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2016 San Diego Asian Film Festival

Asian American Panorama

The best of Asian American and Asian Canadian cinema in all of its colors – from short film programs and animation, to documentaries about the famous and infamous, to feature-length tales of woe and humor.

  1. 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

  2. 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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    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

    UltraStar Mission Valley
    Sunday, November 6, 2016 3:25 pm Buy Tickets

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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