All Films & Events
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Santa Claus
Jeff Man / USA / 2016 / 15 mins
Two lonely neighbors come together to share a Christmas dinner.
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Save My Seoul
Jason Y. Lee / Documentary Competition, Programmers' Picks / USA / 2017 / 60 mins
SAVE MY SEOUL is an independent documentary that unveils South Korea’s rampant prostitution and sex-trafficking secret, and the young women it exploits.SAVE MY SEOUL
Aratani Theatre
April 29, 2017 5:00 pm
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Saving Sally
Avid Liongoren / International Competition, Programmers' Picks / France, Philippines / 2016 / 90 mins
SAVING SALLY is a tiny little film about love and monsters. The film was built by a core group of five underfunded animators who worked on it for nearly 12 years. A quirky mix of cartoons, painted backgrounds, and actors, SAVING SALLY is a very simple love story that aims to make your heart flutter and glow.SAVING SALLY
CGV Cinemas 3
May 1, 2017 6:30 pm
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Selfie
Kevin Shih / USA / 2016 / 5 mins
A friendship examined through its selfies.
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Semiotics of Sab
Tina Takemoto / USA / 2016 / 5 mins
An oblique portrait of gay Japanese American actor, Sab Shimono, whose work on stage and screen spans more than five decades. The grammatology of his career attests to conflicting lexicons of race, representation, and selfhood.
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Separar
Mainak Dhar / USA / 2016 / 11 mins
A clean home, a few drinks, and a long overdue conversation. Where does a relationship go when it has nowhere else to go?
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Seppuku
Daryn Wakasa / USA / 2016 / 25 mins
SEPPUKU is a Japanese-American cinematic folk tale that chronicles the ritual death and rebirth of Mari Yoshimori. It looks through the lens of a psyche molded through generations by the Japanese American concentration camps—a tragic event tucked away in the dark corners of America’s past. It is a soul-searching journey to recalibrate a spiritual compass, and find new purpose in life.
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She Jang
Richard Simon Chung / USA / 2016 / 21 mins
In the shadows of Koreatown, ambition connects the lives of two struggling actresses and a gangster. When Skye doesn’t return home from a callback, a concerned Soon-Mi looks into the whereabouts of her friend. Will Skye eventually turn up to allay Soon-Mi’s worries, or are her fears justified?
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Shut It All Down
Lya Lim / USA / 2016 / 5 mins
A story of the 2015 Porter Ranch Gas Blowout.
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Single Mother Only Daughter
Ellie Wen / Hong Kong, USA / 2016 / 10 mins
A personal documentary capturing a conversation between a mother and daughter that brings them closer.
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Sit
Yoko Okumura / Programmers' Picks / USA / 2016 / 12 mins
At the age of 22, Shohaku found his purpose in life when he committed himself to the practice of Buddhism, and was ordained as a monk. A generation later, his 22-year-old son, Masaki, struggles to find a purpose to devote his life to.Precedes: Unbroken Glass
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Sleep Tight Maria
Monica Vanesa Tedja / Programmers' Picks / Indonesia / 2016 / 15 mins
A 17-year-old high school student named Maria V, has to share her room at the church camp with Maria P, the most prestigious and beautiful student in her high school. She has trouble falling asleep after not being able to masturbate beforehand.
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Sleeping with the Devil
Alisa Yang / USA / 2016 / 24 mins
Based on a recorded Skype exorcism and found footage, the filmmaker confronts her past growing up in the Evangelical prophetic and deliverance ministry.
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Small Talk
HUI-CHEN HUANG / International Competition / Taiwan / 2017 / 88 mins
They have lived like strangers under one roof for decades, almost never talking to each other. One day, Hui-chen finally summons up the courage to sit her mother down and talk.SMALL TALK
Downtown Independent
May 2, 2017 7:00 pm
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Snowbert Meets the Moon
Allisyn Ruttle / USA / 2016 / 1 mins
On a quiet evening, Snowbert the snowman meets the moon and learns that friendship can reach far across the sky.
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