata Mani and Nicolás Grandi, these two poetic films touch on the topics of long, belonging, and spiritual transformation. A Q&A with the filmmakers will be moderated by Madeleine Lim, Executive and Artistic Director of QWOCMAP.

Cinema as Prayer will be held on Wednesday, August 19 at 6:15pm at Rialto Cinemas Elwood in Berkeley.

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