{"id":270495,"date":"2025-02-19T13:00:41","date_gmt":"2025-02-19T21:00:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/siliconeer.com\/current\/?p=270495"},"modified":"2025-02-19T12:54:44","modified_gmt":"2025-02-19T20:54:44","slug":"napa-valley-asian-american-film-festival","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/siliconeer.com\/current\/napa-valley-asian-american-film-festival\/","title":{"rendered":"Cinema, Cinema \u2013 2025 Napa Valley Asian American Film Festival"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Posters of all the films featured at the NVAAFF. (All photos: Vansh A. Gupta and Amar D. Gupta\/Siliconeer)<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Held in the beautiful backdrop of CA\u2019s Napa Valley College, the film festival commemorated Asian American storytelling. The film festival was hosted in Napa Valley to showcase the Asian melting pot of North Bay. Festivities included film showings, a culinary spread, divine wine, popcorn, and coffee. <strong>Siliconeer<\/strong> presents a photo recap.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/siliconeer.com\/current\/napa-valley-asian-american-film-festival\"><em>For more photos, please visit the gallery at this link.<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\">\n#foogallery-gallery-270616.fg-justified .fg-item { margin-right: 2px; margin-bottom: 2px; }\n#foogallery-gallery-270616.fg-justified .fg-image { height: 200px; }<\/style>\n\t\t\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n#foogallery-gallery-270616_1.fg-justified .fg-item { margin-right: 2px; margin-bottom: 2px; }\n#foogallery-gallery-270616_1.fg-justified .fg-image { height: 200px; }<\/style>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"foogallery foogallery-container foogallery-justified foogallery-lightbox-foogallery fg-justified fg-ready fg-light fg-shadow-medium fg-loading-default fg-loaded-slide-down fg-hover-zoomed fg-caption-always fg-hover-fade fg-hover-eye\" id=\"foogallery-gallery-270616_1\" data-foogallery=\"{&quot;item&quot;:{&quot;showCaptionTitle&quot;:true,&quot;showCaptionDescription&quot;:false},&quot;lazy&quot;:true,&quot;state&quot;:{&quot;enabled&quot;:true,&quot;mask&quot;:&quot;foogallery-{id}&quot;},&quot;template&quot;:{&quot;rowHeight&quot;:200,&quot;maxRowHeight&quot;:250,&quot;margins&quot;:2,&quot;align&quot;:&quot;center&quot;,&quot;lastRow&quot;:&quot;smart&quot;}}\" data-foogallery-lightbox=\"{&quot;theme&quot;:&quot;fg-dark&quot;,&quot;thumbs&quot;:&quot;bottom&quot;,&quot;thumbsCaptions&quot;:false,&quot;thumbsBestFit&quot;:false,&quot;thumbsSmall&quot;:false,&quot;thumbsCaptionsAlign&quot;:&quot;default&quot;,&quot;info&quot;:&quot;bottom&quot;,&quot;infoVisible&quot;:true,&quot;infoOverlay&quot;:true,&quot;infoAlign&quot;:&quot;default&quot;,&quot;transition&quot;:&quot;fade&quot;,&quot;hoverButtons&quot;:false,&quot;fitMedia&quot;:false,&quot;noScrollbars&quot;:true,&quot;preserveButtonSpace&quot;:true,&quot;noMobile&quot;:true,&quot;buttons&quot;:{&quot;fullscreen&quot;:true,&quot;info&quot;:true,&quot;thumbs&quot;:false},&quot;video&quot;:{&quot;autoPlay&quot;:true}}\" style=\"--fg-title-line-clamp: 0; --fg-description-line-clamp: 0;\" >\n\t<div class=\"fg-item fg-type-image fg-idle\"><figure class=\"fg-item-inner\"><a href=\"https:\/\/siliconeer.com\/current\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/01-PAGE-NVAAFF-25-22.jpg\" data-caption-title=\"Glimpses of the Napa Valley Asian American Film Festival held in Napa Valley, Calif.\" data-attachment-id=\"270617\" data-type=\"image\" class=\"fg-thumb\"><span class=\"fg-image-wrap\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Glimpses of the Napa Valley Asian American Film Festival held in Napa Valley, Calif.\" height=\"250\" width=\"444\" class=\"skip-lazy fg-image\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" data-src-fg=\"https:\/\/siliconeer.com\/current\/wp-content\/uploads\/cache\/2025\/02\/01-PAGE-NVAAFF-25-22\/3209251625.jpg\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20width%3D%22444%22%20height%3D%22250%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20444%20250%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" loading=\"eager\"><\/span><span class=\"fg-image-overlay\"><\/span><\/a><figcaption class=\"fg-caption\"><div class=\"fg-caption-inner\"><div class=\"fg-caption-title\">Glimpses of the Napa Valley Asian American Film Festival held in Napa Valley, Calif.<\/div><\/div><\/figcaption><\/figure><div class=\"fg-loader\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fg-item fg-type-image fg-idle\"><figure class=\"fg-item-inner\"><a href=\"https:\/\/siliconeer.com\/current\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/PAGE-NVAAFF-25-15.jpg\" data-caption-title=\"\u201cThe Glassworker\u201d Director, Usman Riaz, (l), in conversation with Siliconeer Managing Editor Vansh Gupta.\" data-attachment-id=\"270630\" data-type=\"image\" class=\"fg-thumb\"><span class=\"fg-image-wrap\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"\u201cThe Glassworker\u201d Director, Usman Riaz, (l), in conversation with Siliconeer Managing Editor Vansh Gupta.\" height=\"250\" width=\"444\" class=\"skip-lazy fg-image\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" data-src-fg=\"https:\/\/siliconeer.com\/current\/wp-content\/uploads\/cache\/2025\/02\/PAGE-NVAAFF-25-15\/460414225.jpg\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20width%3D%22444%22%20height%3D%22250%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20444%20250%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" loading=\"eager\"><\/span><span class=\"fg-image-overlay\"><\/span><\/a><figcaption class=\"fg-caption\"><div class=\"fg-caption-inner\"><div class=\"fg-caption-title\">\u201cThe Glassworker\u201d Director, Usman Riaz, (l), in conversation with Siliconeer Managing Editor Vansh Gupta.<\/div><\/div><\/figcaption><\/figure><div class=\"fg-loader\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fg-item fg-type-image fg-idle\"><figure class=\"fg-item-inner\"><a href=\"https:\/\/siliconeer.com\/current\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/PAGE-NVAAFF-25-2.jpg\" data-caption-title=\"IW Group Founder and organizer of NVAAFF, Bill Imada, with Siliconeer Founder and Chief Editor Amar D. Gupta (l). Bill mentioned the entire event was pulled through in just ten weeks.\" data-attachment-id=\"270619\" data-type=\"image\" class=\"fg-thumb\"><span class=\"fg-image-wrap\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"IW Group Founder and organizer of NVAAFF, Bill Imada, with Siliconeer Founder and Chief Editor Amar D. Gupta (l). Bill mentioned the entire event was pulled through in just ten weeks.\" height=\"250\" width=\"444\" class=\"skip-lazy fg-image\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" data-src-fg=\"https:\/\/siliconeer.com\/current\/wp-content\/uploads\/cache\/2025\/02\/PAGE-NVAAFF-25-2\/4285539481.jpg\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20width%3D%22444%22%20height%3D%22250%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20444%20250%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" loading=\"eager\"><\/span><span class=\"fg-image-overlay\"><\/span><\/a><figcaption class=\"fg-caption\"><div class=\"fg-caption-inner\"><div class=\"fg-caption-title\">IW Group Founder and organizer of NVAAFF, Bill Imada, with Siliconeer Founder and Chief Editor Amar D. Gupta (l). Bill mentioned the entire event was pulled through in just ten weeks.<\/div><\/div><\/figcaption><\/figure><div class=\"fg-loader\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fg-item fg-type-image fg-idle\"><figure class=\"fg-item-inner\"><a href=\"https:\/\/siliconeer.com\/current\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/PAGE-NVAAFF-25-18.jpg\" data-caption-title=\"Glimpses of the Napa Valley Asian American Film Festival held in Napa Valley, Calif.\" data-attachment-id=\"270632\" data-type=\"image\" class=\"fg-thumb\"><span class=\"fg-image-wrap\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Glimpses of the Napa Valley Asian American Film Festival held in Napa Valley, Calif.\" height=\"250\" width=\"444\" class=\"skip-lazy fg-image\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" data-src-fg=\"https:\/\/siliconeer.com\/current\/wp-content\/uploads\/cache\/2025\/02\/PAGE-NVAAFF-25-18\/3521013677.jpg\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20width%3D%22444%22%20height%3D%22250%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20444%20250%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" loading=\"eager\"><\/span><span class=\"fg-image-overlay\"><\/span><\/a><figcaption class=\"fg-caption\"><div class=\"fg-caption-inner\"><div class=\"fg-caption-title\">Glimpses of the Napa Valley Asian American Film Festival held in Napa Valley, Calif.<\/div><\/div><\/figcaption><\/figure><div class=\"fg-loader\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fg-item fg-type-image fg-idle\"><figure class=\"fg-item-inner\"><a href=\"https:\/\/siliconeer.com\/current\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/PAGE-NVAAFF-25-17.jpg\" data-caption-title=\"\u201cThe Glassworker\u201d Director, Usman Riaz.\" data-attachment-id=\"270631\" data-type=\"image\" class=\"fg-thumb\"><span class=\"fg-image-wrap\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"\u201cThe Glassworker\u201d Director, Usman Riaz.\" height=\"250\" width=\"444\" class=\"skip-lazy fg-image\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" data-src-fg=\"https:\/\/siliconeer.com\/current\/wp-content\/uploads\/cache\/2025\/02\/PAGE-NVAAFF-25-17\/2621034234.jpg\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20width%3D%22444%22%20height%3D%22250%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20444%20250%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" loading=\"eager\"><\/span><span class=\"fg-image-overlay\"><\/span><\/a><figcaption class=\"fg-caption\"><div class=\"fg-caption-inner\"><div class=\"fg-caption-title\">\u201cThe Glassworker\u201d Director, Usman Riaz.<\/div><\/div><\/figcaption><\/figure><div class=\"fg-loader\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fg-item fg-type-image fg-idle\"><figure class=\"fg-item-inner\"><a href=\"https:\/\/siliconeer.com\/current\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/PAGE-NVAAFF-25-14.jpg\" data-caption-title=\"Glimpses of the Napa Valley Asian American Film Festival held in Napa Valley, Calif.\" data-attachment-id=\"270629\" data-type=\"image\" class=\"fg-thumb\"><span class=\"fg-image-wrap\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Glimpses of the Napa Valley Asian American Film Festival held in Napa Valley, Calif.\" height=\"250\" width=\"141\" class=\"skip-lazy fg-image\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" data-src-fg=\"https:\/\/siliconeer.com\/current\/wp-content\/uploads\/cache\/2025\/02\/PAGE-NVAAFF-25-14\/2529569033.jpg\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20width%3D%22141%22%20height%3D%22250%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20141%20250%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" loading=\"eager\"><\/span><span class=\"fg-image-overlay\"><\/span><\/a><figcaption class=\"fg-caption\"><div class=\"fg-caption-inner\"><div class=\"fg-caption-title\">Glimpses of the Napa Valley Asian American Film Festival held in Napa Valley, Calif.<\/div><\/div><\/figcaption><\/figure><div class=\"fg-loader\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fg-item fg-type-image fg-idle\"><figure class=\"fg-item-inner\"><a href=\"https:\/\/siliconeer.com\/current\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/PAGE-NVAAFF-25-12.jpg\" data-caption-title=\"Glimpses of the Napa Valley Asian American Film Festival held in Napa Valley, Calif.\" data-attachment-id=\"270628\" data-type=\"image\" class=\"fg-thumb\"><span class=\"fg-image-wrap\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Glimpses of the Napa Valley Asian American Film Festival held in Napa Valley, Calif.\" height=\"250\" width=\"444\" class=\"skip-lazy fg-image\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" data-src-fg=\"https:\/\/siliconeer.com\/current\/wp-content\/uploads\/cache\/2025\/02\/PAGE-NVAAFF-25-12\/2512696344.jpg\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20width%3D%22444%22%20height%3D%22250%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20444%20250%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" loading=\"eager\"><\/span><span class=\"fg-image-overlay\"><\/span><\/a><figcaption class=\"fg-caption\"><div class=\"fg-caption-inner\"><div class=\"fg-caption-title\">Glimpses of the Napa Valley Asian American Film Festival held in Napa Valley, Calif.<\/div><\/div><\/figcaption><\/figure><div class=\"fg-loader\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fg-item fg-type-image fg-idle\"><figure class=\"fg-item-inner\"><a href=\"https:\/\/siliconeer.com\/current\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/PAGE-NVAAFF-25-11.jpg\" data-caption-title=\"Glimpses of the Napa Valley Asian American Film Festival held in Napa Valley, Calif.\" data-attachment-id=\"270627\" data-type=\"image\" class=\"fg-thumb\"><span class=\"fg-image-wrap\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Glimpses of the Napa Valley Asian American Film Festival held in Napa Valley, Calif.\" height=\"250\" width=\"141\" class=\"skip-lazy fg-image\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" data-src-fg=\"https:\/\/siliconeer.com\/current\/wp-content\/uploads\/cache\/2025\/02\/PAGE-NVAAFF-25-11\/2969693487.jpg\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20width%3D%22141%22%20height%3D%22250%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20141%20250%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" loading=\"eager\"><\/span><span class=\"fg-image-overlay\"><\/span><\/a><figcaption class=\"fg-caption\"><div class=\"fg-caption-inner\"><div class=\"fg-caption-title\">Glimpses of the Napa Valley Asian American Film Festival held in Napa Valley, Calif.<\/div><\/div><\/figcaption><\/figure><div class=\"fg-loader\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fg-item fg-type-image fg-idle\"><figure class=\"fg-item-inner\"><a href=\"https:\/\/siliconeer.com\/current\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/PAGE-NVAAFF-25-10.jpg\" data-caption-title=\"Glimpses of the Napa Valley Asian American Film Festival held in Napa Valley, Calif.\" data-attachment-id=\"270626\" data-type=\"image\" class=\"fg-thumb\"><span class=\"fg-image-wrap\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Glimpses of the Napa Valley Asian American Film Festival held in Napa Valley, Calif.\" height=\"250\" width=\"444\" class=\"skip-lazy fg-image\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" data-src-fg=\"https:\/\/siliconeer.com\/current\/wp-content\/uploads\/cache\/2025\/02\/PAGE-NVAAFF-25-10\/3100014887.jpg\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20width%3D%22444%22%20height%3D%22250%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20444%20250%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" loading=\"eager\"><\/span><span class=\"fg-image-overlay\"><\/span><\/a><figcaption class=\"fg-caption\"><div class=\"fg-caption-inner\"><div class=\"fg-caption-title\">Glimpses of the Napa Valley Asian American Film Festival held in Napa Valley, Calif.<\/div><\/div><\/figcaption><\/figure><div class=\"fg-loader\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fg-item fg-type-image fg-idle\"><figure class=\"fg-item-inner\"><a href=\"https:\/\/siliconeer.com\/current\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/PAGE-NVAAFF-25-9.jpg\" data-caption-title=\"Glimpses of the Napa Valley Asian American Film Festival held in Napa Valley, Calif.\" data-attachment-id=\"270625\" data-type=\"image\" class=\"fg-thumb\"><span class=\"fg-image-wrap\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Glimpses of the Napa Valley Asian American Film Festival held in Napa Valley, Calif.\" height=\"250\" width=\"444\" class=\"skip-lazy fg-image\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" data-src-fg=\"https:\/\/siliconeer.com\/current\/wp-content\/uploads\/cache\/2025\/02\/PAGE-NVAAFF-25-9\/3578755027.jpg\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20width%3D%22444%22%20height%3D%22250%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20444%20250%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" loading=\"eager\"><\/span><span class=\"fg-image-overlay\"><\/span><\/a><figcaption class=\"fg-caption\"><div class=\"fg-caption-inner\"><div class=\"fg-caption-title\">Glimpses of the Napa Valley Asian American Film Festival held in Napa Valley, Calif.<\/div><\/div><\/figcaption><\/figure><div class=\"fg-loader\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fg-item fg-type-image fg-idle\"><figure class=\"fg-item-inner\"><a href=\"https:\/\/siliconeer.com\/current\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/PAGE-NVAAFF-25-8.jpg\" data-caption-title=\"Glimpses of the Napa Valley Asian American Film Festival held in Napa Valley, Calif.\" data-attachment-id=\"270624\" data-type=\"image\" class=\"fg-thumb\"><span class=\"fg-image-wrap\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Glimpses of the Napa Valley Asian American Film Festival held in Napa Valley, Calif.\" height=\"250\" width=\"444\" class=\"skip-lazy fg-image\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" data-src-fg=\"https:\/\/siliconeer.com\/current\/wp-content\/uploads\/cache\/2025\/02\/PAGE-NVAAFF-25-8\/3460980725.jpg\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20width%3D%22444%22%20height%3D%22250%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20444%20250%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" loading=\"eager\"><\/span><span class=\"fg-image-overlay\"><\/span><\/a><figcaption class=\"fg-caption\"><div class=\"fg-caption-inner\"><div class=\"fg-caption-title\">Glimpses of the Napa Valley Asian American Film Festival held in Napa Valley, Calif.<\/div><\/div><\/figcaption><\/figure><div class=\"fg-loader\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fg-item fg-type-image fg-idle\"><figure class=\"fg-item-inner\"><a href=\"https:\/\/siliconeer.com\/current\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/PAGE-NVAAFF-25-7.jpg\" data-caption-title=\"Glimpses of the Napa Valley Asian American Film Festival held in Napa Valley, Calif.\" data-attachment-id=\"270623\" data-type=\"image\" class=\"fg-thumb\"><span class=\"fg-image-wrap\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Glimpses of the Napa Valley Asian American Film Festival held in Napa Valley, Calif.\" height=\"250\" width=\"141\" class=\"skip-lazy fg-image\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" data-src-fg=\"https:\/\/siliconeer.com\/current\/wp-content\/uploads\/cache\/2025\/02\/PAGE-NVAAFF-25-7\/1555340466.jpg\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20width%3D%22141%22%20height%3D%22250%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20141%20250%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" loading=\"eager\"><\/span><span class=\"fg-image-overlay\"><\/span><\/a><figcaption class=\"fg-caption\"><div class=\"fg-caption-inner\"><div class=\"fg-caption-title\">Glimpses of the Napa Valley Asian American Film Festival held in Napa Valley, Calif.<\/div><\/div><\/figcaption><\/figure><div class=\"fg-loader\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fg-item fg-type-image fg-idle\"><figure class=\"fg-item-inner\"><a href=\"https:\/\/siliconeer.com\/current\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/PAGE-NVAAFF-25-6.jpg\" data-caption-title=\"Glimpses of the Napa Valley Asian American Film Festival held in Napa Valley, Calif.\" data-attachment-id=\"270622\" data-type=\"image\" class=\"fg-thumb\"><span class=\"fg-image-wrap\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Glimpses of the Napa Valley Asian American Film Festival held in Napa Valley, Calif.\" height=\"250\" width=\"444\" class=\"skip-lazy fg-image\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" data-src-fg=\"https:\/\/siliconeer.com\/current\/wp-content\/uploads\/cache\/2025\/02\/PAGE-NVAAFF-25-6\/1202828436.jpg\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20width%3D%22444%22%20height%3D%22250%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20444%20250%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" loading=\"eager\"><\/span><span class=\"fg-image-overlay\"><\/span><\/a><figcaption class=\"fg-caption\"><div class=\"fg-caption-inner\"><div class=\"fg-caption-title\">Glimpses of the Napa Valley Asian American Film Festival held in Napa Valley, Calif.<\/div><\/div><\/figcaption><\/figure><div class=\"fg-loader\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fg-item fg-type-image fg-idle\"><figure class=\"fg-item-inner\"><a href=\"https:\/\/siliconeer.com\/current\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/PAGE-NVAAFF-25-4.jpg\" data-caption-title=\"Vansh Gupta (r) in conversation with Bill Imada (l) and Roaming Bean Coffee owner Jasraj Sangha.\" data-attachment-id=\"270621\" data-type=\"image\" class=\"fg-thumb\"><span class=\"fg-image-wrap\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Vansh Gupta (r) in conversation with Bill Imada (l) and Roaming Bean Coffee owner Jasraj Sangha.\" height=\"250\" width=\"444\" class=\"skip-lazy fg-image\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" data-src-fg=\"https:\/\/siliconeer.com\/current\/wp-content\/uploads\/cache\/2025\/02\/PAGE-NVAAFF-25-4\/2786380896.jpg\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20width%3D%22444%22%20height%3D%22250%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20444%20250%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" loading=\"eager\"><\/span><span class=\"fg-image-overlay\"><\/span><\/a><figcaption class=\"fg-caption\"><div class=\"fg-caption-inner\"><div class=\"fg-caption-title\">Vansh Gupta (r) in conversation with Bill Imada (l) and Roaming Bean Coffee owner Jasraj Sangha.<\/div><\/div><\/figcaption><\/figure><div class=\"fg-loader\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fg-item fg-type-image fg-idle\"><figure class=\"fg-item-inner\"><a href=\"https:\/\/siliconeer.com\/current\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/PAGE-NVAAFF-25-3.jpg\" data-caption-title=\"Glimpses of the Napa Valley Asian American Film Festival held in Napa Valley, Calif.\" data-attachment-id=\"270620\" data-type=\"image\" class=\"fg-thumb\"><span class=\"fg-image-wrap\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Glimpses of the Napa Valley Asian American Film Festival held in Napa Valley, Calif.\" height=\"250\" width=\"444\" class=\"skip-lazy fg-image\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" data-src-fg=\"https:\/\/siliconeer.com\/current\/wp-content\/uploads\/cache\/2025\/02\/PAGE-NVAAFF-25-3\/2071915969.jpg\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20width%3D%22444%22%20height%3D%22250%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20444%20250%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" loading=\"eager\"><\/span><span class=\"fg-image-overlay\"><\/span><\/a><figcaption class=\"fg-caption\"><div class=\"fg-caption-inner\"><div class=\"fg-caption-title\">Glimpses of the Napa Valley Asian American Film Festival held in Napa Valley, Calif.<\/div><\/div><\/figcaption><\/figure><div class=\"fg-loader\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fg-item fg-type-image fg-idle\"><figure class=\"fg-item-inner\"><a href=\"https:\/\/siliconeer.com\/current\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/PAGE-NVAAFF-25-1.jpg\" data-caption-title=\"Glimpses of the Napa Valley Asian American Film Festival held in Napa Valley, Calif.\" data-attachment-id=\"270618\" data-type=\"image\" class=\"fg-thumb\"><span class=\"fg-image-wrap\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Glimpses of the Napa Valley Asian American Film Festival held in Napa Valley, Calif.\" height=\"250\" width=\"444\" class=\"skip-lazy fg-image\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" data-src-fg=\"https:\/\/siliconeer.com\/current\/wp-content\/uploads\/cache\/2025\/02\/PAGE-NVAAFF-25-1\/2790263746.jpg\" 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(All photos: Vansh A. Gupta and Amar D. Gupta\/Siliconeer) Held in the beautiful backdrop of CA\u2019s Napa Valley College, the film festival commemorated Asian American storytelling. The film festival was hosted in Napa Valley to showcase the Asian melting pot of North Bay. Festivities included film&#8230;<\/p>\n<div class=\"read-more-link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/siliconeer.com\/current\/napa-valley-asian-american-film-festival\/\">Read More<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":270614,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[21,19],"tags":[64498,43261,15126,3071,139,61292,50975,64497,64431,64434],"class_list":["post-270495","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment","category-topics","tag-2025-napa-valley-asian-american-film-festival","tag-asian-americans","tag-california-2","tag-cinema","tag-entertainment","tag-film-festival","tag-napa-valley","tag-napa-valley-college","tag-nvaaff","tag-short-films"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/siliconeer.com\/current\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/270495","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/siliconeer.com\/current\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/siliconeer.com\/current\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/siliconeer.com\/current\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/siliconeer.com\/current\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=270495"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/siliconeer.com\/current\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/270495\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/siliconeer.com\/current\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/270614"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/siliconeer.com\/current\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=270495"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/siliconeer.com\/current\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=270495"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/siliconeer.com\/current\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=270495"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}