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CAAMFest Presented by the Center for Asian American Media, CAAMFest is the nation’s leading showcase for films from Asian America and beyond.

Celebrating its 44th year in May 2026. CAAMFest is the nation’s leading showcase for Asian and Asian American talent in film, food, music, and arts. CAAMFest takes place every May. Check CAAMFest.com for more programming and ticketing details. http://www.facebook.com/caamedia
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CAAM is proud to be a co-presenter for the Film Showcase at APAture 2026! Featuring works by Tianna Mae Andresen, Nathan...
10/09/2026

CAAM is proud to be a co-presenter for the Film Showcase at APAture 2026! Featuring works by Tianna Mae Andresen, Nathan Aurellano, Elenita Makani O'Malley, Mark Tran, and Kerry Wong, the showcase will be on Tuesday, October 27, 6:30-8:30pm at The Roxie. kearnystreet.org/apature-landing

We are so excited to be a co-presenter for 3rd I South Asian Films 's San Francisco International South Asian Film Festi...
10/02/2026

We are so excited to be a co-presenter for 3rd I South Asian Films 's San Francisco International South Asian Film Festival! Check out some selected titles, where you can use the code cp2026 for 25% off individual tickets.

🎞 A CELEBRATION OF THE EXTRAORDINARY WORK OF AVIE LUTHRA
October 9 @ 7:30 pm

For Opening Night, 3rd i Festival is thrilled to honor the creative genius of award-winning British-Indian director and screenwriter Avie Luthra with a showcase of his comedic, nuanced, complex, and socially insightful short films. Join us for an inspiring retrospective of his brilliant narratives that lift up stories of immigration, relationships, identity, gender, sexuality, and social justice, followed by a Q&A with the director!

For more information and discount tickets :
https://www.thirdi.org/event/a-celebration-of-the-extraordinary-work-of-avie-luthra/
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🎞 THE GREAT SHAMSUDDIN FAMILY
October 10 @ 5:15 pm

A witty, razor-sharp, heartwarming social satire, acclaimed filmmaker Anusha Rizvi directs her latest tour de force (her first film, PEEPLI LIVE, was India’s offering to the Academy Awards and the first Indian film to screen at Sundance). Set within a Delhi apartment and unfolding during one day, the comedy cleverly turns domestic chaos
into a microcosm of modern India.

For more information and tickets :
https://www.thirdi.org/event/the-great-shamsuddin-family/

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🎞 Ghost School
October 11 @ 2:00 pm

Magical, sweet, visually evocative, and gently paced, GHOST SCHOOL, directed by British-Pakistani filmmaker Seemab Gul, captures a child’s pursuit of answers in a community weighed down by fear of ghosts and misinformation.

For more information and tickets :
https://www.thirdi.org/event/ghost-school/

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🎞 The Loyal Man
October 11 @ 4:00 pm

THE LOYAL MAN, a riveting and romantic gangster thriller directed by audience favorite, French-Sri Lankan Lawrence Valin, is essential viewing for “Valin” fans. Following last year’s rave reviews for his sold-out opening night film LITTLE JAFFNA, 3rd i follows up with his first French-Sri Lankan Tamil film to immerse us in the gritty
underworld of iconic Paris, France.

For more details and tickets :
https://www.thirdi.org/event/the-loyal-man-2/

“Ashima” – a CAAM-funded documentary – will be showing at the Roxie Theater on Saturday, October 3 at 12:30 p.m. A CAAMF...
09/22/2026

“Ashima” – a CAAM-funded documentary – will be showing at the Roxie Theater on Saturday, October 3 at 12:30 p.m. A CAAMFest 2024 selection, one of the world’s youngest elite rock climbers, coached by her retired Butoh dancer father, strives to climb both one of the most difficult structures on the planet, as well as their own interpersonal struggles.

Director Kenji Tsukamoto will be in attendance for a Q&A immediately following the screening.

The Chinese Center of San Francisco Public Main Library will be having a screening of Felicia Lowe's "Chinatown" – an in...
09/10/2026

The Chinese Center of San Francisco Public Main Library will be having a screening of Felicia Lowe's "Chinatown" – an intimate look at San Francisco's oldest neighborhood and its 160-year history of isolation, racial and social injustice. The screening will be followed by a discussion between Lowe and SF Poet Laureate Genny Lim.

"Chinatown" is showing on Saturday, September 12 in Koret Auditorium at 1:00 PM.

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.

American Doctor starts playing in theaters today in Davis, Albany, Baltimore, Chicago, Denver, etc. Directed by Poh Si T...
09/04/2026

American Doctor starts playing in theaters today in Davis, Albany, Baltimore, Chicago, Denver, etc. Directed by Poh Si Teng, three American doctors volunteer at besieged hospitals in Gaza, before returning home to fight for their patients and colleagues left behind.

J-SEI will host a free screening of Nisha Balaram's MEALS THAT MADE US on Sunday, August 16 at 11am, 2pm, and 4pm (with ...
08/11/2026

J-SEI will host a free screening of Nisha Balaram's MEALS THAT MADE US on Sunday, August 16 at 11am, 2pm, and 4pm (with tickets still available for 4pm showing) as part of their Sunday Funday event. This CAAM-produced documentary series features Asian American chefs, farmers, and community leaders throughout the San Francisco Bay Area, who use food as a way to connect to heritage, each other, and the future. Balaram and one of the subjects of the series, Chef Yuji Ishikata, will be in attendance for a Q&A afterwards. Please be sure to RSVP ahead of time.

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08/05/2026

Listen to Curtis Chin. He knows what he’s doing.

08/01/2026

See a free screening of THE AUNTIE SEWING SQUAD RESISTANCE PLAYBOOK, directed by Valerie Soe. This CAAM-funded documentary was a hit at CAAMFest. Now it’s back in San Francisco at the Koret Auditorium on Saturday, August 15 at 1:00 PM.

When a mask shortage during the COVID-19 pandemic leads performance artist, Kristina Wong, into creating a grassroots collective of BIPOC women to volunteer to fill that gap, it grew into a movement to protect those at risk, all while navigating systemic inequalities.

Please stick around afterwards for a Q&A and book signing for Wong’s AUNTIE KRISTINA’S GUIDE TO ASIAN AMERICAN ACTIVISM.

07/31/2026

The newest Filmmaker Summit video is now in the CAAM Channel!

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