FILM SCREENINGS
Local Screenings
In addition to our popular film festival (SVAPFF), the Contemporary Asian Theater Scene celebrates the successes of AAPI filmmakers and offers special screenings throughout the year.
Upcoming film screenings will be posted here so stay tuned!
PAST EVENTS
The Boy and the Heron (2024)
Mahito, a young 12-year-old boy, struggles to settle in a new town after his mother's death. However, when a talking heron informs Mahito that his mother is still alive, he enters an abandoned tower in search of her, which takes him to another world.
DEALING WITH DAD (2023)
Dealing with Dad is an award-winning film, based in Milpitas, and humorously deals with the cross-cultural issue of how a family deals with mental health.
FIND ME (2022)
Find Me is a story of a man searching for his friend who leaves clues for him in National Parks across the West. The film features stunning footage of such locations as Zion National Park, Death Valley and Yosemite.
The Untold Story: Internment of Japanese Americans in Hawaii (2013)
Documentary about the little know story of Japanese American internment in Hawai’i during WWII
INFINITY & CHASHU RAMEN (2003)
The univers unfolds a little differently in Japantown, a sleepy little neighborhood in the heart of San Francisco.