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THANATOS, DRUNK

Chang Tso-chi / Masters / Taiwan / 2015 / drama, LGBT / 107 mins
The aptly-named Rat crawls through a subcultural, emotionally subterranean world left to him by an alcoholic mother and shared with a brother who has just returned from the United States. Chang Tso-chi’s despairing, shockingly-felt drama plays like a woozy dream interrupted by bouts of emotional acuity.

THANATOS, DRUNK

UCSD Calit2 Atkinson Hall Auditorium
Saturday, November 7, 2015 5:10 pm

THANATOS, DRUNK

UltraStar Mission Valley
Monday, November 9, 2015 8:30 pm
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THERE IS A NEW WORLD SOMEWHERE

Li Lu / Asian American Panorama / USA / 2015 / drama, romance / 103 mins
Stuck in a dead-end arts job, Sylvia escapes with a handsome stranger who invites her on a road trip through the Deep South. An adventure of romance, risk, and validation, Li Lu’s debut feature tantalizes with the deeply-felt charge of a woman taking bold strides to define her own future.

THERE IS A NEW WORLD SOMEWHERE

UltraStar Mission Valley
Wednesday, November 11, 2015 8:20 pm
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TWENTY

Lee Byeong-Heon / Asia Pop! / South Korea / 2015 / comedy / 115 mins
Three buds may be entering their twenties, but they are by no means men, at least as evidenced by their skirt-chasing and general shirking of responsibility. But the circling women force them into adulthood, a ride fuelled by soju, awkward laughter, and above all, a bond to survive any decade.

TWENTY

UltraStar Mission Valley
Tuesday, November 10, 2015 8:15 pm

TWENTY

UltraStar Mission Valley
Thursday, November 12, 2015 8:30 pm
TYRUS

Pamela Tom / Asian American Panorama / USA / 2015 / documentary, historical / 72 mins
You may not have heard of Tyrus Wong, but you’ve seen his work in classic films like Bambi and Rebel Without a Cause. This enchanting documentary follows the Chinese American pioneer from his art school beginnings during the Depression to his years as a production illustrator leaving indelible brushstrokes on Hollywood history.

TYRUS

UltraStar Mission Valley
Saturday, November 7, 2015 3:40 pm Buy Tickets

TYRUS

UltraStar Mission Valley
Thursday, November 12, 2015 8:15 pm
WE ARE FAMILY

Jim Wang / Asia Pop! / Taiwan / 2015 / comedy / 111 mins
Three slacker roommates who can barely take care of themselves are put to the test when an old friend arrives with a baby, a wad of cash, and a plea for help. Now, the trio must get creative to keep the crying baby happy and secret from prying eyes.

WE ARE FAMILY

UCSD Calit2 Atkinson Hall Auditorium
Saturday, November 7, 2015 1:00 pm
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THE WHISPERING STAR

Sion Sono / Masters / Japan / 2015 / science fiction / 100 mins
A delivery-robot travels from planet to planet dropping off packages for human clients. Perched behind her intergalactic console, she starts to wonder about the worlds of humans, so far apart in space, so far away in each other’s memories.

THE WHISPERING STAR

UltraStar Mission Valley
Friday, November 6, 2015 7:10 pm

THE WHISPERING STAR

UltraStar Mission Valley
Saturday, November 7, 2015 5:15 pm
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WINNING GIRL

Kimberlee Bassford / Asian American Panorama / USA / 2014 / documentary, sports / 68 mins
16-year-old Teshya is a 125-pound judo and wrestling champion who dreams to be world champion. But her journey, followed across four years in this sensitive documentary, shows the physical and economic costs for a tenacious teen and her supportive family in Hawaii.

WINNING GIRL

UltraStar Mission Valley
Thursday, November 12, 2015 6:10 pm
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WONDERFUL NIGHTMARE

Kang Hyo-jin / Asia Pop! / South Korea / 2015 / comedy / 123 mins
In this touching comedic fantasy, the city’s top attorney dies in an accident, but is given a second chance at life if she can trade places with an ordinary mother for one month. Leave it to actress Uhm Jung-hwa to take no prisoners – even when locked-up in her own suburban cell.

WONDERFUL NIGHTMARE

UltraStar Mission Valley
Friday, November 6, 2015 5:50 pm

WONDERFUL NIGHTMARE

UltraStar Mission Valley
Sunday, November 8, 2015 2:40 pm
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THE WONDERFUL WEDDING

Huang Chao-liang / Asia Pop! / Taiwan / 2015 / comedy, romance / 104 mins
A cranky Taiwanese dad gets the dreaded news that his precious daughter is marrying a mainlander, setting off a cross-cultural comedy of reluctant in-laws and pre-marital hijinks. Fuelled by love and a sense of fun, this box-office hit impressively balances genuine anxiety with straight-up silliness, a fitting allegory for cross-straits relations.

THE WONDERFUL WEDDING

UCSD Calit2 Atkinson Hall Auditorium
Friday, November 6, 2015 7:00 pm

THE WONDERFUL WEDDING

UltraStar Mission Valley
Wednesday, November 11, 2015 3:20 pm
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ZINNIA FLOWER

Tom Shu-Yu Lin / Asia Pop! / Taiwan / 2015 / drama, romance / 96 mins
They say it takes 100 days to mourn a death. Director Tom Lin, who made the gripping ZINNIA FLOWER to cope with his wife’s own passing, gifts us the story of two strangers who lose their loved ones in a car crash and discover that mourning takes more than time, but an unexpected, liberating journey of solitude.

ZINNIA FLOWER

UltraStar Mission Valley
Wednesday, November 11, 2015 3:40 pm

ZINNIA FLOWER

UltraStar Mission Valley
Thursday, November 12, 2015 7:55 pm