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HAAPIFILM FEST

Programs

HAAPIFest teams up with Tokyo X for two days of bold, global AAPI cinema—right inside the NRG Center! Experience six powerful films spanning activism, identity, nostalgia, and underground culture.

June 14, 12-6 PM and June 15, 12-4 PM
NRG Center – Houston, TX
Tokyo X ticket required to enter

Full details at www.haapifest.org/news/2025-tokyox

FEATURE FILMS
 

  1. Between Pictures: The Lens of Tamio Wakayama (70 min, Dir. Cindy Mochizuki) – A Japanese Canadian photographer’s legacy documenting the 1960s civil rights movement.

  2. Nostalgia For Tokyo (10 min, Dir. Haruka Motohashi) – A woman returns home and faces the memories she left behind.

  3. Torque (14 min, Dir. Ahmed Ali) – A high-speed ride into Malaysia’s underground car culture.

  4. The Streak (87 min, Dir. Kelyn Ikegami) – A baseball team chases a legendary win streak—and their dreams.

  5. Third Act (93 min, Dir. Tadashi Nakamura) – A son reflects on his father's pioneering career and their shared love of storytelling.

  6. Wabi-Sabi (20 min, Dir. Josephine Green Zhang) – A tea ceremony date spirals amid identity and intimacy fears

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