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MOVE OUT NOTICE
Leon Cheo / Singapore / 2016 / 13 mins
A daughter wants to move out but mother feels otherwise, so they face off via post-it notes and word magnets.Plays In:
SHORTS: ANIMAL INSTINCTS
UltraStar Mission Valley
Monday, November 7, 2016 4:00 pm Buy Tickets
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MS. BULA BANERJEE
Rakesh Baruah / USA / 2016 / 12 mins
The times may be a-changing, but that’s not stopping a librarian from taking her library back.Precedes: THE TIGER HUNTER
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Opening Night: THE TIGER HUNTER
Museum of Contemporary Art, Sherwood Auditorium
Thursday, November 3, 2016 7:00 pm
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NIGHT OUT
Jeff Man / USA / 2016 / 10 mins
After a night out on the town, a girl is locked out of her friend's house and must figure out what to do until morning.
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NUÔC
Quyên Nguyen-Le / USA / 2016 / 5 mins
Through shards of war and protest images, this short takes us in the mind of a teenager seeking clarity about her identity as the daughter of a Vietnam War refugee.Plays In:
SHORTS: BOATS ON FIRE
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Thursday, November 10, 2016 4:00 pm Buy Tickets
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PAMANHIKAN
Angelo Santos / USA / 2015 / 29 mins
When the newly-engaged Brendan and Jun meet each other’s parents in the traditional Filipino "pamanhikan," the scene goes off the rails.
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PAPER TIGER
Chu-Jen Wu (Marshall) / USA / 2015 / 12 mins
After witnessing a scene of violence, a monk skilled in martial arts rethinks his place in the marketplace for exoticism.Plays In:
SHORTS: ANIMAL INSTINCTS
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Monday, November 7, 2016 4:00 pm Buy Tickets
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POKEY POKEY
Junjie "Jake" Zhang / China, USA / 2015 / 7 mins
A father tries desperately to shield his son from the filth and evils of society.
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PRIYANATH
Anietie Antia-Obong / USA / 2016 / 11 mins
After his mother tells him the story of the monster in the shed, Priyanath's curiosity gets the better of him.
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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
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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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ROBO SAINTS
Peter Wonsuk Jin / USA / 2015 / 12 mins
A young cosplayer dresses up as an anime character to confess a long-harbored crush.
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SALOME V.
Frieda Luk / Canada, USA / 2016 / 11 mins
It might take one last dance-off for this old legend to break ties with underground radicals.
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SAMEER AND THE GIANT SAMOSA
Faroukh Virani / USA / 2016 / 5 mins
A man’s covert love for other people’s samosas drives a deep fried wedge in his relationship.Plays In:
SHORTS: SECRET RICE POISON
UltraStar Mission Valley
Friday, November 4, 2016 4:00 pm Buy Tickets
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SEMIOTICS OF SAB
Tina Takemoto / USA / 2016 / 6 mins
A playful grammatology of Sab Shimono, an actor of stage and screen from the 1960s to the present.Precedes: RANDOM ACTS OF LEGACY
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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 pmSORI: VOICE FROM THE HEART
La Paloma Theatre
Saturday, November 12, 2016 1:00 pm
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SPA NIGHT
Andrew Ahn / Asian American Panorama / USA / 2016 / Drama, LGBT / 93 mins
To support his working-class parents, a young Korean American takes a job at a Koreatown spa where family cultural rituals cross paths with an underground gay scene. Andrew Ahn’s award-winning first feature dramatizes the quietly escalating exhilaration of self-discovery, while honestly and meticulously heeding the careful obligations of family.SPA NIGHT
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Sunday, November 6, 2016 3:25 pm Buy Tickets
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SPUNKLE
Lisa Donato / USA / 2016 / 11 mins
Tensions mount when a lesbian couple seeks a sperm donor from an uncle… or “spunkle”?
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THE TIGER HUNTER
Lena Khan / Special Presentations / USA / 2016 / Comedy, Romance / 94 mins
It’s 1979 and Sami arrives in the U.S. with a leisure suit, a new job, and a suitcase full of expectations. He loses two of those three within hours of touching down, so it’ll take grit, ingenuity, and some hilarious friends to get back on his feet and, if the stars align, impress his sweetheart back in India.Preceded by: MS. BULA BANERJEE
Opening Night: THE TIGER HUNTER
Museum of Contemporary Art, Sherwood Auditorium
Thursday, November 3, 2016 7:00 pm
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THE UNBIDDEN
Quentin Lee / Asian American Panorama / USA / 2016 / Comedy, Horror, Thriller / 84 mins
A mystery novelist (Tamlyn Tomita) finds herself in a supernatural yarn she can’t untangle, so she hosts three friends for a dinner that becomes a séance. Soon, a mysterious visitor arrives with a gun and a demand for answers that will require them to unbury old secrets.THE UNBIDDEN
UltraStar Mission Valley
Friday, November 4, 2016 9:00 pm
