All Films & Events
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HANG IN THERE, KIDS!
Laha Mebow / Asia Pop! / Taiwan / 2016 / Drama / 90 mins
Three playful country boys pass the time causing trouble, hawking vegetables in town, navigating family drama, and sometimes going to school with the few other kids in their tribe. A chance field trip to the city gives them an opportunity for adventure and for growing up.HANG IN THERE, KIDS!
UCSD Calit2 Atkinson Hall Auditorium
Friday, November 4, 2016 7:00 pm
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HARMONIUM
Koji Fukada / Discoveries / Japan / 2016 / Drama, Mystery / 118 mins
A mysterious stranger knocks on the door of suburbia in Koji Fukuda’s award-winning HARMONIUM, a grim drama about a family getting a shock to the system. Unsaid words between husband, wife, and the mysterious man in white structure an eerie dance around truths waiting to explode.Preceded by: HO CHI MINH KIM CHI
HARMONIUM
UltraStar Mission Valley
Friday, November 4, 2016 5:45 pmHARMONIUM
UltraStar Mission Valley
Saturday, November 5, 2016 8:55 pm
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HIME-ANOLE
Keisuke Yoshida / Asia Pop! / Japan / 2016 / Thriller / 99 mins
A sad-looking window washer and his even sadder-looking buddy fall for the same girl. But lurking in the corners is a competitor with a backstory neither of them can fathom. What starts out as an exceedingly adorable rom-com takes a deranged turn in this genre-slashing tale of breaches of friendship and humanity.HIME-ANOLE
UltraStar Mission Valley
Monday, November 7, 2016 8:25 pmHIME-ANOLE
UltraStar Mission Valley
Tuesday, November 8, 2016 8:35 pm
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IN PURSUIT OF SILENCE
Patrick Shen / Asian American Panorama / USA / 2015 / Documentary, Music / 81 mins
A stunning and expansive meditation on the sounds that envelop us and the certain solace that is the bath of silence. Documentarian Patrick Shen follows artists, wanderers, and scientists for whom silence is not a void, but the purest state of being.Preceded by: IF I WERE ANY FURTHER AWAY I’D BE CLOSER TO HOME
IN PURSUIT OF SILENCE
UltraStar Mission Valley
Wednesday, November 9, 2016 6:35 pm
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THE ISLAND FUNERAL
Pimpaka Towira / Discoveries / Thailand / 2016 / Drama / 105 mins
Laila, her brother, and his friend set out from Bangkok to one of the southernmost provinces of Thailand to visit her aunt. Their road trip reveals a psychic unease about what’s going on in their country, which director Pimpaka Towira plays eerily to a surprising and shimmering finale.THE ISLAND FUNERAL
Digital Gym Cinema
Tuesday, November 8, 2016 6:00 pm
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IT AIN’T NECESSARILY SO
Masa Fox / Asian American Panorama / Japan, USA / 2015 / Documentary, Music / 34 mins
A budding Japanese jazz singer and her biracial vocal instructor struggle to agree on the proper way to sing Gershwin’s “I Loves You Porgy.” Directed by and starring Masa Fox, this crafty medium-length film mines humor out of the awkwardness of performing culture across borders.Preceded by: BORN WITH IT
IT AIN’T NECESSARILY SO
UltraStar Mission Valley
Wednesday, November 9, 2016 4:00 pm Buy Tickets
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IT RUNS IN THE FAMILY
Joella Cabalu / Asian American Panorama / Canada, Philippines, USA / 2016 / Documentary, LGBT / 45 mins
After Jay came out to his sister Joella, they discovered that they had a number of gay relatives. So the siblings decided to pay their extended family a visit, and Joella decided to film it. IT RUNS IN THE FAMILY is a sweet, affectionate documentary about family love across continents and generations.IT RUNS IN THE FAMILY
UltraStar Mission Valley
Thursday, November 10, 2016 5:50 pm
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KAPOOR & SONS
Shakun Batra / Asia Pop! / India / 2016 / Comedy, Drama / 132 mins
Estranged brothers set jealousy and resentment aside when they move back home after grandpa’s heart attack. But it just wouldn’t be the Kapoor family without secrets and lies. KAPOOR & SONS is a festive, doggedly emotional celebration of family working through misunderstanding and meeting each other where they least expect.KAPOOR & SONS
UltraStar Mission Valley
Saturday, November 5, 2016 7:55 pmKAPOOR & SONS
UltraStar Mission Valley
Monday, November 7, 2016 5:20 pm
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THE LAST PRINCESS
Hur Jin-ho / Asia Pop! / South Korea / 2016 / Drama, History, Romance / 127 mins
At age 13, Princess Deok-hye of Korea was sent to Japan where she was given a colonial education, but where she also befriended Korean independence fighters. Son Ye-jin shines in the role of a lifetime, portraying nationalism as an emotional wellspring in the face of turbulent historical change.THE LAST PRINCESS
UltraStar Mission Valley
Saturday, November 5, 2016 5:15 pmTHE LAST PRINCESS
UltraStar Mission Valley
Wednesday, November 9, 2016 5:45 pm
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LE MOULIN
Huang Ya-Li / Discoveries / Taiwan / 2015 / Documentary, Experimental, History / 162 mins
A collage of photography, poetry, film, and painting, this bold and unusual work brings to life the cadence and ruminations of a generation of artists in 1930s Taiwan as they drew from surrealism to make sense of their peculiar positions as literati under Japanese colonization.LE MOULIN
UCSD Calit2 Atkinson Hall Auditorium
Sunday, November 6, 2016 4:40 pm
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LIFE AFTER LIFE
Zhang Hanyi / Discoveries / China / 2016 / Drama, Experimental / 80 mins
Nothing seems strange anymore in the desiccated Shaanxi hinterlands, not even the fact that a young boy has been possessed by the ghost of his mother who returns home to move a tree. The painterly LIFE AFTER LIFE watches with a bemused, distant eye, casting grim clouds over a haunted landscape.LIFE AFTER LIFE
Digital Gym Cinema
Monday, November 7, 2016 6:05 pm
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THE LOCKPICKER
Randall Okita / Asian American Panorama / Canada / 2016 / Drama / 94 mins
Numbed by the recent death of a friend, Hashi wanders through high school committing petty robberies while enduring the odious machismo of his peers. Keigian Tang delivers a star-making performance in the title role, his eyes longing for escape as the world’s cacophony weighs upon his skull.THE LOCKPICKER
UltraStar Mission Valley
Saturday, November 5, 2016 3:30 pm
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MAVERICK
Cheng Wen-tang / Asia Pop! / Taiwan / 2015 / Drama, Noir / 114 mins
A rookie cop has the nerve to flaunt his integrity, tipping the equilibrium of his squadron and threatening its connections with an underworld that is also its lifeline. As it crawls through the rancorous corruption of the police force, MAVERICK spares no one in its portrayal of souring righteousness.MAVERICK
UCSD Calit2 Atkinson Hall Auditorium
Saturday, November 5, 2016 2:55 pm
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MELE MURALS
Tadashi Nakamura / Asian American Panorama / USA / 2016 / Documentary / 64 mins
Graffiti writers Estria Miyashiro and John “Prime” Hina join forces in this colorful documentary about the Hawaiian youth art program Mele Murals, through which they teach kids to explore their creative side, and end up with lessons about identity, art, and selfhood of their own.MELE MURALS
La Paloma Theatre
Saturday, November 12, 2016 3:25 pm
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THE MERMAID
Stephen Chow / Masters / China, Hong Kong / 2016 / Comedy, Fantasy, Romance / 94 mins
When big business develops on a seaside wildlife refuge, the merpeople will revolt. Specifically, they will send their most beautiful mermaid to seduce, then assassinate, the playboy tycoon behind it all. Director Stephen Chow (Shaolin Soccer) does it again, skewering chicken, tentacles, and billionaires with harpoon-in-gut hilarity.THE MERMAID
UltraStar Mission Valley
Friday, November 4, 2016 6:15 pmTHE MERMAID
UltraStar Mission Valley
Saturday, November 5, 2016 12:35 pm
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MIFUNE: THE LAST SAMURAI
Steven Okazaki / Special Presentations / Japan, USA / 2016 / Documentary / 80 mins
Actor, legend, and longtime Akira Kurosawa collaborator Toshiro Mifune is perhaps Japanese cinema’s best-known international star. Oscar-winning director Steven Okazaki pays tribute to Mifune’s craft and legacy in this documentary, as much a portrait of an artist as it is a history of one of Japan’s major contributions to world cinema: the samurai film.Closing Night: MIFUNE: THE LAST SAMURAI
Museum of Contemporary Art, Sherwood Auditorium
Friday, November 11, 2016 7:00 pm
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MIXED MATCH
Jeff Chiba Stearns / Asian American Panorama / Canada / 2016 / Documentary / 96 mins
It’s overwhelmingly difficult for mixed-race patients to find bone marrow matches, but MIXED MATCH finds activists and blood cancer patients who refuse to let the odds defeat them. Jeff Chiba Stearns' documentary is inspiring as a call to action, and illuminating as a conversation about race in medicine.MIXED MATCH
UltraStar Mission Valley
Sunday, November 6, 2016 1:10 pm
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THE MOHICAN COMES HOME
Shuichi Okita / Asia Pop! / Japan / 2016 / Comedy, Drama / 125 mins
Sensing little future in his death metal band, Eikichi reluctantly chooses the next best things: his fiancée, the child they’re about to have, and the family he hasn’t seen in seven years. With droopy goofiness and heartfelt observations on everyday life, this tragicomedy finds smiles in the awkward exchanges of family.THE MOHICAN COMES HOME
UltraStar Mission Valley
Tuesday, November 8, 2016 7:55 pmTHE MOHICAN COMES HOME
UltraStar Mission Valley
Wednesday, November 9, 2016 6:20 pm
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MYSTERY KUNG FU THEATER
Asia Pop! / Martial Arts
It's a secret.MYSTERY KUNG FU THEATER
UltraStar Mission Valley
Tuesday, November 8, 2016 8:45 pm
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OLD STONE
Johnny Ma / Discoveries / Canada, China / 2016 / Drama, Noir / 80 mins
When cab driver Lao Shi accidentally injures a motorcyclist on the road, he decides to obey Chinese law and pay for the victim's hospital bills. But his good intentions only invite a wave of stress, deceit, and madness. Compassion is a costly emotion in Johnny Ma's unflinching noir debut.OLD STONE
UltraStar Mission Valley
Sunday, November 6, 2016 3:45 pm
