May Day is Asia/Pacific Day #1, but May 2 is Linsanity Day in L.A.

In honor of Asian Pacific Heritage Month, I've begun two new blogs. This one will be devoted to Asian and Asian American films. (There other one is about L.A. Asians and what I think they would find interesting). This is my fit of ambitious insanity and today's entry celebrates "Linsanity." The documentary on Jeremy Lin opens the L.A. Asian Pacific Film Festival today.

Visual Communications L.A. Asian Pacific Film Festival  began as a humble little film and video festival in 1983, has not expanded to a two-week film festival with show cases, panels and seminars. The festival now uses several venues: the Directors Guild of America, CGV Cinemas and the Art Theatre of Long Beach.

If you're looking for Bollywood or samurai-slasher movies, move on. This is about new works by old and new filmmakers and videos artists from America and Asian Pacific communities world-wide and the movies cover a wide range of topics.

And there are parties. Plenty of parties, including karaoke.

Opening night is today and get ready for "Linsanity." Yes, it's a 2013 documentary by Evan Jackson Leong about Houston Rocket point guard Jeremy Lin during his February 2012 celebrity run. This Taiwanese American athlete was born in Los Angeles. If you want to jump on the "Linsanity" celebration, the movie screens at the DGA at 7 p.m. VIP tickets are $100, but screening and gala reception for VC or DGA members is $45.

"Linsanity" was at Sundance in January, but this is the first time it has screened in Los Angeles. Love basketball? Infected with Linsanity? Get your tickets quick.

The reception begins at 5: 30 p.m. in the DGA Atrium.  The 88-minute movie begins at 7 p.m. (#2). The reception begins at 9:30 p.m. at the DGA lobby.

Directors Guild of America - Theater 1
7920 Sunset Blvd
Hollywood, CA 90046
Phone: (213) 680-4462
For the full program visit the official website.