All Films & Events
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Born Bone Boon
Gori / Japan / 2016 / 20 mins
Hitoshi has returned to his hometown of Agunishima, Okinawa to introduce his wife, Yuko, to the family. But Yuko is furious when she’s told the reason for the trip home. The true purpose was for the “senkotsu” ceremony—Agunishima’s continuing custom of cleansing the bones of the dead. This is a heartwarming comedy of a disconnected family discovering their true selves through the ceremony of cleansing bones.
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Bronzeville, Little Tokyo
Special Presentation, Transmedia, Events
FREE PROGRAM. With the support of the California Arts Council, "Bronzeville, Little Tokyo” sheds light on an overlooked moment in history when Japanese and Japanese-Americans were displaced and African-Americans moved into Little Tokyo. To honor this period, there will be a special two-day program featuring an interactive media installation, a 360° virtual reality presentation, and a live Jazz performance on Historic First Street North.Bronzeville, Little Tokyo
Historic Nishi Building
April 29, 2017 3:00 pm FREEBronzeville, Little Tokyo
Historic Nishi Building
April 30, 2017 3:00 pm FREEBronzeville, Little Tokyo
Union Center for the Arts Courtyard
April 30, 2017 6:00 pm FREE
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By the Time It Gets Dark
Anocha Suwichakornpong / International Competition / France, Netherlands, Qatar, Thailand / 2016 / 105 mins
A film director and her muse who was a student activist in the 1970s, a waitress who keeps changing jobs, an actor and an actress, all live loosely connected to each other by almost invisible threads. The narrative sheds its skin several times to reveal layer upon layer of the complexities that make up the characters’ lives.BY THE TIME IT GETS DARK
Downtown Independent
April 28, 2017 8:30 pm RescheduledBY THE TIME IT GETS DARK (RESCHEDULED)
Downtown Independent
May 1, 2017 4:30 pm FREE, Check-In at Box Office
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CaCa: Tell You Jokes! (Season 1, 2, and 3)
Angela En-Yu Lao / Macau / 2016 / 90 mins
Angel lives in a small city, Macau. Caca is her motivation to study, work, and dream. Love, sorrow, and humor link everyone in this century of networks.Plays In:
The Big Picture, In Bite-Sized Chunks: APAs And Webisodic Series
Tateuchi Democracy Forum
April 30, 2017 12:00 pm
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Call Me Mista Cookie Jar
C.J. Pizarro / USA / 2014 / 6 mins
A young lady peaks inside an old fashioned mutoscope to find herself swept away in the magical, musical world of Mista Cookie Jar and the Chocolate Chips.
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Called Home
Jason Piemnoppakao / Programmers' Picks / USA / 2016 / 8 mins
A college student returns to his traditional Taiwanese home after coming out to his father, and is forced to re-live the silence and repression he thought was behind him.
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Cardinal X
Angie Wang / Narrative Competition, Programmers' Picks / USA / 2016 / 84 mins
In 1984, one of the west coast's largest dealers of the drug, Ecstasy, was a 19 year old co-ed.CARDINAL X
Downtown Independent
April 30, 2017 9:15 pmCARDINAL X (ENCORE)
CGV Cinemas 3
May 3, 2017 4:30 pm
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Cells’ Amusement Park
Ang Li, Caibei Cai / China / 2016 / 4 mins
An animated football match against the backdrop of micrcoscopic cells.
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Chee and T
Tanuj Chopra / Narrative Competition, Programmers' Picks / USA / 2016 / 80 mins
A buddy movie about the last two brown guys in Silicon Valley who have nothing to do with technology.Preceded by: Arranged
CHEE and T
CGV Cinemas 1
May 3, 2017 9:15 pm
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Chella Drive
Adele Han Li / USA / 2016 / 3 mins
A disembodied memory of adolescence in a California suburb. The stuck-stillness of endless summer is punctured only by a passing El Niño.
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Cocoon
Mei Liying / Programmers' Picks / China / 2017 / 25 mins
China, 1997. An unhappy marriage, a love affair, and a child who holds all the secrets.
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The Cogmill Kids
Alice Hsieh / USA / 2017 / 5 mins
A teenager is abducted from their homeland, and forced into labor at an institution called, the Cogmill.
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Coin Boy
Chuan-Yang Li / Shorts Competition / Taiwan / 2016 / 24 mins
A true story based on the director's own experience when he was in elementary school. Growing up, we all face authorities as unique individuals in many ways to learn what we should and should not do. The enforcement of regulations protects the social orders, but takes away the uniqueness of each individual. This is a story about confronting one’s self when facing authority.
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Colored Hearts
Robin Johnson, Somlit Inthalangsy / USA / 2017 / 15 mins
A modern day couple is forced to end their interracial relationship. This is a love story about an Asian American/African American couple inspired by a true story.
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Cowboy And Indian
Sujata Day / Programmers' Picks / USA / 2016 / 8 mins
In an unlikely encounter in the desert, a cowboy chances upon a young Bengali bride and the two develop a dynamic where both come to realize that things should not be taken at face value.
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