CAAMFest 2025: Asian American Film Festival (May 8-11)

Submitted by the Event Organizer

CAAMFest 2025 will take place from May 8-11 in San Francisco, featuring nearly 40 films from Asian America and beyond, along with panel discussions and other events. This year’s programming provides a look at how the roots of Asian America have shaped the present moment, highlighting themes such as the 50th Anniversary of the end of the Vietnam War and the creative and nurturing contributions of Asian American women. For tickets and more details, visit CAAMFest.com.

Opening Night Film: Third Act
Directed by Tadashi Nakamura 
Thursday, May 8, 6:30pm | AMC Kabuki 1

Generations of artists call Robert A. Nakamura “The Godfather of Asian American film,” but his son, Tad, calls him Dad. As the filmmaking son of a filmmaking legend, Tad uses the lessons his dad taught him to decipher the legacy of an aging man who was a child survivor of the WWII incarceration of Japanese Americans, a successful photographer who gave it up to tell his own story, an activist at the dawn of a social movement—and a father whose struggles have won his son freedoms that eluded Japanese Americans of his generation. As Parkinson’s Disease clouds his memory, Tad sets out to retrieve his story—and in the process discovers his own. The two have made films together, with Robert always by Tad’s side. Third Act is most likely the last.
Expected Guests: Tadashi Nakamura, Consulting Producer and CAAM Mentor Ursula Liang

Opening Night Gala 
Thursday, May 8, 9:30 PM | Asian Art Museum
After our Opening Night screening, join us at the Asian Art Museum to sample bites and beverages from some of the Bay Area’s most exciting emerging restaurants and pop-up chefs. Explore the captivating, globe-spanning galleries of the Asian Art Museum, including Yuan Goang-Ming: Everyday War, a critically acclaimed multi-media exhibition that represented Taiwan at the 60th Venice Biennale. This program is made possible with support from the Asian Art Museum.

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