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The Austin Asian American Film Festival returns with a lineup of moving films

Grab the popcorn and settle in for a weekend’s worth of film screenings at the Austin Asian American Film Festival.

A still from "The Fall of the I-Hotel," showing a man holding up a hand to an unseen person.

“The Fall of the I-Hotel” is a documentary about the eviction of elderly tenants at the International Hotel in San Francisco.

Still from “The Fall of the I-Hotel,” provided by the Austin Asian American Film Festival.

Grab the popcorn, y’all. The Austin Asian American Film Festival is officially underway, and that means there’s a host of fascinating, film-focused fun slated for this weekend.

The AAAFF is a nonprofit organization that has been putting on film fests featuring Asian and Asian American creators in Austin for more than a decade.

The 15th edition of the festival kicked off with a few screenings earlier this week, but most of the programming is scheduled for today, Saturday, and Sunday. We recommend checking out:

Attend the fest at AFS Cinema with an all-access badge for $140 or by buying tickets to individual films for $10-$15 each.

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