The 42nd Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival (VC Film Fest), presented by Visual Communications, runs virtually and in person from April 29 to May 3, 2026 and features a lineup of productions by Asian and Pacific Islander artists from across the globe.
Narrative Features
- Lucky Lu (2025), directed by Lloyd Lee Choi
- PINCH (2025), directed by Uttera Singh
- Diamonds in the Sand (2024), directed by Janus Victoria
- Honeyjoon (2025), directed by Lilian T. Mehrel
- 1001 Frames (2025), directed by Mehrnoush Alia
Documentary Features
- 10s Across the Borders (2025), directed by Sze-Wei Chan
- Chasing the Star (2025), directed by Yuzhu Hao and Yanv Chen
- Before the Moon Falls (2025), directed by Kimberlee Bassford
- Always (2025), directed by Deming Chen
- The Auntie Sewing Squad Resistance Playbook (2026), directed by Valerie Soe
- TOITŪ Visual Sovereignty (2025), directed by Chelsea Winstanley
- Y Vân: The Lost Sounds of Saigon (2025), directed by Khoa Ha and Victor Velle
Live Action Shorts
- Agapito (2025), directed by Arvin Belarmino and Kyla Romero
- When the Tiger Roars, directed by Lam Can-zhao
- Out of Eden, directed by Siege Ledesma
- What Have You Done Zarina?, directed by Camila Sagyntkan
- The Return, directed by Marina Alofagia McCartney
- Glide (all the people i’ll never be), directed by Li Anne Liew
- A South Facing Window, directed by Lkhagvadulam Purev-Ochir
- Ordinary Life, directed by Yoriko Mizushiri
- Insider, directed by Longyin Zhou
- Ran Som, directed by Richard Dang
- Trading Cards (2026), directed by Radheya Jang
- Besieged (Dar Mohasereh), directed by Kiarash Ardeshirpour
- Socks, directed by Todd Karehana
- We Buy Gold, directed by David Huang and Albie Smith-Chang
- The Arrangements, directed by Sonny Ganaden
- ENA (2025), directed by Takashi Satoh
- I Saw You in the Flood, directed by Kevin Xian Ming Yu
- Shitfly, directed by Julian Park
Documentary Shorts
- Still Standing (2026), directed by Víctor Tadashi Suarez and Livia Albeck-Ripka
- Correspondence, directed by Paul Oh
- In Conversation with Dan Taulapapa McMullin, directed by Angelique Kalani Axelrode
- Correct Me If I’m Wrong, directed by Hao Zhou
- Harvest Party at Camp Two (2026), directed by Rajan Gill and Reaa Puri
- Somewhere, I Exist, directed by Aaron Madrigal
- MONI, directed by Sungbin Moon
- Barrio Chino Havana (2026), directed by Jalena Keane-Lee and Dr. Kiona
- Ani Liu: Eye Heart Womb, directed by Miao Wang
- In the Morning Sun, directed by Serville Poblete
- Sole, directed by Haneol Lee
- Mr. Ramen (2026), directed by Shubhra Dubey and Mia Hagerty
The largest festival of its kind in Southern California, LAAPFF is an Academy Award®-qualifying film festival for the Short Film Awards. For program and ticket information, please visit festival.vcmedia.org.
