Discoveries
From Asia’s most innovative and thought-provoking filmmakers come new stories and new ways of telling them.
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CICADA
Dean Yamada / Discoveries / Japan, USA / 2014 / comedy, drama / 100 mins
Jumpei can't have kids and Ryota's bullied at school. Fine time for a birthday party.Preceded by: KEN MIURA: UNHEARD OF
CICADA
UltraStar Mission Valley
Mon, Nov. 10, 2014 6:30 pm
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EXIT
Chienn Hsiang / Discoveries / Taiwan / 2014 / drama / 94 mins
While visiting her mother-in-law at the hospital, Ling stumbles upon a patient who can't see or talk.EXIT
UCSD Calit2 Atkinson Hall Auditorium
Sun, Nov. 9, 2014 2:25 pmEXIT
UltraStar Mission Valley
Tue, Nov. 11, 2014 6:45 pm
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FANTAIL
Curtis Vowell / Discoveries / New Zealand / 2013 / comedy, drama / 83 mins
Half-Maori gas station clerk Tania works nights to save up for a trip to find her father.FANTAIL
UltraStar Mission Valley
Fri, Nov. 7, 2014 9:00 pm
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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
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Sat, Nov. 8, 2014 8:20 pm
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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
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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
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Wed, Nov. 12, 2014 8:05 pm
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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
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Sun, Nov. 9, 2014 5:45 pmMEETING DR. SUN
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Tue, Nov. 11, 2014 8:45 pm
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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
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NON FICTION DIARY
Jung Yoon-suk / Discoveries / South Korea / 2013 / documentary, historical, thriller / 93 mins
A notorious 1994 serial killing case reveals an entire culture of corruption and inequity.NON FICTION DIARY
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Tue, Nov. 11, 2014 6:10 pmNON FICTION DIARY
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Thu, Nov. 13, 2014 5:55 pm
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THE OWNERS
Adilkhan Yerzhanov / Discoveries / Kazakhstan / 2014 / comedy, drama / 93 mins
The struggle over an inheritance is depicted with deadpan tragicomedy and droll dance numbers.THE OWNERS
UltraStar Mission Valley
Fri, Nov. 7, 2014 8:30 pm
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REPTILIA IN SUBURBIA
Timmy Harn / Discoveries / Philippines / 2014 / comedy, experimental / 75 mins
Slithering beneath a soap opera-esque gated community is a creature with no sex and no religion. Only TV.REPTILIA IN SUBURBIA
UltraStar Mission Valley
Tue, Nov. 11, 2014 8:15 pm
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THE SEARCH FOR WENG WENG
Andrew Leavold / Discoveries / Australia, Philippines / 2013 / comedy, documentary / 93 mins
A film buff goes to the Philippines in search of an enigmatic 2-foot-9-inch tall action star.THE SEARCH FOR WENG WENG
UltraStar Mission Valley
Sat, Nov. 8, 2014 9:25 pmTHE SEARCH FOR WENG WENG
La Paloma Theatre
Sat, Nov. 15, 2014 5:20 pm
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THE SONGS OF RICE
Uruphong Raksasad / Discoveries / Thailand / 2014 / documentary, experimental / 75 mins
The rituals of rice farmers come alive and spin off into the stratosphere in this beautiful documentary.THE SONGS OF RICE
UltraStar Mission Valley
Fri, Nov. 7, 2014 6:45 pm
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