Filipino Press

08/15/2025

Have delicious lunch at Gerry’s grill, have some halo halo for dessert. Love it!

Visit us and indulge your palate with these delectable lunch specials.

03/03/2024

Happy Leap Day! We've extended our Dual Membership deal just for you! Make the most of this EXTRA day in 2024 by seizing our special Leap Day offer: upgrade to Dual Level Benefits with no extra charge. Just in time for discounts at the 13th SDAFF Spring Showcase this April 18-25, 2024.

Pac Arts memberships help support our mission of sharing stories and different voices from around the world. We believe in the power of these stories to support a more compassionate society, and we hope you can join us as a member for our 25th Anniversary San Diego Asian Film Festival this November.

We thank you in advance for your continuous support of Pacific Arts Movement, an organization dedicated to sharing stories and different voices from around the world. We are excited to share our community's stories for another 25+ years to come!

Dual upgrades apply to all memberships purchased online on our website from February 1st to February 2̶8̶t̶h̶ 29th, 2024.

Visit pacarts.org/membership for more information.

Questions? Please email Zia Sinclair, Development Manager at [email protected]

03/03/2024

03/03/2024

03/03/2024

Are you a student or recent graduate looking to gain hands-on experience in fields like film programming, community outreach, development or marketing? Explore our internship opportunities and become a part of our mission to amplify the voices of Asian and Pacific Islander artists and storytellers.

We're currently looking for passionate & creative people for the upcoming Spring Showcase 2024. Interns get hands-on experience with festival planning while supporting the Asian arts community in San Diego.

For more information or to apply, visit pacarts.org/opportunities.

03/03/2024

Available scholarship funding!
San Diego Unified is looking for seniors who plan to attend a college or university in San Diego County and who plan to major in any STEM field or a major leading to a teaching position. The deadline to apply is March 23.

11/13/2023

You are always welcome!

We are pleased to announce the winners of the 2023 San Diego Asian Film Festival, presented at the festival awards ceremony on November 10. Winners were announced in multiple categories, along with the Grand Jury Prize (the top prize of the Asian American film competition) and a Special Jury Mention. Additionally, the SDAFF programming team selected the George C. Lin Emerging Filmmaker Award given to a first-time feature filmmaker.

International Short Film Competition
Jurors: Pearl Chan, Jason Tan Liwag, Alongkot Maiduang

Best International Short: Primetime Mother directed by Sonny Calvento

Asian American Film Competition
Jurors: Tanuj Chopra, Hanna Huang, Joshua Minsoo Kim

Grand Jury Prize: When You Left Me on That Boulevard directed by Kayla Abuda Galang

Best Documentary Feature: Rally directed by Rooth Tang

Best Narrative Feature: Egghead & Tw***ie directed by Sarah Kambe Holland

Best Experimental Film: Teetering Graphite directed by Cherlyn Hsing-Hsin Liu

Best Documentary Short: Tracing History directed by Jalena Keane-Lee

Best Narrative Short: Invasive Species directed by Annie Ning

Special Jury Mention: Through Sunless Ways directed by Kira Dane, Katelyn Rebelo

George C. Lin Emerging Filmmaker Award: Joseph Mangat, director of Divine Factory

Bios of jurors in each competition can be found here.

The final award of the festival, the audience award, will be announced at the conclusion of the film festival.
🎟️ Join us at our closing film, MUSTACHE at The Nat tonight! Tickets at sdaff.org

11/11/2023

Congrats to the first-gen day celebration!

11/05/2023

After riding the waves for nine years and competing in numerous competitions, he received a call that would change his life.

09/27/2023

For , FANHS National is offering a free virtual Filipino American History 101 Class!

Hosted by our own Auntie Dorothy and journalist Emil Guillermo via zoom and the FANHS Now platform, there will be dozens of speakers discussing Filipino American History.

Day 1 will cover 1898-1946, while Day 2 will cover 1946 until the present day.

Register at http://www.tinyurl.com/FilAmHistory101

09/27/2023

Calling seniors to participate and have fiesta fun.

Calling all Seniors! Do you like to dance, participate in activities, or would like to enjoy some refreshments?
September 29th, 2023, the City of National City- Government will be hosting our Fiesta Senior Dance for FREE! It will take place from 1 pm to 4 pm at the MLK Jr Community Center.

San Diego Foundation City of National City-

09/22/2023