The Phoenix Film Festival is proud to present these films that spotlight stories by, experiences from, and life as a member of the Asian American Pacific Islander COMMUNITies.

The Prospect

Run Time: 95 minutes

Screening Time(s):
Friday, March 28 at 6:40pm
Saturday, March 29 at 9:10am
Sunday, March 30 at 1:55pm

Directed by: Dana Donnelly, Robert Schultz

Cast: Rishi Mahesh, Prance, Dana Donnelly

Synopsis: When high school senior Jerry Vanetti gets rejected from every college he applied to, he hatches a plan to pose as an elite baseball prospect in order to trick a school into giving him an athletic scholarship…despite the fact that he’s never played a sport in his life.

Asian American Pacific Islander
Directed Group A

Run Time: 95 minutes

Screening Time(s):
Saturday March 29 at 12:40pm
Saturday March 29 at 5:40pm
Tuesday April 1 at 12:10pm

CHECK PLEASE
Directed by: Shane Chung
Synopsis:  Dinner for two turns deadly when a Korean and a Korean-American fight over who gets to pay the check.

Sunflower Girl
Directed by: Holly M. Kaplan
Synopsis: A 13 year old Chinese-American girl goes skateboarding with her crush at the cost of abandoning her little sister. 

Elijah
Directed by: Razid Season 
Synopsis: A coming out story of a second generation Bengali-American who desires to live life as a man in a trans-phobic immigrant culture. 

Fireline
Directed by: Robin Takao D’Oench
Synopsis: An inmate firefighter is denied parole and desperately tries to call home while his crew combats a wildfire. 

Forgive Me
Directed by: Cameron Sun
Synopsis: Jessica, the only Asian girl in her suburb, is stalked by a menacing shadow with a tragic past.

KOI
Directed by: Taige Shi
Synopsis: A father and his son must confront their differences as they find their lives strangely paralleling those of Asian carp.

Asian American Pacific Islander
Directed Group B

Run Time: 75 minutes

Screening Time(s):
Saturday, March 29 at 9:00am
Sunday, March 30 at 4:35pm
Tuesday, April 1 at 5:20pm

How to Make Friends
Directed by: Karan Menon
Synopsis: As college graduation approaches, a comedian looks at the fraught state of his friendships with other men. Also his dad.

Making Waves: The Rise of Asian America
Directed by: Jon Osaki & Josh Chuck
Synopsis: Stories of Asian-American activism and how Ethnic Studies can mitigate present and future waves of anti-Asian hate.