APAture 2024 Film Showcase
APAture 2024: Return | Film Showcase
Co-presented by Roxie Theater, Kultivate Labs Balay Kreative, and Oakland Asian Cultural Center
October 22, 2024 6:00 - 9:00PM PDT
$15 / $60 all access (comes with free t-shirt, drink tickets, and more!)
Featuring Jalena Keane-Lee with Angelique Kalani Axelrode, Joyce Keokham, Elaine Nguyen, Sophia E. Perez, and Teao Sense
Curated by David Cao, Lehua Taitano
This film showcase features the works of Teao Sense, Sophia Perez, Angelique Kalano Axelrode, Joyce Keokham, Elaine Nguyen, and featured artist Jalena Keane-Lee. These varied and poignant works explore cultural knowledge and belonging through a variety of different lenses: educational shows and music videos that foreground the lived experience of the AAPI diaspora, reflections on cultural belonging and embodiment, and a documentary that highlights Indigenous Hawaiians' righteous struggles for self-determination.
The theme for this year is RETURN. From the Palestinian right to return, the call for Indigenous Land Back, and the various migrant histories and struggle for justice in our Pacific Islander and Asian communities, artists consider what the idea of return means to them.
APAture 2024: Return Festival Schedule:
(Multiple Locations in SF) Arc Gallery & Studios 1246 Folsom St. 94103 | Joe Goode Annex 401 Alabama St. 94110 | DNA Lounge 375 Eleventh St. 94103 | Roxie Theater 967 Mission St. 94103
**VISUAL ARTS OPENING RECEPTION, COMICS, ZINES, & ILLUSTRATION SHOWCASE, AND VISUAL ARTS CLOSING RECEPTION ARE FREE. ALL OTHER SHOWCASES ARE TICKETED EVENTS.
$60 FESTIVAL PASSES INCLUDE ENTRANCE TO MUSIC, LITERARY ARTS, PERFORMING ARTS, AND FILM SHOWCASES AND INCLUDE A FREE T-SHIRT, DRINK TICKETS, AND MORE.
October 13
Music Showcase Opening Reception 7:00-10:00pm (PDT)
feat. Ian Santillano
DNA Lounge
375 Eleventh St, San Francisco, CA
October 18
Visual Arts Showcase Opening Reception 6:00-9:00pm (PDT)
feat. Houyee Chow-Jiménez
Arc Gallery & Studios
1246 Folsom Street, San Francisco, CA
October 22
Film Showcase 6:00 - 9:00 PM (PDT)
feat. Jalena Keane Lee
Roxie Theater
3117 16th St, San Francisco, CA
October 25
Literary Arts Showcase 6:00 - 9:00 PM (PDT)
feat. Maw Shein Win
Arc Gallery & Studios
1246 Folsom Street, San Francisco, CA
October 27
Comics, Zines, & Illustration Showcase 2:00 - 5:00 PM (PDT)
feat. Minnie Phan
Arc Gallery & Studios
1246 Folsom Street, San Francisco, CA
November 3
Performing Arts Showcase 7:00-9:00pm (PDT)
feat. Kim Requesto
Joe Goode Annex
401 Alabama St, San Francisco, CA
November 9
Closing Reception & Visual Artists Talk 12:00-3:00pm (PDT)
Arc Gallery & Studios
1246 Folsom Street, San Francisco, CA