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OUR LOVE STORY

Lee Hyun-ju / Discoveries / South Korea / 2016 / Drama, LGBT, Romance / 99 mins
Art student Yoon-ju is inexperienced in relationships until she meets an alluring girl at a junkyard, and later at a convenience store, and then pivotally, in her apartment. OUR LOVE STORY captures beautifully that bursting feeling of never wanting to be apart, as well as Yoon-ju’s bittersweet discovery of what can come next.

OUR LOVE STORY

UltraStar Mission Valley
Friday, November 4, 2016 8:15 pm
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OVER THE FENCE

Nobuhiro Yamashita / Masters / Japan / 2016 / Drama, Romance / 112 mins
After his divorce, Shiraiwa (Joe Odagiri) limps back to his hometown, where he signs up for carpentry school, plays softball to pass the time, and ends up meeting a hostess (Yu Aoi) with as deep a thirst for connection, but about as much baggage, and as he does.

OVER THE FENCE

UltraStar Mission Valley
Sunday, November 6, 2016 7:30 pm

OVER THE FENCE

UltraStar Mission Valley
Wednesday, November 9, 2016 4:10 pm
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PAMILYA ORDINARYO

Eduardo Roy, Jr. / Discoveries / Philippines / 2016 / Drama / 107 mins
New baby in tow, teenage parents Jane and Aries slash the streets, swiping cell phones and valuables from passerby to feed their love and their addictions. But when their most precious possession is stolen, they're plunged even deeper into the reality of the city.

PAMILYA ORDINARYO

UltraStar Mission Valley
Friday, November 4, 2016 7:00 pm

PAMILYA ORDINARYO

UltraStar Mission Valley
Monday, November 7, 2016 8:55 pm
RANDALL PARK IN SHORTS

Special Presentations / 105 mins
Before he was Louis Huang on Fresh off the Boat or Kim Jong-un in The Interview, Randall Park was the undisputed king of comedy for Asian American cinema. Join Randall on a walk down a memory lane lined with conjoined twins, crime-fighting babies, and stir-fried cocaine.

RANDALL PARK IN SHORTS

UltraStar Mission Valley
Sunday, November 6, 2016 3:00 pm
RANDOM ACTS OF LEGACY

Ali Kazimi / Asian American Panorama / Canada / 2016 / Documentary, History / 77 mins
By chance, director Ali Kazimi stumbled upon hours of home movies from 1936-1951 shot by Silas Fung, a commercial artist obsessed with the Chicago World’s Fair and the ceaseless documentation of his own family. The resulting documentary is a loving and invaluable portrait of middle-class Chinese America in the Midwest during the Depression era.
Preceded by: SEMIOTICS OF SAB

RANDOM ACTS OF LEGACY

UltraStar Mission Valley
Saturday, November 5, 2016 1:40 pm
REEL VOICES

Asian American Panorama / 120 mins
Thirteen high school students from San Diego create documentaries based on subjects in their own lives.
In This Program: ADMISSIONS, ART SURVIVES, CAN I ASK YOU A QUESTION?, DAVID AND GOLIATH, FULL CIRCLE, HUMAN, ISLAND OF MISFIT BOYS, LIFE ROLLS ON, LIVING IN FREEDOM, MIRACLE BABY, MOTHERLANDS, ORACLE, PERFECT IMPERFECTION

REEL VOICES

UltraStar Mission Valley
Sunday, November 6, 2016 12:00 pm Buy Tickets
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RE:ORIENTATIONS

Richard Fung / Asian American Panorama / Canada / 2016 / Documentary, History, LGBT / 68 mins
In 1984, pioneering videomaker Richard Fung released the documentary Orientations, which explored the lives of lesbian and gay Asians in Canada. With RE:ORIENTATIONS, Fung revisits his subjects 30 years later, reflecting on aging and politics, and in the process telling a community’s history through those who lived it.

RE:ORIENTATIONS

UltraStar Mission Valley
Tuesday, November 8, 2016 4:00 pm Buy Tickets
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RUN-OFF

Kim Jong-hyun / Asia Pop! / South Korea / 2016 / Comedy, Drama, Sports / 126 mins
A short-track racer, a figure skater, and a random collection of other athletes who definitely don’t play hockey insist on becoming South Korea’s national women’s hockey team. To convince the sports bureau of their worth, all they have to do is win bronze in a tournament that only has four teams.

RUN-OFF

UltraStar Mission Valley
Sunday, November 6, 2016 7:55 pm

RUN-OFF

La Paloma Theatre
Saturday, November 12, 2016 5:30 pm
SHORTS: ANIMAL INSTINCTS

Asian American Panorama / 99 mins
In these shorts, there’s no accounting for the drive that makes our characters lash out against the hands they’ve been dealt.
In This Program: THE CHICKEN OF WUZUH, CREASED, MOVE OUT NOTICE, RETRIEVER, THE WALTZ, FANNY PACK, PAPER TIGER

SHORTS: ANIMAL INSTINCTS

UltraStar Mission Valley
Monday, November 7, 2016 4:00 pm Buy Tickets
SHORTS: BEST OF ASIAN ANIMATION

Asian American Panorama / 100 mins
Memories of childhood and visions of the timeless come to life through a variety of animation styles in this series of shorts from Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, and the United States.
In This Program: AGE OF OBSCURE, WORST-CASE SCENARIO, INC., POKEY POKEY, ARRIVAL, WINDOW, INSECT BITE, VITA LAKAMAYA, HOLD ME (CA CAW CA CAW), DEER FLOWER, FABRIC COSMOS, NOON

SHORTS: BEST OF ASIAN ANIMATION

UltraStar Mission Valley
Sunday, November 6, 2016 7:05 pm
SHORTS: BOATS ON FIRE

Asian American Panorama / 97 mins
Short films that look in the ocean of the past to find memories blurred by migration, national calamity, and the passions of youth.
In This Program: CHRISTMAS IN AMERICA, NOODLE DELI, CLIFF, SUPERFAN!, NUÔC, EXCERPT: FENCES, THREE WHEELS, IN THE STILL OF THE NIGHT

SHORTS: BOATS ON FIRE

UltraStar Mission Valley
Thursday, November 10, 2016 4:00 pm Buy Tickets
SHORTS FOR SHORTIES!

Asia Pop! / 57 mins
Kid-friendly short films about family, friendship, growing up, and letting go.
In This Program: MY 2014 NEIGHBOR, KONIGIRI-KUN A SMALL RICE BALL, PERFECT HOUSEGUEST, PRIYANATH, BÁ, HARRY ON THE CLOUDS, MOOM

SHORTS FOR SHORTIES!

UltraStar Mission Valley
Saturday, November 5, 2016 11:00 am
SHORTS: FOR THE TIME BEING

Asian American Panorama / 90 mins
Bus riders, convicts, daughters, and lovers caught in little moments that, in flashes of surprising clarity, define who they are and how they’ve been shaped.
In This Program: NIGHT OUT, HOTEL 22, DEATH IN A DAY, ANOTHER CITY, (ALMOST) FREEDOM, A SUNNY DAY

SHORTS: FOR THE TIME BEING

UltraStar Mission Valley
Saturday, November 5, 2016 4:05 pm
SHORTS: POKÉMON GAY

Asian American Panorama / 100 mins
From cosplay love and time-bending hopes, to the sometimes-elusive entity known as parental acceptance, our slate of films tries to catch ‘em all.
In This Program: ROBO SAINTS, BEFORE THE FUTURE, LIKE HOPE, DO NOT THINK FOR A MOMENT, PAMANHIKAN, GAYSIANS, SPUNKLE

SHORTS: POKÉMON GAY

UltraStar Mission Valley
Saturday, November 5, 2016 6:15 pm
SHORTS: SECRET RICE POISON

Asian American Panorama / 97 mins
Insanely restless shorts that mix horror, fantasy, music, and video game-like thrills and leave you wondering what's in the water. Did we mention... a giant samosa?
In This Program: CARNAL ORIENT, SAMEER AND THE GIANT SAMOSA, GOOD CHEMISTRY, UMISHU, MANGO STICKY RICE, WAN MEI (PERFECT), DIAN, THE MAN FROM DEATH

SHORTS: SECRET RICE POISON

UltraStar Mission Valley
Friday, November 4, 2016 4:00 pm Buy Tickets
SHORTS: TAIWAN ADRIFT

Discoveries / 79 mins
In these four shorts from Taiwan, economic, cultural, and moral anchors become untethered, stranding its characters on islands unto themselves.
In This Program: COIN BOY, ANCHORAGE PROHIBITED, ARNIE, SINGLE BELIEF

SHORTS: TAIWAN ADRIFT

UCSD Calit2 Atkinson Hall Auditorium
Sunday, November 6, 2016 1:00 pm
SHORTS: THE FUTURE IS FEMALE

Asian American Panorama / 88 mins
From requiems to ghosts, absurdist tears, revolutionary dance drama, and testicular crystal balls, some of this year's most exciting shorts just happen to be made by women.
In This Program: TEARS OF ZHANG YIMOU, BRUCE TAKES DRAGON TOWN, GOLDEN GOLDEN, THE OLD, B00, BISONHEAD, SALOME V.

SHORTS: THE FUTURE IS FEMALE

UltraStar Mission Valley
Sunday, November 6, 2016 1:00 pm
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A SIMPLE GOODBYE

Degena Yun / Discoveries / China / 2015 / Drama / 100 mins
After dropping out of school in London, Shanshan reluctantly returns home to Beijing when her father, a former luminary of the Mongolian film industry, falls ill. A quietly astonishing portrait of family and youth seeking emotional connection, A SIMPLE GOODBYE unmasks its characters’ fears and capacities for feeling with a tender, striking beauty.

A SIMPLE GOODBYE

UltraStar Mission Valley
Tuesday, November 8, 2016 5:45 pm
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SONITA

Rokhsareh Ghaem Maghami / Asia Pop! / Germany, Iran, Switzerland / 2015 / Documentary / 90 mins
An Afghan teen living in Iran, Sonita’s the popular kid in school, but her parents want to cut her childhood short by marrying her off. But Sonita has plans of her own: becoming a rapper who speaks out against the oppression of women.

SONITA

UltraStar Mission Valley
Monday, November 7, 2016 6:35 pm
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SORI: VOICE FROM THE HEART

Lee Ho-jae / Asia Pop! / South Korea / 2016 / Drama, Science Fiction / 117 mins
A father who has been searching for a missing daughter gets a renewed sense of hope when he discovers that the robot he found on the beach has a knack for locating people and data. Part E.T., part R2-D2, Sori is a wondrous sci-fi creation, bringing life to a most unusual and touching buddy comedy.

SORI: VOICE FROM THE HEART

UltraStar Mission Valley
Saturday, November 5, 2016 1:00 pm

SORI: VOICE FROM THE HEART

La Paloma Theatre
Saturday, November 12, 2016 1:00 pm