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2014 San Diego Asian Film Festival

All Films & Events

  1. THE GOLDEN ERA

    Ann Hui / Masters / China, Hong Kong / 2014 / drama, experimental, historical / 178 mins
    Ann Hui pays tribute to 1930s novelist Xiao Hong and the impossibility of ever really knowing her.
    THE GOLDEN ERA

    UltraStar Mission Valley
    Tue, Nov. 11, 2014 6:30 pm


  2. A HARD DAY

    Kim Seong-hun / Asia Pop! / South Korea / 2014 / thriller / 111 mins
    In this devilish thriller, covering up a hit-and-run isn't easy, even for a cop.
    A HARD DAY

    UltraStar Mission Valley
    Fri, Nov. 7, 2014 9:10 pm

    A HARD DAY

    UltraStar Mission Valley
    Sun, Nov. 9, 2014 7:30 pm


  3. HELLO! JUNICHI

    Katsuhito Ishii, Kanoko Kawaguchi, Atsushi Yoshioka / Asia Pop! / Japan / 2014 / comedy, family, romance / 90 mins
    A rag-tag gaggle of kids form a rock band for a birthday party.
    HELLO! JUNICHI

    UltraStar Mission Valley
    Sat, Nov. 8, 2014 12:40 pm

    HELLO! JUNICHI

    UltraStar Mission Valley
    Tue, Nov. 11, 2014 3:20 pm

    HELLO! JUNICHI

    La Paloma Theatre
    Sat, Nov. 15, 2014 1:00 pm


  4. THE IRON MINISTRY

    J.P. Sniadecki / Discoveries / China, USA / 2014 / documentary, experimental / 82 mins
    Documentary capturing the sights, spaces, and rhythms on a train, in a nation on the move.
    THE IRON MINISTRY

    UltraStar Mission Valley
    Sat, Nov. 8, 2014 8:20 pm


  5. JOURNEY TO THE WEST

    Tsai Ming-liang / Masters / France, Taiwan / 2014 / experimental / 56 mins
    A red-robed monk inches slowly through the streets of Marseilles.

    Preceded by: WALKER

    JOURNEY TO THE WEST

    UltraStar Mission Valley
    Mon, Nov. 10, 2014 8:40 pm


  6. KANO

    Umin Boya / Asia Pop! / Taiwan / 2014 / drama, historical, sports / 185 mins
    Baseball brings together all ethnicities in this inspiring true story of Taiwan under Japanese rule.
    KANO

    UCSD Calit2 Atkinson Hall Auditorium
    Fri, Nov. 7, 2014 6:45 pm

    KANO

    UltraStar Mission Valley
    Wed, Nov. 12, 2014 6:40 pm Buy Tickets


  7. THE KINGDOM OF DREAMS AND MADNESS

    Mami Sunada / Masters / Japan / 2013 / documentary / 118 mins
    Animation legend Hayao Miyazaki prepares his final masterpiece at Studio Ghibli.
    THE KINGDOM OF DREAMS AND MADNESS

    UltraStar Mission Valley
    Sat, Nov. 8, 2014 4:55 pm

    THE KINGDOM OF DREAMS AND MADNESS

    UltraStar Mission Valley
    Tue, Nov. 11, 2014 8:05 pm


  8. KUMU HINA

    Dean Hamer, Joe Wilson / Asian American Panorama / USA / 2014 / documentary, drama, LGBT, romance / 77 mins
    A transgender hula instructor finds love and becomes an inspiration.
    KUMU HINA

    UltraStar Mission Valley
    Sun, Nov. 9, 2014 2:30 pm


  9. LETTERS FROM THE SOUTH

    Aditya Assarat, Royston Tan, Midi Zhao, Sun Koh, Tan Chui Mui, Tsai Ming-liang / Masters / Burma, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand / 2013 / comedy, drama, experimental / 105 mins
    Six short portraits of overseas Chinese in Southeast Asia.
    LETTERS FROM THE SOUTH

    UltraStar Mission Valley
    Sun, Nov. 9, 2014 7:45 pm


  10. LIMITED PARTNERSHIP

    Thomas G. Miller / Asian American Panorama / USA / 2014 / documentary, historical, LGBT, romance / 75 mins
    A powerful love story captures four decades of struggle for equality.

    Preceded by: 6 WEDDINGS AND A DRESS

    LIMITED PARTNERSHIP

    UltraStar Mission Valley
    Sat, Nov. 8, 2014 12:50 pm

    LIMITED PARTNERSHIP

    UltraStar Mission Valley
    Thu, Nov. 13, 2014 6:25 pm


  11. LORDVILLE

    Rea Tajiri / Asian American Panorama / USA / 2014 / documentary, experimental / 67 mins
    Pioneering video essayist Rea Tajiri ruminates on the upstate NY house she bought and the land it sits on.
    LORDVILLE

    UltraStar Mission Valley
    Wed, Nov. 12, 2014 4:00 pm Buy Tickets


  12. THE LOST SEA

    Hung Chun-Hsiu / Discoveries / Taiwan / 2013 / documentary / 63 mins
    The plight of horseshoe crabs reveals the ecological and human tolls of political upheaval.
    THE LOST SEA

    UCSD Calit2 Atkinson Hall Auditorium
    Sun, Nov. 9, 2014 1:00 pm


  13. LOVE’S WHIRLPOOL

    Daisuke Miura / Asia Pop! / Japan / 2014 / comedy, sex / 123 mins
    Four women. Four men. Five hours of awkward, anonymous sex.
    LOVE’S WHIRLPOOL

    UltraStar Mission Valley
    Fri, Nov. 7, 2014 9:25 pm

    LOVE’S WHIRLPOOL

    UltraStar Mission Valley
    Thu, Nov. 13, 2014 9:00 pm


  14. MAN FROM RENO

    Dave Boyle / Asian American Panorama / Japan, USA / 2014 / drama, thriller / 111 mins
    A writer from Japan stumbles onto a real-life murder mystery.
    MAN FROM RENO

    UltraStar Mission Valley
    Sun, Nov. 9, 2014 4:45 pm

    MAN FROM RENO

    UltraStar Mission Valley
    Thu, Nov. 13, 2014 6:15 pm


  15. MARY IS HAPPY, MARY IS HAPPY

    Nawapol Thamrongrattanarit / Discoveries / Thailand / 2013 / drama, experimental / 125 mins
    410 consecutive tweets turn into a snappy, spellbinding chronicle of the teenage imagination.
    MARY IS HAPPY, MARY IS HAPPY

    UltraStar Mission Valley
    Wed, Nov. 12, 2014 8:05 pm


  16. MEET THE PATELS

    Geeta V. Patel, Ravi V. Patel / Asian American Panorama / USA / 2014 / documentary, family, romantic comedy / 88 mins
    Siblings document the comedy of their parents’ plans to get their son married.

    Preceded by: SHAMELESS

    MEET THE PATELS

    Museum of Contemporary Art, Sherwood Auditorium
    Fri, Nov. 14, 2014 7:00 pm Buy Tickets


  17. MEETING DR. SUN

    Yee Chih-yen / Discoveries / Taiwan / 2014 / comedy, drama / 94 mins
    Two sets of students are out to steal the same loot: the school's Sun Yat-sen statue.
    MEETING DR. SUN

    UltraStar Mission Valley
    Sun, Nov. 9, 2014 5:45 pm

    MEETING DR. SUN

    UltraStar Mission Valley
    Tue, Nov. 11, 2014 8:45 pm


  18. MOTHERS

    Xu Huijing / Discoveries / China / 2013 / documentary / 68 mins
    A headstrong woman evades forced sterilization and the one-child policy.
    MOTHERS

    UltraStar Mission Valley
    Wed, Nov. 12, 2014 6:30 pm


  19. MOVEFEST

    Dance / 90 mins
    Celebrating dance, film, and Asian Americans on the move.
    MOVEFEST

    San Diego School of Creative and Performing Arts
    Sun, Nov. 9, 2014 2:30 pm

    MOVEFEST

    San Diego School of Creative and Performing Arts
    Sun, Nov. 9, 2014 6:30 pm


  20. MY LIFE IN CHINA

    Kenneth Eng / Asian American Panorama / China, USA / 2014 / documentary, drama / 52 mins
    A man disillusioned by the American dream traces his steps back to China.
    MY LIFE IN CHINA

    UltraStar Mission Valley
    Sun, Nov. 9, 2014 1:20 pm

    MY LIFE IN CHINA

    ArcLight Cinemas La Jolla
    Wed, Nov. 12, 2014 6:30 pm