Ancestral Dreamscapes: Asian American Film & Moving Image

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City Council District 1
Ancestral Dreamscapes: Asian American Film & Moving Image 2026
Event Schedule

Enjoy film, video art, and performance from AAPI artists tracing intergenerational intimacy and queer kinship through mythology and ritual

Join us in celebrating the Year of the Horse with a one-day Lunar New Year Short Film Festival featuring a curated selection of works by Chinese, Korean, and Vietnamese artists working across experimental, narrative, and embodied practices.

Curated by BAD ASIANS, this year’s program, Ancestral Dreamscapes: Asian American Moving Image, brings together film, video art, and live performance. Drawing from mythology, ritual and ancestral knowledge, the artists trace forms of intimacy and kinship emerging across generations and geographies. Evoking diasporic longing while enacting queer world-making, the program positions the body and the motherland as sites of memory and transmutation, illuminating the wild, unruly, and imaginative possibilities of being Asian American today.

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Some material not suitable for all audiences. 

Parental guidance recommended. 

Upcoming Events

February 19 @ 11:00 am - 4:00 pm -
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$0.00 - $7.00

Hollyhock House Tours

Experience the interior of Hollyhock House at your own pace with a self-guided tour. Docents are on hand to provide information and answer questions.

February 21 @ 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm -
Theatre West,

3333 Cahuenga Boulevard
Los Angeles, CA 90068
United States

Illustration of Jack climbing the beanstalk, with the Giant and the Castle at the top of the beanstalk
$20.00

Storybook Theatre: Jack and the Beanstalk

Storybook Theatre's JACK AND THE BEANSTALK returns to Theatre West on Saturday, November 1st. Open to the public on Saturdays and for school field trips, JACK AND THE BEANSTALK is an original, award-winning musical retelling of the famous story. See what happens and who Jack meets on his way up the beanstalk. Of course, there is a funny giant and a golden goose and a lot of audience participation as the giant sings and dances a "Fee Fie Fum Rap,"...

February 19 @ 12:00 pm - 5:00 pm -
Free

Center for Land Use Interpretation Exhibition: Boron Becomes Critical

In November 2025, the USGS added boron to the official federal list of critical minerals. This exhibit looks at borax production, from Death Valley to the U.S. Borax/Rio Tinto mine in Boron, California, where most of the borates produced in the USA are extracted from the largest open pit in the state. On view at CLUI Los Angeles starting December 26, 2025 Open Friday, Saturday, and Sunday 12 noon – 5 pm. Come see a creative look on the mining...

February 19 @ 12:00 pm - 5:00 pm -
Free

Giving You the Best That I Got

An examination of Black motherhood through works centered on memory, domestic life, and matrilineal history. Artists employ video, photography, and installation to explore care and generational connection. The show contributes to ongoing cultural conversations on family and representation.