The Second Annual JANM ID Film Fest

The second annual ID Film Fest, a festival dedicated to contemporary digital films that explore and celebrate identity within the diverse Asian/Pacific Islander community, will present an international and local line-up of films Thursday, Oct. 1 through Saturday, Oct. 3. The films will be showcased at the Japanese American National Museum’s state of the art Democracy Forum in the National Center for the Preservation of Democracy, located at 111 N. Central Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90012.

Organized by co-programmers Quentin Lee and the National Museum’s Koji Sakai, the ID Film Fest will premiere several Hong Kong films in addition to showcasing Asian American films from the class of 1997.

Known as the unofficial “Asian American New Wave of 1997,” many of these films were groundbreaking within the Asian American film community. The film festival will also present a number of poignant short films that focus on Japanese American identity.

FREE for JANM members; $5 non-members per program. Or you can buy a festival pass for $30. (Unless otherwise noted.)

For more information about any of these films, please visit janm.org/events (click to October) to see a description of the films.

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 1:

8 PM - OPENING NIGHT ($5.00 for Museum members, $8.00 non-members)
*Seikaku (Directed by Jaysn Kim)
*Sunsets (Directed by Michael Aki & Eric Nakamura): A special
never-before-seen new cut.This film is part of our Class of 1997 retrospective.

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 2:

6 PM - Three Narrow Gates (Directed by Vincent Chui): US Premier. This film is
part of our spotlight on Hong Kong Independent films

8 PM - King of Spy (Directed by Chu Ka Yat): US Premier. This film is part of
our spotlight on Hong Kong Independent films.

10 PM - Citizen King (Directed by Johnson Lee & Ching Long): US Premier. This
film is part of our spotlight on Hong Kong Independent films.

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 3:

12 PM - Lovers on the Road (Directed by Jessey Tsang): US Premier. This film
is part of our spotlight on Hong Kong Independent films

2 PM - Strawberry Fields (Directed by Rea Tajiri): This film is part of our
Class of 1997 retrospective and is FREE.

4 PM - Japanese American Shorts Program
* Half Kenneth (Directed by Ken Ochiai)
* A Song for Ourselves (Directed by Tad Nakamura)
* Pawns of the King (Directed by Ming Lai)

6 PM - Yellow (Directed byChris Chan Lee): This film is part of our Class of
1997 retrospective and is FREE.

8 PM - Shopping For Fangs (Directed by Quentin Lee & Justin Lin): This film is
part of our Class of 1997 retrospective and is FREE.

10 PM - Closing Reception