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Big things are coming up for this San Diego this summer, according to the Pacific Art Movement. This month, we’re waiting on a Q&a with Kelly Marie Tran; the upcoming San Diego Filipino Film Festival; and an ongoing fellowship application for Aapi filmmakers. Read on for more details.

July 16: San Diego Filipino Film Festival (Sdfff) 2021: Final deadline for submissions

Submit your film to Pacific Arts Movement partner San Diego Filipino Cinema‘s San Diego Filipino Film Festival 2021! The Final Deadline for submissions is on July 16 on FilmFreeway. Sdfff will bring together compelling film gems made by global Filipinx filmmakers and film lovers from our amazing diverse communities in San Diego. Don’t miss out on your chance to be part of San Diego Filipino Cinema’s inaugural San Diego Filipino Film Festival this October!

Submit your film here.

July 17: “Summertime” Q&a with Kelly Marie...

"Have you forgotten where we are!?" Good Deed Ent. has released an official trailer for Summertime, one of the Opening Night films at last year's Sundance Film Festival. This ensemble piece features poetry and performances by 25 young Angelenos, in stories that intersect and intertwine as they make their way around the city. Born of the director's mind-blowing interaction with a workshop where performers from across the City of Angels recited fearlessly personal texts, the project was structured so that their voices could shine as well as coalesce in the context of a larger, unified, and gloriously moving narrative experiment — part urban musical and part sociological art. It is a showcase of young spoken word artists directed by Blindspotting's Carlos López Estrada, who carefully brings together their voices in one vibrant feature film. Starring Tyris Winter, Marquesha Babers, Maia Mayor, Austin Antoine, Bryce Banks, Amaya Blankenship, Bene't Benton, Gordon Ip,...