June 3, 2023 - June 11, 2023
Festival Schedule

HAAPIFEST

Welcome to the Houston Asian American Pacific Islander Film Festival (HAAPIFEST)! We are thrilled to bring you this year's lineup of diverse and captivating films, celebrating the richness and beauty of AAPI culture.

Our festival is dedicated to supporting AAPI artists and filmmakers and sharing the untold AAPI experience with the Greater Houston metropolitan area through edutainment. We believe that the films we have selected will inspire and captivate you.

Please take note of our festival schedule:

Due to geographic restrictions placed on certain films, viewers may not have access to certain films.

Film Descriptions:

Day 1: Texas

June 3, 2023
Marriott Westchase & Online
3 PM – 7 PM CT

  • Kapwa Texas (72 min)
    (in-person only)

  • Camellia Flowers (28 min)

  • Memories of Chinese School (15 min)

  • Supermarket Affairs (16 min)

Day 2: Family

June 4, 2023
Online

  • What They Left Behind (7 min)

  • Lunchbox (17 min)

  • Here, Hopefully (11 min)

  • Big Fight in Little Chinatown (88 min)

  • A Day, That Year (9 min)

Day 3: Love

June 5, 2023
Online

  • Mysore Magic (14 min)

  • Good Filipino Kids (18 min)

  • Nargesi (84 min)

Day 4: Loss

June 6, 2023
Online

  • Last Hand (10 min)

  • Young People, Old People & Nothing in Between (20 min)

  • Duka Lara (15 min)

  • Heptapus (13 min)

  • Swimming in the Dark (28 min)

  • Mandarins (15 min)

  • Tequila Sunset (20 min)

Day 5: Community

June 7, 2023
Online

  • Mia's mission (12 min)

  • Horned Cook, Gola (7 min)

  • Mirai to Future (20 min)

  • Team Choi (8 min)

  • History of Cleveland Chinatown: An Oral History (81 min)

Day 6: Healing

June 8, 2023
Online

  • The Mess We're In (11 min)

  • The Color Orange (8 min)

  • A Roadside Banquet (17 min)

  • The Last Thing Lost (43 min)

  • Happy Ending (17 min)

Day 7: Art & Power

June 10, 2023
Online

  • Sincerely Miné Okubo (16 min)

  • For Whom the Alarm Sounds (30 min)

  • Inheritance (19 min)

  • Sam Wang: Centripetal Persistence (25 min)

  • Velvet Sky (16 min)

Day 8: Hidden Stories

June 11, 2023
The Cannon West Houston & Online
2 PM – 7 PM CT

  • Photographic Justice: The Corky Lee Story (85 min)
    (in-person only)

  • Family Portrait (8 min)
    (in-person only)

  • Memories of Youth (3 min)

  • Speak to Me (15 min)

  • Nowhere but Here (19 min)

  • Where No One Lives (15 min)

  • Q&A
    (in-person only)

  • Reception