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

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.

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.

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.

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.

IT’S A WONG FU HOMECOMING!

Asian American Panorama / Panel / 90 mins

A celebration of UCSD alumnus Wong Fu Productions on their 10th anniversary.

MEMORY OF FORGOTTEN WAR

Deann Borshay Liem, Ramsay Liem / Asian American Panorama / USA / 2013 / documentary, family, historical / 37 mins

The Korean War remembered by those who crossed borders: North and South, Korean and American.

MORAL SLEAZE

Jiyoung Lee / Asian American Panorama / USA / 2013 / comedy / 73 mins

Joeun makes techno-bras for an exploitation director who happens to be her boyfriend.

A PICTURE OF YOU

J.P. Chan / Asian American Panorama / USA / 2013 / comedy, drama / 83 mins

Siblings stumble upon a surprise while going through their recently-deceased mother's photos.

Preceded by: Lonesome Town

PLASTIC PARADISE: THE GREAT PACIFIC GARBAGE PATCH

Angela Sun / Asian American Panorama / USA / 2013 / documentary / 57 mins

Angela Sun takes us to the infamous vortex of trash where the world's plastic accumulates.

RASKAL LOVE

Byron Q / Asian American Panorama / USA / 2013 / documentary / 83 mins

Life catches up to a Pomona gangster.

REEL VOICES

Asian American Panorama / 120 mins

12 high school sudents from San Diego create documentaries based on subjects in their own lives.

In This Program: Crescendo, A Letter to Alex, Proud to Be Loud, Breaking Reality, Being Diabetic, Upward Bound, Bruce the CVS Man, Would?, What is Friend(ship)?, Make it Happen, Surfer’s Bond, We Truly are Bulletproof

SAKE-BOMB

Junya Sakino / Asian American Panorama / Japan, USA / 2013 / comedy / 82 mins

With his Japanese cousin in tow, an angry Asian YouTuber hits the road.

Preceded by: The Curious Case of Tommy Do

SEPARATED AT BIRTH

Asian American Panorama / Panel / 90 mins

Adoptees around the world discover each other with the help of new media.

SHORTS: AIGOOOOOOOOOO!

Asian American Panorama / 92 mins

If we could put in more o’s or more !!!’s in the title we would. These shorts from Korea are that good.

In This Program: Choongshim, Soso, The Same Old Song, The Line, Sweet Corn

SHORTS: ALL OUT OF LOVE

Asian American Panorama / 95 mins

Whether you’re running on empty or filled to the brim, love manifests in the strangest ways.

In This Program: No Longer There, The Man in the Fish Pool, Plan B, Samnang, All the Splendour of the Years

SHORTS: ANIMATION: THE ILLUSION OF LIFE

Asian American Panorama / 85 mins

The magic of animation comes alive in this collection of short films.

In This Program: Brain Divided, Sumo Roll, Duckhammer and Beavkid Get Buckets, Rescue, Cycloid, Katachi, Loud Boy, Within Within, Still I Breathe, The Bridge Chronicles, The Present, Chicken or the Egg, Yellow Sticky Notes: Canadian AniJam, Requiem for Romance, A Knock on My Door

SHORTS: BAD EDUCATION

Asian American Panorama / 94 mins

From the school of hard knocks comes the outrageous, the transgressive, and the hilarious.

In This Program: The Perils of Growing Up Flat-Chested, The Future is Now!, Kong Peh Tshat or: How I Learned to Tell a Lie, A Rainy Day for Earthworms, In Between My Handmade Moments, Pyro & Klepto

SHORTS: CLEARING CUSTOMS

Asian American Panorama / 98 mins

From werewolf hotels to Cannes, we smuggle in the very best film morsels from around the world.

In This Program: Draft Day, New Year’s Eve, Psychedelic Family, Made in Chinatown, More than Two Hours, Memory Blocks, Honeymoon Suite

SHORTS: CURSES IN CURSIVE

Asian American Panorama / 98 mins

Shoulder pad hoarders. Pyramid schemers. Super Cuts playaz. These unruly women throw down in style.

In This Program: Inheritance, Pagpag, Kotobuki / To Us, Superior Life Classroom, My Mother’s Jade, “THAT GUY…WITH GREAT HAIR”, Grave Goods