Candace Ho is reanimating her story.
Premiered at the Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival under the Armed With a Camera Fellowship, “w(HO)” is a mixed-media animation short film documenting director, writer and co-producer Candace Ho’s experience discovering her womanhood and sexuality.

Sometimes an unexpected blessing brings a much-needed conversation.
Through nonprofit organization Visual Communications’ Armed With a Camera Fellowship, graduate student in directing Ziyao Liu premiered her short film “The Blessing” on Thursday at the Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival, which is running until Friday.

Sarah Dessen is teaching Netflix viewers to carpe diem.
Releasing Friday, Dessen’s novel-turned-film “Along For The Ride” follows recent high school graduate Auden (Emma Pasarow), who visits her father in the small beach town of Colby where she meets Eli (Belmont Cameli), a bike store owner who shares her struggle to cope with the past.

From lighthearted rom-coms to blood-curdling horror flicks, movies tend to follow a formula for storytelling made successful by the predecessors of their genres. Given the recurring character and narrative archetypes that characterize each genre, people have come to know and identify with these tropes by relating them to their own lives.

Countries and artistic mediums are being brought into conversation through “Taiwan in Dialogue.”
Hosted by the UCLA Center for Chinese Studies, the lecture series features dialogues with Taiwanese American directors Arvin Chen and Feng-I Fiona Roan.

Iranian cinema is hitting the ground – and the road – running with its newest celebration of film.
The UCLA Film & Television Archive and Farhang Foundation are continuing their tradition of embracing Iranian cinema since the event’s start in 1990.

From lighthearted rom-coms to blood-curdling horror flicks, movies tend to follow a formula for storytelling made successful by the predecessors of their genres. Given the recurring character and narrative archetypes that characterize each genre, people have come to know and identify with these tropes by relating them to their own lives.