Silicon Valley's Asian Pacific FilmFest Opens With The Rose, Then Serves Dinner and a Free Film
The 12th SVAPFilmFest runs 22 to 25 October at De Anza College in Cupertino, with a Korean rock band documentary on opening night and a free screening with dinner on the Friday.
The Silicon Valley Asian Pacific FilmFest opens its 12th edition on Thursday 22 October at the Visual and Performing Arts Center at De Anza College in Cupertino, and runs to Sunday 25 October.
Opening night starts at 5:30pm with the opening of the Euphrat Museum exhibition Threads of Resilience. The film at 6:30pm is The Rose: Come Back to Me, a documentary about the Korean indie rock band The Rose. The festival says all four members left the K-pop training system to make music on their own terms, and the film follows their comeback tour after a three-year hiatus. Director Eugene Yi and producer Diane Quon take questions afterwards, moderated by NBC Bay Area journalists Robert Handa and Janelle Wang. A dessert reception follows.
On Friday 23 October at 7pm, a bento dinner from ROKKO comes with a free pre-release screening of Cambodian Rock Band. The festival describes it as part play, part rock concert, about a Khmer Rouge survivor who returns to Cambodia after 30 years. Director Brian Hashimoto is among the talkback guests.
On Sunday 25 October at 2pm, Row Don't Drift: An American Legacy tells the story of Yoshi Kubo, a California farmer forcibly evicted under the World War II Japanese exclusion order who took a stand as a conscientious objector. Director Karina Ezitis joins a Q&A.
Tickets are sold through the festival's website. The festival notes that times, films and guests are subject to change.
The festival lists a souvenir light stick for opening night, which suits a band documentary.
