All Films & Events
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Lola Loleng
Che Tagyamon / Shorts Competition / Philippines / 2016 / 8 mins
Grandma Loleng suffers from dementia. Her distant granddaughter tries to get to know her, only to unearth Grandma Loleng’s darkest wartime experiences.
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Lolo Pepe
Craig Obligacion-Wilson / USA / 2017 / 14 mins
A Filipino Crime lord takes a look back at his life and what got him started down his path.
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Los Angeles, 1999
Paul Lee / USA / 2016 / 7 mins
A short film following different people as they roam around the city minutes before the turn of the century.
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Lost Dogs
Cullan Bruce / USA / 2017 / 15 mins
A woman ridiculed by her family longs to escape. Striking a deal with her brother to clear his illegal debt, she delves deeper into darkness.
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Madeira
Kaitlyn Fae / USA / 2017 / 15 mins
An ex-couple meets to sign divorce papers over dinner and wine. As the night progresses, it becomes increasingly apparent one of them has something up their sleeve.
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Man of My Dreams
John Cruz & Mark Dormitorio / USA / 2017 / 8 mins
A young woman thinks she has found the man of her dreams on a dating app and discovers the man she matched with was not who she thought he would be.
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Maria
Jaime Habac Jr. / Philippines / 2016 / 11 mins
When the whole family confronts her 14-year-old daughter of a suspected pregnancy, a 50-year-old woman gives birth to her 22nd child.
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Maria
Jeremiah Tauamiti / Programmers' Picks / New Zealand / 2016 / 14 mins
An ailing Polynesian matriarch must find the strength to lead her family one last time.
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A Matter of Truth
Steve Nagano / USA / 2017 / 10 mins
“What is the truth?” is something that Americans today have to grapple with given the bombardment of alternative facts and fake news. Looking back affords the opportunity to look at our government’s propaganda and the stark reality of America’s concentration camps. Incarceree’s words are in sharp contrast with the government’s propaganda shedding light upon what really happened in the concentration camps.
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Miss Understanding
Gabe Pagtama / USA / 2017 / 10 mins
An everyday love story.
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Mixed Match
Jeff Chiba Stearns / Documentary Competition / Canada / 2016 / 96 mins
When being mixed race is more than just an identity, it’s a matter of life of death.MIXED MATCH
Downtown Independent
April 29, 2017 2:00 pm
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Monday
Dinh Thai / USA / 2017 / 19 mins
In the culturally diverse world of Los Angeles, a young hustler navigates through various cliques while facing racism, danger, and a moral struggle with his illicit occupation. And it's only Monday.
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Monkey
Jie Shen / China / 2015 / 5 mins
One of the three monkeys died.
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Motherland
Ramona S. Diaz / International Competition / Philippines, USA / 2017 / 94 mins
MOTHERLAND takes us into the heart of the planet’s busiest maternity hospital, in one of the world’s poorest and most populous countries: the Philippines.MOTHERLAND
Downtown Independent
April 30, 2017 2:00 pm
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Motherlands
Winter Smiley / USA / 2016 / 12 mins
Split into three chapters, MOTHERLANDS follows the stories of seven Filipina women as their tales interweave across generations, borders, and bloodlines.
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