All Films & Events
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The Soul Of The Tiger
François Yang / International Competition, Programmers' Picks / Belgium, France, Switzerland / 2016 / 91 mins
After his brother's death, thirty-something Alex finds himself dealing with his family's history. Forced to give up his carefree life, he must now face his own responsibilities.THE SOUL OF THE TIGER
CGV Cinemas 3
May 2, 2017 6:30 pm
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Sounds Like the Sound of Music
Bruce Yonemoto / Peru / 2005 / 14 mins
Sounds Like the Sound of Music engages the Peruvian culture by translating an iconographic American musical song into the indigenous Incan language of Quechua. This representation will, offer an insight to a colonized culture that has successfully coexisted to this day with the dominant societies of Europe and the US. The Quechua language is spoken by 13 million people across the Andes and South America. Sadly, Star Wars' disgusting villain, Jabba the Hut speaks Quechua.
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The Sower
Yosuke Takeuchi / International Competition, Programmers' Picks / Japan / 2016 / 117 mins
A remarkable human-interest film inspired by the life of Vincent van Gogh, and a niece with Down Syndrome.THE SOWER
Downtown Independent
May 3, 2017 7:00 pm
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Stop And Smell The Roses
Tracy Quan-Nichols / USA / 2017 / 5 mins
The phrase, "Stop and smell the roses," is heard by many. But how many of us experience it first hand?
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Story of Self
Set Hernandez Rongkilyo / USA / 2015 / 3 mins
One undocumented immigrant's story of self.
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The Streets Are Ours: Two Lives Cross in Karachi
Michelle Fiordaliso / Pakistan, USA / 2016 / 17 mins
When Fawzia Mirza, an American actress meets Sabeen Mahmud, a world-renowned Pakistani activist and founder of a progressive cafe (T2F) in Karachi, Mirza’s life purpose gets defined.
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Sugar Plum Dreams
Kat Thompson / USA / 2016 / 1 mins
Inspired by her family’s annual outing to see “The Nutcracker,” a young dancer dreams of becoming the Sugar Plum Fairy.
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swiPed
David Chai / Programmers' Picks / USA / 2016 / 5 mins
Texters texting, tweeters tweeting, likers liking, posters posting, Googlers Googling, Amazonians Amazoning, webheads surfing, snappers chatting, pinners pinning, tubers tubing, tenders tindering, Netflixers chilling…are we binging too much? More connected than ever, but more distant by the day. Is humanity being swiped away?
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Tag
Patrick Green, Steve Tirona / Programmers' Picks / USA / 2016 / 6 mins
A colorful day in the secret life of a budding graffiti artist.
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Taxi Stories
Doris Yeung / International Competition / China, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Netherlands / 2017 / 101 mins
In an increasingly economically polarized, and virtually connected 24 hour Asia, a closeted Beijing taxi driver, a pregnant Hong Kong trophy wife, and a Jakarta slum orphan struggle to connect, despite the constraints of their social classes.TAXI STORIES
Geffen Contemporary at MOCA
May 3, 2017 8:30 pm
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Three Sassy Sisters
Nia Dinata / Special Presentation / Indonesia / 2016 / 124 mins
Three sassy sisters: Gendis (32), Ella (28), and Bebe (19), are very passionate about running their family boutique hotel by the beach in the eastern part of Indonesia's archipelago. Their grandmother, however, is frustrated because she is unable to find the ideal matches for her granddaughters. Grandma doesn't give up. Her ultimate goal in life is to find suitable men for her granddaughters.THREE SASSY SISTERS
Downtown Independent
April 29, 2017 7:00 pm
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Tiffany – The Art of Coming Out
Michi Tanioka / USA / 2017 / 8 mins
A courageous young woman shares her journey of how she tried to hide her gayness and her eventual coming out.
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A Time To Bleed
Shaun Vivaris / USA / 2017 / 5 mins
A young man has an existential debate with a former teacher in his head, as he bleeds out in his bathtub.
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A Time To Swim
Ashley Duong / Documentary Competition, Programmers' Picks / Canada / 2017 / 82 mins
An exiled indigenous activist returns to his childhood village in Borneo, and struggles to navigate a complex web of interests and tensions in a race to save his culture.A TIME TO SWIM
Tateuchi Democracy Forum
April 29, 2017 4:30 pm
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To Perpetuate
Layla Hanohano-Tripp / USA / 2015 / 5 mins
HO'OMAU takes a glimpse into the life of Kapualei Hanohano-Tripp, a passionate Hawaiian language teacher dedicated to the revitalization of the Hawaiian culture. This short documentary showcases Kapualei’s devotion to education in and out of the classroom.
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