For those attending the South by Southwest Film Festival from March 10 through 19, 2023, the Asian Pacific Filmmakers Experience team wants to let you all know who we’re celebrating, centering, and spotlighting. While there are a smattering of #APAAustin returnees, this year’s SXSW continues the trend we first saw back in January in Park City as a new generation of Asian American and Pacific Islander filmmakers and cinema artists are emerging with new works that offer much excitement and promise for this year. Be sure to catch these filmmakers’ films and new media productions. As always, we think this group is very special. And we know you’ll agree with us, too!
(All honorees are Directors unless otherwise indicated)
Films, TV, and Digital Productions
AHUJA, Sparsh – Birdsong (Documentary Shorts Competition)
ALBRIGHT, Kim – With Love and a Major Organ (Visions)
BATSUKH, Bataar – Aberrance (Midnighters)
BHASIN, Pranav – Screaming on the Fly by Pranav Bhasin and Rohini Maiti (Music Video Competition)
BONGIOVI, Nina Yang (Producer) – Fancy Dance (Festival Favorites)
CALDER, Jess Wu (Producer) – Blindspotting, Season 2 Premiere (TV Spotlight)
CHEVAPRAVATDUMRONG, Cherry (Producer) – Joy Ride (Headliners)
CHINN, Jimmy – Wild Life (Documentary Spotlight)
CHOI, Lloyd Lee – Closing Dynasty (Narrative Shorts Competition)
CHUN, TZE (Producer) – I’m a Virgo (TV Premieres)
CRETTON, Destin Daniel – American Born Chinese (TV Premieres)
DUTTA, Bishal – It Lives Inside (Midnighters)
EKTARA COLLECTIVE – Ek Jagah Apni (Global)
FITZGERALD, Andrew – The Family Circus (Narrative Shorts Competition)
FUNG, Rachel (Producer) – Fremont (Festival Favorites)
GALANG, Kayla Abuda – When You Left Me On That Boulevard (Texas Shorts Competition)
GALDANOVA, Agniia – Queendom (Documentary Feature Competition)
GUPTA, Omi Zola – Birdsong (Documentary Shorts Competition)
HANNA-ZHANG, Joecar – Deliver Me (Narrative Shorts Competition)
HIKARI – Beef (TV Premieres)
HO, Giang (Producer) – Furies (Midnighters)
HSIAO, Teresa (Producer) – Joy Ride (Headliners)
JALALI, Babak – Fremont (Festival Favorites)
JIANG, Xiaoxuan – Graveyard of Horses (Narrative Shorts Competition)
JIN, Lee Sung – Beef (TV Premieres)
KARAMROUDI, Shadi – It Turns Blue (Narrative Shorts Competition)
KHAN, Imran – Mustache (Narrative Feature Competition)
KUAN, Olivia – The Herricanes (Documentary Spotlight)
KUWAHARA, Candice (Producer) – Molli and Max In the Future (Visions)
LIM, Adele – Joy Ride (Headliners)
LIN, Penny (Producer) – Kodama (Midnight Shorts Competition)
LOO, Courtney – Slick Talk (Narrative Shorts Competition)
NGO Thanh Van – Furies (Midnighters)
NGUYEN Thach Ngoc (Screenwriter – Furies (Midnighters)
NGUYEN Nhan Truong (Screenwriter) – Furies (Midnighters)
OMAR, Amy – Breaking Fast With a Coca Cola (Narrative Shorts Competition)
SARGENT, Liz – Take Me Home (Narrative Shorts Competition)
TAM, Shan Shan (Producer) – The Dads (Documentary Shorts Competition)
TAN, Yen – A Guide to Not Dying Completely Alone (Independent TV Pilot Competition)
THAI, Chi (Producer) – Raging Grace (Narrative Feature Competition)
THAI, Dinh – American Born Chinese (TV Premieres)
TANG, Brian – Kodama (Midnight Shorts Competition)
TANG, Han – Beyond the Fringe (Animated Shorts Competition)
UYEN, Nguyen Nha Ly (Screenwriter) – Furies (Midnighters)
VASARHELYI, Elizabeth Chai – Wild Life (Documentary Spotlight)
VU, Mai – Spring Roll Dream (Animated Shorts Competition)
VUONG, Ai (Producer / Screenwriter) – La Cosecha (Texas Shorts Competition)
WONG, Ali (Producer) – Beef (TV Premieres)
WONG, Sean – Nai Nai & Wai Po (Documentary Shorts Competition)
YE, Molly (Producer) – 299 Queen Street West (24 Beats Per Second)
YEE, Kevin (Screenwriter) – A Guide to Not Dying Completely Alone (Independent TV Pilot Competition)
YEUN, Steven (Producer) – Beef (TV Premieres)
YOSHIDA, Mayumi – Different Than Before by Amanda Sum (Music Video Competition)
ZAUHAR, Kit – This Closeness (Narrative Spotlight)
ZARCILLA, Paris – Raging Grace (Narrative Feature Competition)
XR Experiences
CHENCHENCHEN (Producer) – Neo-Wulin: The Era of Black Art (XR Experience Special Events)
CHOE, Sooyoung – Find WiiLii – Ep.1 The Gate Crasher (XR Experience Competition)
GUANYU – Neo-Wulin: The Era of Black Art (XR Experience Special Events)
HUANG, Hsin-Chien – The Eye And I, Vol. 1 (XR Experience Spotlight)
HUYNH, Tuyet (Producer) – Consensus Gentium (XR Experience Competition)
HYEON, Mina – Find WiiLii – Ep.1 The Gate Crasher (XR Experience Competition)
KIM, Sohee (Producer) – Find WiiLii – Ep.1 The Gate Crasher (XR Experience Competition)
LEE, Chloe – Temporal World: A Haptisonic Virtual Reality Memory World (XR Experience Spotlight)
LEE, Soo-man – Aespa VR Concert At Kwangya (XR Experience Competition)
LI, Jiabao – Once a Glacier (XR Experience Competition)
PARAMESWARAN, Gayatri – You Destroy. We Create. (XR Experience Spotlight)
PARK Junyoung (Producer) – Aespa VR Concert At Kwangya (XR Experience Competition)
TSAO, Hsiao-Yue (Producer) – The Eye And I, Vol. 1 (XR Experience Spotlight)
WANG, Bingbing (Producer) – Neo-Wulin: The Era of Black Art (XR Experience Special Events)
ZHU, Casta (Producer) – Forager: Immersive Multi-Sensory Experience (XR Experience Competition)
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