​🎬 Meet the next generation of AAPI filmmakers at First Light: AAPI Film Festival!

​Join us for a one-day screening celebrating 15 short films from new and emerging AAPI filmmakers. 🌟

​First Light is all about creating a welcoming space for young filmmakers to share their work, meet fellow creatives, connect with industry professionals, and find future collaborators!

​Join us for -

​🎥 Short films

​🎤 Filmmaker panel + Q&A

​🤝 Community + connection

​🌱 A platform for emerging voices

​🥤Beverages by Moshi

​🥖 Bánh mì from Bánh Mì Cô Út

​🍿Popcorn and snacks

​Come watch, support, and celebrate these filmmakers as they take their first steps into the industry. ✨The festival is split into two program throughout the day A & B. More details to come about films featured in both! Tickets are available for either or both program.

​Block A Showing starts at 3:30

​First Winter dir. Schantelle Alonzo

​Wedding Flowers dir. Madeleine Tran

​ANALOG dir. Sanjeev Kumar

​Piña Colada dir. Yu Yang

​Silver Needle dir. J Wang

​MIDNIGHT FICTION dir. Gino Glick

​We Grow in the Cracks and the Crevices of the Concrete dir. Elan Nguyen

​The Pink Funeral dir. Iven Tu

​Block B Showing starts at 5:30

​Come Home dir. Katelyn Park

​VISA dir. Chi Tran

​TAEMONG dir. Sophia Lim

​To My Unnie dir. Hosan Kim Shin

​Enshrine dir. Dani Ha

​Mùa Xuân Của Mẹ (Mother's Spring) dir. Trâm Anh Nguyễn

​Goodbye Party dir. Sophia Lou + Nathan Pearson First Light:

​AAPI Film Festival is made possible with funds from the Statewide Community Regrants Program, a regrant program of the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the New York State Legislature and administered by Brooklyn Arts Council.