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San Diego Asian Film Festival 2013

All Films & Events

  1. 36

    Nawapol Thamrongrattanarit / Discoveries / Thailand / 2012 / experimental / 68 mins
    A film location scout tries to remember the people and places in photos accidentally deleted.

    Preceded by: Night Falls on Glass

    36

    Digiplex Mission Valley
    November 8, 2013 6:10 pm


  2. ABDUCTEE

    Yudai Yamaguchi / Late Night / Japan / 2013 / thriller / 95 mins
    You awaken alone, hands tied, with a plastic bag over your head. Your cell phone rings.
    ABDUCTEE

    Digiplex Mission Valley
    November 9, 2013 10:05 pm


  3. AMERICAN REVOLUTIONARY: THE EVOLUTION OF GRACE LEE BOGGS

    Grace Lee / Asian American Panorama / USA / 2013 / documentary / 82 mins
    In Detroit there is a 98-year-old Chinese American woman committed to justice. This is her story.

    Preceded by: Speaking Out

    AMERICAN REVOLUTIONARY

    Digiplex Mission Valley
    November 8, 2013 7:15 pm

    AMERICAN REVOLUTIONARY (encore)

    Digiplex Mission Valley
    November 13, 2013 9:00 pm


  4. BENDS

    Flora Lau / Discoveries / Hong Kong / 2013 / drama / 97 mins
    A Hong Kong socialite and her Mainlander chauffeur face losing everything they've got.
    BENDS

    Digiplex Mission Valley
    November 11, 2013 5:30 pm

    BENDS

    Digiplex Mission Valley
    November 13, 2013 4:35 pm


  5. BIG BOY

    Shireen Seno / Discoveries / Philippines / 2012 / experimental, family / 89 mins
    Growing up and pulled apart, seen through hazy Super-8 memories.
    BIG BOY

    Digiplex Mission Valley
    November 12, 2013 6:45 pm


  6. THE BIT PLAYER

    Jeffrey Jeturian / Asia Pop! / Philippines / 2013 / comedy, drama / 111 mins
    A day in the life of the extras waiting their turn on the set of a TV soap. Cameos galore!
    THE BIT PLAYER

    Digiplex Mission Valley
    November 9, 2013 1:30 pm


  7. BLIND DETECTIVE

    Johnnie To / Masters / Hong Kong / 2013 / comedy, thriller / 129 mins
    Andy Lau plays a private eye who can't see in Johnnie To's latest genre-bender.
    BLIND DETECTIVE

    Digiplex Mission Valley
    November 9, 2013 9:00 pm

    Blind Detective (encore)

    Digiplex Mission Valley
    November 14, 2013 5:15 pm


  8. A BREATH FROM THE BOTTOM

    Chan Ching-lin / Discoveries / Taiwan / 2012 / drama, thriller / 42 mins
    A rally is raging and a cop gets entangled with an unruly protester... who happens to be his dad.

    Preceded by: Kong Peh Tshat or: How I Learned to Tell a Lie

    A BREATH FROM THE BOTTOM

    UCSD Price Center Theater
    November 10, 2013 1:00 pm


  9. CLOSED CURTAIN

    Jafar Panahi / Masters / Iran / 2013 / documentary, drama, experimental / 106 mins
    Still under house arrest, Jafar Panahi ponders the politics of inside/outside, real/imagined.
    CLOSED CURTAIN

    Digital Gym Cinema
    November 11, 2013 6:30 pm

    CLOSED CURTAIN

    Digiplex Mission Valley
    November 12, 2013 8:35 pm


  10. COLD COMES THE NIGHT

    Tze Chun / Asian American Panorama / USA / 2013 / drama, thriller / 90 mins
    A motel owner and a career criminal vow to outplay each other for survival and some stolen cash.
    COLD COMES THE NIGHT

    Digiplex Mission Valley
    November 11, 2013 6:30 pm


  11. CONFESSION OF MURDER

    Jeong Byeong-Gil / Asia Pop! / South Korea / 2012 / thriller / 119 mins
    After the statute of limitations expires, a handsome murderer comes out to a hungry media.
    CONFESSION OF MURDER

    Digital Gym Cinema
    November 11, 2013 8:35 pm

    CONFESSION OF MURDER

    Digiplex Mission Valley
    November 12, 2013 4:20 pm


  12. DOCUMENTED

    Jose Antonio Vargas, Ann Lupo / Asian American Panorama / USA / 2013 / documentary, family / 90 mins
    A Pulitzer-winning American without papers hasn't seen his mother in the Philippines for 20 years.
    DOCUMENTED

    New Central Library
    November 15, 2013 7:00 pm

    DOCUMENTED (encore)

    New Central Library
    November 15, 2013 9:20 pm


  13. DRUG WAR

    Johnnie To / Masters / China, Hong Kong / 2012 / thriller / 107 mins
    Cops get their hands dirty to infiltrate a meth ring.
    DRUG WAR

    Digiplex Mission Valley
    November 9, 2013 3:45 pm

    DRUG WAR

    Digiplex Mission Valley
    November 11, 2013 9:00 pm


  14. FINDING MR. RIGHT

    Xue Xiaolu / Asia Pop! / China / 2013 / romantic comedy / 123 mins
    She's sassy, spoiled, and very pregnant. What's love got to do with it?
    FINDING MR. RIGHT

    Birch North Park Theatre
    November 7, 2013 6:30 pm

    Finding Mr. Right (encore)

    Digiplex Mission Valley
    November 10, 2013 12:25 pm


  15. FIRE IN THE BLOOD

    Dylan Mohan Gray / Discoveries / India / 2012 / documentary / 84 mins
    AIDS drugs exist. So why is Big Pharma leaving millions to die? This Sundance doc dares answer.
    FIRE IN THE BLOOD

    Digiplex Mission Valley
    November 11, 2013 6:00 pm

    FIRE IN THE BLOOD

    Digiplex Mission Valley
    November 13, 2013 4:55 pm


  16. FOREVER LOVE

    Aozaru Shiao, Toyoharu Kitamura / Asia Pop! / Taiwan / 2013 / historical, romantic comedy / 124 mins
    In the 1960s, the backlots of fly-by-night movie studios set the scene for first love.
    FOREVER LOVE

    UCSD Price Center Theater
    November 10, 2013 2:45 pm

    FOREVER LOVE

    Digiplex Mission Valley
    November 12, 2013 5:45 pm


  17. GOLDEN GATE GIRLS

    S. Louisa Wei / Asian American Panorama / Hong Kong / 2013 / documentary, historical / 90 mins
    As a rare woman director in 1930s-40s America, Esther Eng did things her way.
    GOLDEN GATE GIRLS

    Digiplex Mission Valley
    November 9, 2013 1:15 pm


  18. THE GREAT NORTH KOREAN PICTURE SHOW

    Lynn Lee, James Leong / Discoveries / Singapore / 2012 / documentary / 94 mins
    A rare, droll look at filmmaking and film education in North Korea.
    THE GREAT NORTH KOREAN PICTURE SHOW

    Digital Gym Cinema
    November 12, 2013 5:45 pm

    THE GREAT NORTH KOREAN PICTURE SHOW

    Digiplex Mission Valley
    November 13, 2013 4:00 pm Buy Tickets


  19. HAFU: THE MIXED-RACE EXPERIENCE IN JAPAN

    Megumi Nishikura, Lara Perez Takagi / Discoveries / Japan / 2013 / documentary, family / 87 mins
    Five moving portraits about mixed-race, multi-cultural Japan.

    Preceded by: TaiwanFamous

    HAFU: THE MIXED-RACE EXPERIENCE IN JAPAN

    Digiplex Mission Valley
    November 12, 2013 6:00 pm

    HAFU: THE MIXED-RACE EXPERIENCE IN JAPAN

    Encinitas Public Library
    November 16, 2013 3:45 pm


  20. THE HAUMĀNA

    Keo Woolford / Asian American Panorama / USA / 2013 / drama, music / 95 mins
    A troubled lounge singer has a chance at redemption... by teaching a men's hula class.
    THE HAUMANA

    Digiplex Mission Valley
    November 9, 2013 4:00 pm