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FINDING KUKAN
Robin Lung / Asian American Panorama / USA / 2016 / Documentary, Historical / 75 mins
In 1941, Hawaii-born Chinese American Li Ling-Ai helped make the film Kukan. But despite the film’s best documentary short Oscar, Li fell into obscurity, never getting the due credit that went to her white male collaborator. In FINDING KUKAN, director Robin Lung digs into the archive to locate the film and affirm a pioneer of Asian American cinema.FINDING KUKAN
UltraStar Mission Valley
Tuesday, Nov 14, 2017 4:00PM Buy Tickets
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THE FIRST LAP
Kim Dae-hwan / Discoveries / South Korea / 2017 / Drama, Romance / 101 mins
Despite dating for seven years, Su-hyeon and Ji-young are no closer to getting married than the day they met, a fact that is not lost on their frustrated parents. Full of comedy, absurdity, and genuine tenderness, THE FIRST LAP never loses faith in its characters, giving them space to calm down and begin what comes next.THE FIRST LAP
UltraStar Mission Valley
Friday, Nov 10, 2017 3:30PMTHE FIRST LAP
UltraStar Mission Valley
Monday, Nov 13, 2017 5:20PM
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A FISH OUT OF WATER
Lai Kuo-an / Discoveries / Taiwan / 2017 / Drama / 90 mins
The teachers at Yian’s kindergarten are concerned that he keeps mentioning “past parents,” a mysterious invocation that doesn’t bode well for his actual parents, who are undergoing their own marital problems. Yian is a quiet observer of family unrest, at the same time that he conjures a ghostly alternative: past lives to shake up future possibilities.A FISH OUT OF WATER
UCSD Price Center Theater
Tuesday, Nov 14, 2017 5:30PM
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THE FOOLISH BIRD
Huang Ji, Ryuji Otsuka / Discoveries / China / 2017 / Drama / 118 mins
With an unsolved murder-rape case lurking in the background, 16-year-old Lynn gets involved in a stolen cell phone racket, culminating in a mysterious disappearance and the proposition of events more sinister and damaging than petty theft. A stark, challenging, and disquieting portrait of budding adolescent sexuality amongst China’s “left behind” generation.THE FOOLISH BIRD
UltraStar Mission Valley
Wednesday, Nov 15, 2017 8:05PM
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THE GIRL FROM YESTERDAY
Phan Gia Nhat Linh / Asia Pop! / Vietnam / 2017 / Comedy, Romance / 124 mins
The class troublemaker falls in love with a transfer student, revealing his squishy soft side and unlocking memories of his first crush. Director Phan Gia Nhat Linh (Sweet 20) brings bright smiles and pop music savvy to this adaptation of a story by famed YA novelist Nguyen Nhat Anh.THE GIRL FROM YESTERDAY
UltraStar Mission Valley
Friday, Nov 10, 2017 5:15PMTHE GIRL FROM YESTERDAY
UltraStar Mission Valley
Wednesday, Nov 15, 2017 6:10PM
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THE GREAT BUDDHA+
Huang Hsin-Yao / Discoveries / Taiwan / 2017 / Comedy, Drama, Thriller / 104 mins
A security guard and a recyclables collector pass the evening hours watching a rich man’s salacious dashcam videos, only to stumble upon some footage that was definitely not meant to be seen. Satirical, unruly, and infectiously fun, THE GREAT BUDDHA+ laughs and lashes at corruption as only a work from the social underbelly can.THE GREAT BUDDHA+
UCSD Price Center Theater
Sunday, Nov 12, 2017 3:50PM
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HAVE A NICE DAY
Liu Jian / Discoveries / China / 2017 / Animation, Drama, Noir / 77 mins
A girlfriend who wants plastic surgery, a gangster with a cell phone, and a hitman with a hammer encircle a bag of a million RMB. Not everyone’s making it out of this stormy night, and the question is: who will make it out with the money? Coldly nonchalant, this crosscutting noir finds in internet cafes and desolate hotels a cruel undercurrent of greed.HAVE A NICE DAY
UltraStar Mission Valley
Sunday, Nov 12, 2017 3:45PM
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I AM ANOTHER YOU
Nanfu Wang / Asian American Panorama / USA / 2017 / Documentary / 82 mins
A Chinese filmmaker becomes fascinated by a young Florida man homeless by choice. What starts off as an ethnography of street life leads Wang across the U.S. to the family that hasn’t seen the man in years, and into the personal demons and disaffection that comes with self-determination. An edge-of-your-seat allegory worthy of Serial.I AM ANOTHER YOU
UltraStar Mission Valley
Tuesday, Nov 14, 2017 6:00PM
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ISLAND SOLDIER
Nathan Fitch / Asian American Panorama / Afghanistan, Federated States of Micronesia, USA / 2017 / Documentary / 85 mins
6,000 miles from America is Kosrae, a Micronesian island that has become a “recruiter’s paradise” for young men looking to leave behind their fishing boats for armored tanks. ISLAND SOLDIER takes us from the Pacific Islands to Afghanistan and even San Diego, revealing the heartache of a community and its weary ties with the United States.ISLAND SOLDIER
UltraStar Mission Valley
Monday, Nov 13, 2017 6:20PM
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KITA KITA (I SEE YOU)
Sigrid Andrea Bernardo / Asia Pop! / Philippines / 2017 / Romance / 95 mins
Two Filipinos cross paths in Japan. She, a tourguide who recently discovered her boyfriend’s infidelity. He, a quirky neighbor who knows that the road to an OFW’s heart is the smell of adobo. Told in three parts that turn the meet-cute on its head, the deeply affecting KITA KITA is unlike any Filipino rom-com in recent memory.KITA KITA (I SEE YOU)
UltraStar Mission Valley
Friday, Nov 10, 2017 7:20PMKITA KITA (I SEE YOU)
Museum of Photographic Arts
Saturday, Nov 18, 2017 1:00PM
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LAND WITHOUT PEOPLE
Mooyoung Kim / Asian American Panorama / USA / 2017 / Documentary, Experimental / 43 mins
In 2009, an influential Koreatown church purchased an affordable housing complex merely to evict the tenants and build a parking lot for its churchgoers. A look at the entanglement of church, capitalism, and class, this introspective hybrid documentary follows an immigrant community as it tries to gain clarity on its future.Preceded by: YI
LAND WITHOUT PEOPLE
UltraStar Mission Valley
Saturday, Nov 11, 2017 5:35PM
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THE LAST VERSE
Tseng Ying-Ting / Asia Pop! / Taiwan / 2017 / Drama, Historical / 101 mins
Ren-jie and Xiao-ping were young and in love in the year 2000, when Taiwan was abuzz with political idealism and cultural reawakening. But the decade that followed saw society, family, and bum luck shatter their romantic dreams, leaving only memories of innocence and the poem that first united them.THE LAST VERSE
UCSD Price Center Theater
Monday, Nov 13, 2017 7:50PM
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LOVE AND GOODBYE AND HAWAII
Shingo Matsumura / Asia Pop! / Japan / 2017 / Comedy, Romance / 94 mins
Rinko and Isamu support each other, live together, and have developed a genuine and nurturing bond. Thing is, they’ve been broken up for six months. Their transition into independence has been slow, and unfortunately for Rinko, hers has been slower than Isamu’s. Their comedic romance is lovely to pieces and all-too-real in its delicate portrayal of reluctant goodbye.LOVE AND GOODBYE AND HAWAII
UltraStar Mission Valley
Friday, Nov 10, 2017 5:00PMLOVE AND GOODBYE AND HAWAII
UltraStar Mission Valley
Saturday, Nov 11, 2017 6:35PM
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MAINELAND
Miao Wang / Asian American Panorama / China, USA / 2017 / Documentary / 89 mins
Every year, an eclectic group of fresh-faced teenagers from China end up in Fryeburg, Maine for boarding school. Spanning three years of culture shock and school dances, this documentary captures a Chinese generation adapting to the global demands of the modern era, and a storied American institution adjusting to the new faces of its campus.MAINELAND
UltraStar Mission Valley
Sunday, Nov 12, 2017 1:00PM
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MARLINA THE MURDERER IN FOUR ACTS
Mouly Surya / Discoveries / France, Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand / 2017 / Thriller / 93 mins
A vile creep promises to rob and rape Marlina. And so she prepares a chicken soup to send him and his odious friends to hell. That’s just act one of this delicious revenge western that journeys across the Indonesian countryside to stake a machete in the ground for women not afraid of getting their hands bloody.MARLINA THE MURDERER IN FOUR ACTS
UltraStar Mission Valley
Friday, Nov 10, 2017 6:15PMMARLINA THE MURDERER IN FOUR ACTS
Digital Gym Cinema
Thursday, Nov 16, 2017 8:30PM
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MON MON MON MONSTERS
Giddens Ko / Special Presentations / Taiwan / 2017 / Comedy, Horror, Thriller / 110 mins
In high school, there are victims and victimizers, enablers and bystanders. There are monsters too: figurative ones that feed on trouble, and literal ones that feed on human flesh. When some of the former inadvertently capture one of the latter, the real monstrosity materializes. From Taiwan’s most popular novelist-turned-director comes a savage comedy of adolescence run amuck.Centerpiece Film: MON MON MON MONSTERS
UCSD Price Center Theater
Sunday, Nov 12, 2017 6:30PM
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MRS. FANG
Wang Bing / Masters / China, France, Germany / 2017 / Documentary / 86 mins
Family and neighbors circle, chat, and leave, while the elderly Mrs. Fang lies quietly bedridden in her final days. This is documentary at its most uncompromising and fundamental: what is the experience of watching a human pass away? What spirits link, between our eyes and Mrs. Fang’s, as the merciless fact of death takes its place in the room?MRS. FANG
UltraStar Mission Valley
Tuesday, Nov 14, 2017 8:05PM
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MY ENEMY, MY BROTHER
Ann Shin / Asian American Panorama / Canada / 2017 / Documentary / 85 mins
Former enemies of the Iran-Iraq War are now best of friends living in Vancouver. Decades after they left their homelands, they return – one for family, the other for love. An astonishing true story of shared fates and life-long promises, MY ENEMY, MY BROTHER finds abounding humanity in the empathy of war's survivors.MY ENEMY, MY BROTHER
UltraStar Mission Valley
Saturday, Nov 11, 2017 1:30PMMY ENEMY, MY BROTHER
UltraStar Mission Valley
Tuesday, Nov 14, 2017 6:25PM
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MYSTERY KUNG FU THEATER
Asia Pop!
We could tell you what it is, but then we'd have to make sure they are the last words you ever hear again.MYSTERY KUNG FU THEATER
UltraStar Mission Valley
Monday, Nov 13, 2017 9:40PM
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NEWTON
Amit V Masurkar / Asia Pop! / India / 2017 / Comedy, Drama, Thriller / 104 mins
A newbie elections official will stop at nothing to make sure every villager gets a chance to vote. That is, until his idealism is challenged by the guerilla forces that rule the jungle town he’s assigned to oversee. Absurd in its humor and grim in its view on local politics, NEWTON is a charming and defiant social comedy.NEWTON
UltraStar Mission Valley
Friday, Nov 10, 2017 3:00PMNEWTON
UltraStar Mission Valley
Monday, Nov 13, 2017 8:50PM
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