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A-Doc is proud to partner with @naapimha to celebrate the 6th Annual National AANHPI Mental Health Day! 🪷🧠📣 This year, NAAPIMHA is highlighting how economic stressors such as housing and food insecurity directly impact AANHPI mental health, underscoring the urgent need for affordable access to care. See our A-Doc Film Database for more stories that highlight the importance of mental health, affordable healthcare, and immigrant justice. Learn more about @naapimha at the link in bio ✨

Now Streaming for AAPI Heritage Month: Watch ASIAN AMERICANS @pbs ! 🍇 ✊🏾 📚 Asian Americans is a five-hour film series that delivers a bold, fresh perspective on a history that matters today, more than ever. As America becomes more diverse, and more divided while facing unimaginable challenges, how do we move forward together? Told through intimate personal stories, the series will cast a new lens on U.S. history and the ongoing role that Asian Americans have played. Watch now at the link in bio and find lesson plans at PBS Learning Media! 🌸 A-Doc Member Credits: Directors: @sleochiang @anothergracelee @geetagandbhir Series Producer: @rtajimapena Executive Producer: @eurie.ka @caamman @doncaam @jeantsien Supervising Producer: @eleaseluistemp Series Associate Producer: @genabenena @tamtam.chu Editor: @vicchalk Production Manager: Rowena Pedrena Production Sound Mixer/Camera Operator: @chzamag Sound Mixer: @gileskhan Assistant Camera: @serenathesoupbowl Production Coordinator: @mariahyama Research and Archival Manager: @alex.e.margolin

Congratulations to all of the A-Doc member films that screened @faaimchicago this past weekend! 🎉 Not Pictured: FIRST LOVE / LATE SPRING directed by @sweet_birthday_baby 🌸

Streaming @criterionchannel this May: “Directed by Kimi Takesue: Crossings and Encounters!” 🌾⛰️🌊 “The visually mesmerizing and deeply reflective films of Kimi Takesue traverse genres—including documentary, fiction, and experimental forms—to explore the charged spaces between observer and observed. Often centered on the act of travel, Takesue’s work follows tourists and locals as they navigate shared yet unequal terrain. In evocative shorts and acclaimed features, she turns an unblinking lens on cross-cultural encounters, revealing the subtle tensions, curiosities, and power dynamics that shape how we see and are seen across differences. Through her immersive long takes, Takesue invites audiences into moments of intimacy and unease that continually challenge our assumptions.” The collection includes the following titles: “Onlookers” (2023), “95 and 6 to Go” (2016), “Looking for Adventure” (2013), “That Which Once Was” (2011), “Where Are You Taking Me?” (2010), “Suspended” (2009), “E=NYC2” (2005), “Summer of the Serpent” (2004), “Heaven’s Crossroad” (2002), “Rosewater” (1999), and “Bound” (1995). Don’t miss this beautiful retrospective of A-Doc member @kimitakesue films launching May 1 for AAPIHM! 95 AND 6 TO GO will also have an in-person screening @dctvny on Friday, May 15!

CAAMFest kicks off today! Catch these A-Doc member films screening at the festival from May 7-10! 🌁 🍿 🌟 See the full list of A-Doc member films, panels, industry happenings, and world premieres in our A-Doc @caamedia guide at the link in bio!

Introducing our 2026 A-Doc CAAMFest Filmmaker Cohort: J.P. Dobrin, Tushar Gidwani, Yasmin Mistry, Kirthi Nath, Jiayan "Jenny" Shi, and Anna Yeo! 🎬 ❤️‍🔥 This cohort features emerging and mid-career filmmakers, who are each working on non-fiction film projects that center AAPI communities, stories, or experiences. Join us @caamedia Filmmaker Summit + Industry Hub to connect with these filmmakers! We invite you to meet them, learn more about their current projects, and celebrate the incredible momentum of our filmmaking community. Read more about them in our A-Doc CAAMFest guide at the link in bio 😍

Join us this Friday and Saturday at the CAAMFest Filmmaker Summit and Industry Hub for these panels: The Creative Process and Successfully Short! 🎨 🎬 ✨ Friday, May 8, 1:30-2:30pm - The Creative Process: Film is an art form and creative practices can define our work as artists. In this pane moderated by @theresaxtine (Catapult Film Fund), we will speak with filmmakers @karlamakingstuff (THE GAS STATION ATTENDANT), @cocos.sanctuary (TRACES OF HOME), @windter24 (BEFORE THE MOON FALLS) to share their creative processes in the documentary genre. Trigger Warning: Some of the films contain references to mental illness, sexual abuse, suicide, and violence which may be talked about during this panel. This conversation will conclude with a grounding exercise. We will also be offering mental health services in the Community Room for 30 minutes directly following this panel. Saturday, May 9, 1:30-2:30pm - Successfully Short: CAAM, Firelight Media, and A-Doc all have initiatives that provide funding for short documentaries. This panel moderated by Pamela Torno (ITVS) will talk about some of those programs and feature filmmakers supported by them including @reaapuri (HARVEST PARTY AT CAMP TWO), @saritakhur (THE LAST RESORT), and @curtischin8 (WARREN KING: KING OF CARDBOARD) to help uplift short documentaries in a time when making features is more challenging than ever. RSVP to save your spot now at the link in bio 🤩

Join us for industry office hours at the CAAMFest Filmmaker Summit + Industry Hub this upcoming Thursday 5/7 and Friday 5/8! 🌟 Back by popular demand, office hours are an opportunity for CAAMFest attendees to engage in 30 minute conversations with industry professionals in a small group setting. This year’s industry participants include: @povdocs @bavcmedia @bipocdoceditors @catapultfilmfund @film_sf @filmcollabsf @itvsindies @dmagpr @nbculaunch @reelsouthdocs @representmedia.oakland @sffilm @sundanceorg @vcmediaorg @phillyaaff @asiancinevision ! The location will be nearby to KOHO where the @caamedia Industry Summit and Hub is taking place, and is wheelchair-accessible. Register by Tuesday, May 8 at 12PM PT at the link in bio to reserve your spot! 🎉

@vcmediaorg LAAPFF is coming in hot! Catch these A-Doc member films screening at the festival from April 29 - May 3! 🔥 🍿 🌟 See the full list of films, archival presentations, convenings, and world premieres in our A-Doc LAAPFF Guide at the link in bio! 👀

Congratulations to A-Doc members @jasorhe (UNTITLED EJ LEE DOCUMENTARY) and @saranyang (KUNIMORI) on being awarded @bavcmedia MediaMaker Fellowship! 🏀 💫 🪩 About @ejleedocumentary : EJ Lee, a Louisiana legend nicknamed by Sports Illustrated as the “Korean Magic Johnson of NCAA women’s basketball,” has been overlooked her entire career. But finally, at the age of 60, EJ receives her first opportunity to become a college head coach and lead an underdog team of young women in West Texas. About @kunimori.film : Masami Kuni was a pioneering modern dancer across Japan, Germany, Denmark, the United States, and Brazil; and father to five children around the world. He died with a secret: he was Korean, not Japanese. Previously unknown to each other, his descendants and kin begin to unearth the traces he left behind.

Leap into spring with these exciting new opportunities! 🌸 ♦ @chickeneggfilms (Egg)celerator Lab ♦ @glaad Short Film Showcase ♦ @pentimentiproductions Emerging Filmmakers Grant ♦ @detctdi Directing Program ♦ @thebetterangelssociety Lavine/Ken Burns Prize for Film ♦ @appalachianmediainstitute Internship ♦ @firelight_media Documentary Lab ♦ @nyfacurrent @vlicekfoundation Culinary Arts Prize ♦ @filmindependent Documentary Producing Lab ♦ @theredfordcenter Grants ♦ @ragdale_residency Fellowship ♦ @pillarsfund Pillars Bylines Fellowship ♦ @karenschmeerfef Film Editing Fellowship

Cheers to A-Doc member @sara.chishti on being named @sundanceorg Cultural Impact Residency Fellow! 🚕 ✨ ✴️ Sara Chisti is a New York-based filmmaker directing @taxidriverdoc , a feature documentary exploring the predatory taxi medallion crisis that has devastated NYC’s cabbies. Created in honor of social justice leader Michael Latt, this fellowship supports early-career artists whose work is rooted in creative and social impact.