All Films & Events
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Plaza Blvd
Cassandra Pimentel / USA / 2017 / 10 mins
Plaza Blvd is inspired by the nostalgic memories of growing up in a strong foundational Filipino community.
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Please Come Again
Alisa Yang / Shorts Competition, Programmers' Picks / Japan / 2016 / 9 mins
Narrating the collective and personal memory of three generations of Asian women though the lens of Japanese love hotels.
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Please Hold
Jerell Rosales / USA / 2015 / 15 mins
Fearing he may have HIV after the condom breaks during sex with a stranger, a young gay Asian American unexpectedly befriends the condom company's customer service rep over the phone as he waits for his HIV test results.
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Pop Aye
Kirsten Tan / International Competition, Programmers' Picks / Singapore, Thailand / 2017 / 102 mins
Pop Aye is a humane ode to the power of simple acts of kindness in a world of lost innocence and missed opportunities, punctuated by well-timed bursts of deadpan absurdity. Director Kirsten Tan, in her impressive feature debut, deftly weaves the poignance and humor of Popeye and Thana’s journey with a series of indelibly beautiful cinematic images of the film’s gigantic star in this lyrical road-trip dramedy.POP AYE
CGV Cinemas 3
April 30, 2017 9:15 pm
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Pria
Yudho Aditya / Shorts Competition, Programmers' Picks / Indonesia, USA / 2017 / 21 mins
A teen living in rural Indonesia struggles between the traditions of his upbringing and his romantic idealization of the freedom of the West.
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Prom
Imran J. Khan / USA / 2016 / 13 mins
An uncomfortable moment of casual racism makes Hasan's prom night one he'll never forget.
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Psychedelic Afternoon
UrumaDelvi / Japan / 2013 / 5 mins
Seiji is tormented by tsunami-flashback dreams, but one night his beloved grandfather appears. With a strum of his grandfather's guitar, Seiji is transported to a dreamy, colorful, psychedelic world.
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The Pursuit of a Happy Human Life
Gladys Ng / Singapore / 2016 / 11 mins
Steph Chan is leaving Singapore for good. Yokes struggles to say goodbye. The two girls spend their last moments together, before they begin their separate journeys in the pursuit of a happy human life.
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Remember
Shunsaku Hayashi / Shorts Competition, Programmers' Picks / Japan / 2015 / 9 mins
Leaving home, "I" receives a phone call. As "I" answers it, the house explodes. "I" goes to work and continues as normal…
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Re:Orientations
Richard Fung / Special Presentation / Canada / 2016 / 68 mins
A look into the lives and thoughts of seven queer pan-Asian Canadians as they look back on the groundbreaking 1984 documentary in which they were featured. How have they changed? And how has the world around them evolved and changed?RE:ORIENTATIONS
CGV Cinemas 3
May 2, 2017 5:00 pm
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Returning to Heart Mountain
Fran Ito / USA / 2012 / 5 mins
RETURNING TO HEART MOUNTAIN chronicles my journey with former internees and friends to attend the dedication of Heart Mountain Interpretive Learning Center in Wyoming.
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The Ride
Jeff Adachi, Jim Choi / USA / 2017 / 16 mins
THE RIDE tells the story of San Francisco Public Defenders Office and head Jeff Adachi's fight against racial bias and injustice in the judicial system. Adachi takes viewers on a personal, intense ride through the underbelly of San Francisco's criminal "injustice" system. A recent case, involving a young African American man charged with resisting police officers, offers rare insight into what happens behind the scenes in a case with racial overtones.Precedes: Abacus: Small Enough To Jail
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The Road To Mandalay
Midi Z / International Competition / France, Germany, Myanmar, Taiwan / 2016 / 108 mins
Two strangers, Lianqing and Guo, illegally cross the Burmese border into Thailand. While Guo starts working in a cotton factory and hopes to settle, Lianqing has different ambitions...THE ROAD TO MANDALAY
CGV Cinemas 3
April 30, 2017 6:30 pm
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The Robe
We Ra AUNG / Myanmar / 2016 / 18 mins
In 2007, during the Saffron Revolution in Myanmar, thousands of people took to the streets to protest against the oppressive military regime. Thi Ha, a young Buddhist monk, runs for his life when soldiers brutally disperse their demonstration. He finds himself at the doorstep of a Muslim girl, Salabi, where his fate lies in accepting that people are not always as they seem.
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Sampaguita Love
Gail Gutierrez / USA / 2016 / 20 mins
The professionalization of nursing in the Philippines originates from early twentieth century American colonialism. SAMPAGUITA LOVE explores a sisterhood of Filipina nurses, and honors the beauty in their resilience.
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