Equipped with a small camcorder and her Littlest Pet Shop figurines, Annika Magbanua began making stop-motion films when she was just six years old. Year later, what began as an innocent hobby has turned into a passion for animation and design.

“Looking back, it kind of makes sense that I ended up here,” Magbanua says. “When I was getting ready to go to college, I had an epiphany: There are people — artists — behind these animated films that I love so much.”

Magbanua’s short 2D-animation Lukso ng Dugo is one of dozens included in the 11th annual Silicon Valley Asian Pacific Film Fest . Taking place in Sunnyvale from Oct. 17–19 and online from Oct. 20–26, the festival both depicts and celebrates the Asian American, Pacific Islander and Native Hawaiian experience.

A still from ‘Lukso

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