Welcome to the 7th Annual SDAFF Spring Showcase!
At 20 films, it’s the biggest Spring Showcase yet.
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SHE’S THE BOSS
Ham Tran / Asia Pop! / Vietnam / 2017 / comedy, romance / 114 mins
Fiery boss Oanh has one simple rule: no intra-office romances. Little does anybody know that she is violating her own rule herself. Unhinged and free-flying, while still cohering a compelling battle-of-the-sexes across work and home, SHE’S THE BOSS is a splashy showcase for some of Vietnam’s most radiant comedic talents.
SHE’S THE BOSS
UltraStar Mission Valley
Friday, April 21, 2017 7:55 pm -
THE LONG EXCUSE
Miwa Nishikawa / Masters / Japan / 2016 / drama / 124 mins
Celebrity writer Sachio Kinugasa was with another woman the moment his wife of 20 years died in a bus accident. The media circus surrounding the accident brings Sachio to the attention of the heartbroken Yoichi, whose wife also died. An unlikely friendship develops, with Sachio finding himself drawn to this sad sack, and to taking care of Yoichi’s two children.
THE LONG EXCUSE
UltraStar Mission Valley
Friday, April 21, 2017 5:20 pm
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WINDOW HORSES
Ann Marie Fleming / Asian American Panorama / Canada / 2016 / animation, comedy / 88 mins
Young Canadian Rosie Ming may work at a french fry counter, but she yearns for France – specifically, the France of Cousteau and Baudelaire. To Rosie’s chagrin, her self-published book of poems takes her not to Paris but to a poetry festival in Shiraz, where she meets writers from around the world, including those from China and Iran, the two countries that make up her multi-racial heritage.
WINDOW HORSES
UltraStar Mission Valley
Saturday, April 22, 2017 1:00 pm -
RESISTANCE AT TULE LAKE
Konrad Aderer / Right to Resist: From 9066 to 2017 / USA / 2017 / documentary / 79 mins
Tule Lake is where the troublemakers were held. These were the incarcerees who spat at the government’s loyalty questionnaires, who sought a collective voice against injustice, and who questioned the flag that cast a torturous shadow over their families. This is the untold story of courage, controversy, and anger in a “jail within a jail.”
RESISTANCE AT TULE LAKE
UltraStar Mission Valley
Sunday, April 23, 2017 2:35 pm
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SUNDAY BEAUTY QUEEN
Baby Ruth Villarama / Discoveries / Hong Kong, Japan, Philippines / 2016 / documentary / 95 mins
In Hong Kong, Sunday is the one day a week overseas Filipino workers get to congregate in the streets to commune, crack jokes, celebrate birthdays, and, every now and then, throw beauty pageants. Director Baby Ruth Villarama lovingly captures the details of play and fantasy between the harsh, thankless labor that so often reminds the women of the families they left behind in the Philippines.
SUNDAY BEAUTY QUEEN
UltraStar Mission Valley
Saturday, April 22, 2017 3:20 pmSUNDAY BEAUTY QUEEN
UltraStar Mission Valley
Monday, April 24, 2017 7:55 pm -
GOOK
Justin Chon / Asian American Panorama / USA / 2017 / comedy, drama / 94 mins
On April 29, 1992, Eli will get a black eye and “gook” scribbled on the hood of his car, accumulated reminders that he’s not wanted in the neighborhood where he owns a shoe store. In that store, on this day, with the Rodney King verdict playing on TV, he and others in the community are going to confront the pain festering on both sides of the graffiti.
GOOK
UltraStar Mission Valley
Thursday, April 27, 2017 7:00 pm
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