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SHORTS: LOVE ME TINDER
Asian American Panorama / 95 mins
Modern romancing meets modern heartbreak in these youthful shorts about hook-ups, hang-ups, and the hard-to-get.In This Program: EMPATHY (A DIGITAL LOVE LETTER), FINE., MWAH, THE FUTURE LOOKED BRIGHT, SANTA CLAUS, FLOAT, F**KED UP
SHORTS: LOVE ME TINDER
UltraStar Mission Valley
Sunday, Nov 12, 2017 1:30PM
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SHORTS: NEW MUTANTS
Asian American Panorama / 93 mins
Transformations of the third kind populate this collection of shorts about the camouflage we wear and the psychic intrusions of play.In This Program: A GRAIN OF WHITE RICE IN THE ENDLESS YELLOW SUN, THE CUTTING SHADOW, TOURING, SHUAI, MADNESS, GIRL AT THE DOOR, IMAN AND THE LIGHT WARRIORS
SHORTS: NEW MUTANTS
UltraStar Mission Valley
Friday, Nov 10, 2017 4:00PM Buy Tickets
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SHORTS: QUEER AS US. NOT SAD!
Asian American Panorama / 93 mins
From a sacred journey to bold loves, we celebrate unique LGBT stories of self-discovery, quiet desires, and family drama.In This Program: CAKE, FAULT, GODDESS, LADY EVA, LIKE ANIMALS, CHROMOSOME SWEETHEART, TEAR OF THE PEONY, LOVE THE SINNER
SHORTS: QUEER AS US. NOT SAD!
UltraStar Mission Valley
Saturday, Nov 11, 2017 6:20PM
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SHORTS: WHERE THE LIGHT DON’T SHINE
Asian American Panorama / 98 mins
From drug-filled dirty diapers, to the undying love of a game show contestant, and even a heinous traveling board game, these rowdy comedies are sure to leave you needing a drink – or at least a boba.In This Program: 127 MINUTES, BAO, THE AUTOGRAPH, PLAZA BLVD, THE LAST STRAW, ALMOST ASIAN: WHITE NOISE, THE GAME: THE DOC, LAUNDRY
SHORTS: WHERE THE LIGHT DON’T SHINE
UltraStar Mission Valley
Monday, Nov 13, 2017 4:00PM Buy Tickets
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SHUBH MANGAL SAAVDHAN
R.S. Prasanna / Asia Pop! / India / 2017 / Comedy, Romance / 119 mins
Mudit and Sugandha meet cute and soon engage cute, to the delight of their respective parents. But one premarital rendezvous reveals his gentlemanly dysfunction, and soon everyone in the wedding party knows. The parents, to say the least, are not delighted. As the film spins into a sex comedy with a light, wholesome touch, the delight is all ours.SHUBH MANGAL SAAVDHAN
UltraStar Mission Valley
Sunday, Nov 12, 2017 7:55PMSHUBH MANGAL SAAVDHAN
UltraStar Mission Valley
Tuesday, Nov 14, 2017 8:20PM
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THE SILENT TEACHER
Maso Chen / Asia Pop! / Taiwan / 2017 / Documentary, Drama / 73 mins
Because of cultural mores pertaining to the afterlife, medical schools in Taiwan don’t receive many cadaver donations. So when wife, mother, and now “silent teacher” Hsu Yu-e leaves her body to science, her death sets off two years of waiting, grief, but above all gratitude between her family and a medical school.Preceded by: 100TH BIRTHDAY WISH
THE SILENT TEACHER
UCSD Price Center Theater
Tuesday, Nov 14, 2017 7:20PM
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SMALL TALK
Huang Hui-chen / Discoveries / Taiwan / 2016 / Documentary, Family, LGBT / 88 mins
Director Huang Hui-chen sits down with her mother to talk about their family’s open secret, the assumption that everyone has made but which nobody dares discuss: that her mother is a lesbian. Gripping and emotional, this award-winning personal documentary forges a bond between women and across generations.SMALL TALK
UCSD Price Center Theater
Monday, Nov 13, 2017 6:00PM
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SOMEWHERE BEYOND THE MIST
Cheung King-wai / Discoveries / Hong Kong / 2017 / Drama, Thriller / 86 mins
A teenager confesses to killing her parents and dumping their bodies in a reservoir. The cold, clinical confession startles the policewoman investigating the case and presses her to look more closely. Violence hangs over Cheung King-wai’s Hong Kong like an unmovable fog, as the two women slither into each other’s lives, shaking off layers of guilt, sadness, and emotional fatigue.Preceded by: DEATH OF THE SOUND MAN
SOMEWHERE BEYOND THE MIST
UltraStar Mission Valley
Thursday, Nov 16, 2017 7:50PM
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STAND UP MAN
Aram Collier / Asian American Panorama / Canada / 2017 / Comedy / 86 mins
The joke’s on rising comedian Moses Kim when his spoiled cousin from Seoul arrives at his doorstep, culminating in a career crisis, a crossroads for his family’s sushi restaurant, and – why not – a dance contest. STAND UP MAN is a buddy film about two very different Koreans carving something genuine in a small nowhere town.STAND UP MAN
UltraStar Mission Valley
Sunday, Nov 12, 2017 1:15PM
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A TAXI DRIVER
Jang Hoon / Asia Pop! / South Korea / 2017 / Comedy, Drama, Thriller / 137 mins
With casualties mounting during the 1980 Gwangju Uprising, a decidedly apolitical taxi driver unknowingly smuggles a foreign journalist onto the front lines between student demonstrators and the police state. Alternating between laughs and flying bullets, this touching true story captures an unlikely friendship and a turn of events that would forever alter Korean history.A TAXI DRIVER
UltraStar Mission Valley
Saturday, Nov 11, 2017 12:50PMA TAXI DRIVER
UltraStar Mission Valley
Sunday, Nov 12, 2017 7:40PM
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TAXI STORIES
Doris Yeung / Discoveries / China, Hong Kong, Indonesia / 2017 / Drama, LGBT, Romance / 97 mins
Three parallel stories in and around taxis in Asia reveal characters seeking connections, a sense of belonging, and love. A kid in Jakarta gives a ride to a beautiful foreigner. A domestic worker in Hong Kong is linked unexpectedly with her wealthy boss. A taxi driver in Beijing picks up a gay couple outside a club.TAXI STORIES
Digital Gym Cinema
Thursday, Nov 16, 2017 6:30PM
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THEY
Anahita Ghazvinizadeh / Asian American Panorama / Qatar, USA / 2017 / Drama, LGBT / 80 mins
The delicate dance of transition enlivens THEY, Anahita Ghazvinizadeh’s debut feature about a teenager in the process of undergoing hormone blockers while observing family coming and going. Ghazvinizadeh then transitions the film altogether to a lively Iranian American family gathering, sweeping up the audience with the grace of simple naturalism and the acknowledgement there are plenty of possible futures ahead.THEY
UltraStar Mission Valley
Sunday, Nov 12, 2017 4:05PM
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THOSE LONG HAIRED NIGHTS
Gerardo Calagui / Discoveries / Philippines / 2017 / Drama, LGBT / 72 mins
Tuesday is looking for love, Amanda is searching for family, and Barbie...well, Barbie just can't stay away from trouble. Together, these trans women work their way through the hurdles of the world: the violence, the exploitation, the attitude. And under the direction of Gerardo Calagui, they do so within a refreshing space of romance, warmth, and endless charm.THOSE LONG HAIRED NIGHTS
UltraStar Mission Valley
Monday, Nov 13, 2017 7:35PM
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THE VALLEY
Saila Kariat / Asian American Panorama / USA / 2017 / Drama, Family / 95 mins
A Silicon Valley entrepreneur is at the pinnacle of his career and has attained a prosperous life for his family. But the death of a child leads him on a reckless quest for the reasons behind her demise, opening wounds he may not have known were there. THE VALLEY is a searing deconstruction of the myths of immigrant success.THE VALLEY
UltraStar Mission Valley
Tuesday, Nov 14, 2017 6:15PM
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THE VILLAINESS
Jung Byung-gil / Asia Pop! / South Korea / 2017 / Martial Arts, Thriller / 124 mins
A vengeful assassin explodes through armies of gangland thugs, but before long, she’s also busted through every safe convention of the action genre, laying waste to good taste and leaving the audience with nested dolls of narrative twists. Blood will shed, jaws will drop, and the history of Korean action will be rewritten.THE VILLAINESS
UltraStar Mission Valley
Saturday, Nov 11, 2017 8:40PMTHE VILLAINESS
UltraStar Mission Valley
Wednesday, Nov 15, 2017 8:55PM
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WE THE WORKERS
Wen Hai / Discoveries / China, Hong Kong / 2017 / Documentary / 174 mins
This raw and extraordinary documentary captures in epic fashion the tenacity, personality, and gravity of labor activism in contemporary China, from the lawyers and allies, to the workers themselves. Eschewing the heroic triumphantalism of more idealistic films, WE THE WORKERS shows activism as work itself. Menial, tough, strategic, and essential.WE THE WORKERS
UltraStar Mission Valley
Saturday, Nov 11, 2017 1:45PM
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WEXFORD PLAZA
Joyce Wong / Asian American Panorama / Canada / 2016 / Comedy, Drama / 87 mins
A security guard falls for a bartender in Joyce Wong’s superbly awkward dramedy about the innocent encounters that take young suburbanites down paths of most resistance.WEXFORD PLAZA
UltraStar Mission Valley
Sunday, Nov 12, 2017 3:25PM
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WHO IS ARTHUR CHU?
Scott Drucker, Yu Gu / Asian American Panorama / USA / 2017 / Documentary / 90 mins
From his legendary, highly-controversial eleven-game run on Jeopardy!, to his online career as a commentator for nerd culture and social justice, Arthur Chu has shrugged off the haters, sought peace with family, and confronted the personal stakes of keeping his eyes on the prize.WHO IS ARTHUR CHU?
UCSD Price Center Theater
Sunday, Nov 12, 2017 1:40PM
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YOUTH
Feng Xiaogang / Masters / China / 2017 / Drama, Historical, Romance / 146 mins
The ardor of youth and the aromas of romanticism, tucked safely in the haven of a Cultural Revolution dance troupe, get blown into the wind in Feng Xiaogang’s poignant epic of lithe bodies, fleeting fancies, and the callous weight of China’s turbulent political history. The craft and the critique are as sweeping as they are impeccable.YOUTH
UltraStar Mission Valley
Wednesday, Nov 15, 2017 6:00PMYOUTH
UltraStar Mission Valley
Thursday, Nov 16, 2017 6:15PM
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