CATS: CONTEMPORARY ASIAN THEATER SCENEโ€”Presenting contemporary Asian American theater, film, comedy in Silicon Valley. A resource for local AAPI artists.

San Jose, California
Joined June 2014
๐ŸŽฌ The 12th Annual Silicon Valley Asian Pacific FilmFest returns Oct. 22โ€“Nov. 1 with 85 filmsโ€”55% by Bay Area filmmakers. ๐—ฆ๐—ฎ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฑ% ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—น๐˜†-๐—ฏ๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐—ฑ ๐˜๐—ถ๐˜… through Sept. 30. USE CODE: svapff-eb25 ๐ŸŽŸ๏ธ Get tickets: svapfilmfest2026.eventive.orโ€ฆ #filmfestival #svapfilmfest
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As we look ahead to the 12th Annual Silicon Valley Asian Pacific Film Festival this October, weโ€™re taking a moment to reflect on the 2025 Silicon Valley Asian Pacific FilmFest. Thank you to everyone who made it possible. See you in October 2026! svapfilmfest.org/
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๐ŸŽฌ Submissions are OPEN for the 2026 Silicon Valley Asian Pacific Film Festival! Weโ€™re accepting films with an AAPI connection from the U.S., Canada & U.S. Territories. ๐Ÿ“† Oct 23โ€“25, 2026 ๐Ÿ’ป Online thru Nov 1 ๐ŸŽž๏ธ Submit Now: filmfreeway.com/SiliconValleโ€ฆ #FilmFestival #AAPIFilmmakers
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Episode #139 โ€“ Tasi Alabastro, @tasialabastro Listen in: bit.ly/Pod138Tasi Join Tasi for @CATSASIAN, 2nd annual Playwright Festival @sanjosestage Saturday, July 26, 7:30-9:30p 490 South 1st Street, San Jose Get Tickets: bit.ly/2ndAnnualAAPI
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๐Ÿ“ฃ Filmmakers! Submissions are open for the 2025 Silicon Valley Asian Pacific Film Festival (October 17-19 in Sunnyvale, CA and October 17-25 online). We're accepting films from North America with an #AAPI connection (filmmaker, actor, story, etc). Submit: vist.ly/3mzm84r
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A special message from Kris Fuchigamiโ€ฆ. Get ๐ŸŽŸ๏ธ tinyurl.com/KrisFuchigami202โ€ฆ to see Hawaiโ€™i Island native & award-winning ukulele musician @KrisFuchigami with Keiko Fuchigami on keyboard! ๐ŸŽน Kris will host a workshop for all levels at 4pm. Concert is at 7:30 pm (doors at 7pm) #music
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๐ŸฅDrumroll please... Weโ€™re excited to announce the 2024 Silicon Valley Asian Pacific Film Festival Jury and Audience Award winners. Congrats to all the winners! ๐Ÿ†๐ŸŽ‰ #FilmFestival #AAPI #AANHPI #filmmakers
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๐ŸŽž๏ธ Catch "Above the Clouds" next Saturday, October 19th at 2PM at AMC DINE-IN Sunnyvale 12. Get ๐ŸŽŸ๏ธ & see the 2024 #SVAPFF film lineup at vist.ly/3migjmz. Following the film is a Q&A with Writer/Director Jon Hill, moderated by Miki Hirabayashi Bellon. #filmfestival #aapi
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๐ŸŽž๏ธ Come see the story that you donโ€™t know about Silicon Valley. โ€œBuilders of the Silicon Dreamโ€ is Saturday 10/19 at 10 AM at AMC DINE-IN Sunnyvale 12.๐ŸŽŸ๏ธ vist.ly/3migjmz Following the film is a live Q&A w/ Director Tony Shyu, Producer Diana Ding, moderated by Gerrye Wong
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๐Ÿฅฐ Thank you to everyone who joined us for our special film screening of the Sundance-award-winning film Dรฌdi (ๅผŸๅผŸ). Join us for the 10th Annual Silicon Valley Asian Pacific Film Festival on OCT 18-20 at AMC Dine-In Sunnyvale 12 & online OCT 18-27. vist.ly/3mgr87g #aapi
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๐ŸŒ€ Discover the harmony between movement & words at our Tai Chi Inspired Poetry Workshop. ๐ŸŽŸ๏ธ vist.ly/3gkei. ๐Ÿง˜โ€โ™€๏ธ๐Ÿ“œ The workshop is ideal for poets, writers, Tai Chi enthusiasts & anyone interested in the integration of mind, body, and spirit through artistic practices.
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๐Ÿ“ฃ ๐‚๐€๐’๐“๐ˆ๐๐† ๐‚๐€๐‹๐‹: We're seeking local Bay Area high school, college students, and recent graduates for a unique Staged Reading of ๐“๐„๐„๐๐€๐†๐„ ๐ƒ๐ˆ๐‚๐Š by @MikeLew4 ๐ŸŽญ ๐Ÿ‘‰ For more info visit: vist.ly/tt75 #theatrelife #casting #castingcall
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๐ŸŽ‰Congrats @abigailhingwen & the #LoveInTapei team on winning the 2023 Silicon Valley Asian Pacific #FilmFest Jury Award, Best #Book Adaptation.๐Ÿ† ๐Ÿ“˜Abigail's 3rd book #LoveboatForever drops today! Buy it at your local bookstore or Amazon. Watch Love in Taipei on @paramountplus.
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I donโ€™t know which is more wonderfulโ€”this piece @ailsachang did on THE GOLDEN SCREEN for NPR All Things Considered, or finally meeting her at our book launch! (No contest actuallyโ€”the latter. But the segment w/me & @runwithskizzers is greatโ€”please listen!) npr.org/2023/11/03/121055626โ€ฆ
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MOVIE NIGHT ๐Ÿฟ๐ŸŽž๏ธ Pick from 65+ films in our online film festival lineup. WATCH NOW: svapfilmfest2023.eventive.orโ€ฆ Once you purchase a #film and unlock it, you have 7 days to watch it after itโ€™s unlocked. Just remember to unlock all the films you want to watch by 11:59 PM 10/29 #movies
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๐Ÿ“บ @NBCBayArea Anchor @JanelleWang interviews Dave A. Liu @liucrative, exec. producer of the #documentary short & #OscarContender Every Day After. ๐ŸŽฅ๐Ÿฟ Watch #EveryDayAfterFilm for FREE, one of 65+ films screening during our online #filmfestival. watch.eventive.org/svapfilmfโ€ฆ #movie
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๐ŸŽฅ See feature film ๐™Ž๐™ฉ๐™–๐™ง๐™ง๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™…๐™š๐™ง๐™ง๐™ฎ ๐™–๐™จ ๐™ƒ๐™ž๐™ข๐™จ๐™š๐™ก๐™› by Law Chen & opening film short ๐™”๐™š๐™–๐™ง ๐™ค๐™› ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐™๐™–๐™ฉ by Ricky Qi on Saturday 10/21 at AMC Sunnyvale Dine-In Theaters. ๐ŸŽŸ๏ธ Get tickets at: svapfilmfest.org #AAPI #filmfestival #siliconvalley #movies
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โฐOnly one week away! Do you have your tickets for the 2023 #SVAPfilmfest? The film festival is 10/20, 10/21 & 10/22 at AMC DINE-IN Sunnyvale 12, and online from 10/20 - 10/29. ๐ŸŽŸ Get your tickets today at bit.ly/svapfilmfest2023. #SiliconValley #filmfestivals #aapi #AANHPI
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Join us for the ๐Ÿต๐˜๐—ต ๐—”๐—ป๐—ป๐˜‚๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ฆ๐—ถ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ฉ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—น๐—ฒ๐˜† ๐—”๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐—ฃ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—ณ๐—ถ๐—ฐ ๐—™๐—ถ๐—น๐—บ๐—™๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜ in-person at AMC Dine-In Sunnyvale 12 on OCT 20, 21 & 22 & online from OCT 20-29. ๐ŸŽŸ๏ธ Get tickets at the bit.ly/svapfilmfest2023 #AAPI #filmfestival #siliconvalley
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