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The 36th Asian American International Film Festival is made possible with support, in part, by public funds from the New York State Council on The Arts, with support of Governor Andrew and the New York State Legislature; and from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs. Additional support is provided by Woo Creative, Wells Fargo, Asian Film and Media Initiative, Department of Cinema Studies, NYU, and the many friends of ACV. presented by asian cinevision WED 7.24 SUN 7.28 THURS 8.1 LINSANITY FORGETTING TO KNOW YOU BEST FRIENDS FOREVER 7:30 PM | AS 1:00PM | AFA CH 6:30PM | AFA CH THURS 7.25 INNOCENTS ENDURING ENCOUNTERS 3:00PM | AFA CH SHORTS PROGRAM INTO THE PENUMBRA 7:00PM | AFA MD SHORTS PROGRAM MUMBAI’S KING 6:30PM | AFA CH 5:00PM | AFA CH BEYOND THE MAT 8:30PM | AFA CH CHINK HAFU: THE MIXED-RACE 9:00PM | AFA CH EXPERIENCE IN JAPAN PAPA, CAN YOU HEAR ME SING? 5:30PM | AFA MD 9:00PM | AFA MD FRI 7.26 PECULIAR VACATION AND OTHER ILLNESSES FRI 8.2 WHEN I WALK 7:00PM | AFA CH 6:30PM | AFA CH NOOR KARNAL 6:30PM | AFA CH MARILOU DIAZ ABAYA: 8:00PM | AFA MD FILMMAKER ON A VOYAGE STEVE CHONG FINDS OUT 7:00PM | PCG THAT SUICIDE IS A BAD IDEA TUES 7.30 7:00PM | AFA MD AN UNBOUND ROMANCE FOR YOUTH BY YOUTH SHORTS PROGRAM ANIMAL STYLE RESTYLED: SHORTS PROGRAM 7:30PM | AFA MD SKATE SHORTS PROGRAM 5:00PM | MOCA 8:30PM | AFA CH REQUIEME! 9:00PM | AFA CH HIM, HERE, AFTER WED 7.31 9:30PM | AFA MD TAIWAN CINEMA DAYS SHORTS PROGRAM HARANA 6:30PM | AFA CH 10:00PM | AFA MD SAT 8.3 GO GRANDRIDERS 9:00PM | AFA CH KOREAN WAR REMEMBERED SAT 7.27 SPECIAL PROGRAM INNOCENT BLOOD 1:30PM | AFA MD 3:30PM | AFA CH Please visit AAIFF.org for more IN TIMES OF INNOCENCE TOGETHER information regarding this year’s SHORTS PROGRAM 5:30PM | NYIT program schedule and events 3:30PM | AFA MD

SOMEONE I USED TO KNOW TOUCH OF THE LIGHT 4:30PM | AS 6:00PM | AFA CH THURS 8.15 OUR HOMELAND SOONGAVA - DANCE OF THE ORCHIDS SHOLAY - 3D 7:00PM | AS 8:00PM | NYIT MMI

AFA CH Anthology Film Archives Courthouse Theater - 32 Second Avenue AFA MD Anthology Film Archives Maya Deren Theater - 32 Second Avenue AS Asia Society - 725 Park Avenue MOCA Museum of Chinese in America - 215 Centre Street FESTIVAL CALENDAR & EVENTS

SAT 72 HOUR SHOOTOUT 7.27 1:00 PM | AFA CH

AAIFF is proud to co-present with the Asian American Film Lab the 72 Hour Shootout screening and awards ceremony. Contestants are given 72 hours to write, shoot, and edit a 5-minute short film on a surprise theme. The top ten films of this year’s competition will be revealed.

WED WORK-IN-PROGRESS WORKSHOP 7.31 5:00 PM | MOCA

Each year, AAIFF selects one work-in-progress from the submissions for a dynamic workshop. This year we’ve chosen June INUZUKA’s Dharma Road: A Personal Journey, a documentary short about the filmmaker’s journey to Wyoming where her great uncle, a former mine worker, was buried and where she discovers the buried history of what were once Wyoming’s “Jap Towns.”

THURS SCREENPLAY READING 8.1 AAIFF’13 embraces the return of Asian American International Screenplay Competition to discover the next classic. The winner of AAISC’13 gets a reading by local NYC actors on Aug 1st. The event is co-presented by the Asian American Film Lab. Go to AAIFF.org for location and updates.

FRI MUSIC NIGHT OUT 8.2 10:00 PM | FAT BUDDHA (212 AVENUE A, NEW YORK, NY 10009)

Featuring the best music videos from independent Asian and Asian American artists. Come drink and dance the night away with AAIFF’13!

21+ only event

MMI Museum of the Moving Image - 36-01 35th Avenue NYIT New York Institute of Technology - 1871 Broadway PCG Philippine Consulate General - 556 Fifth Avenue BOX OFFICE

HOW TO BUY TICKETS PRICES ADVANCE: JUNE 21-JULY 21 REGULAR PRESENTATIONS General $12 ONLINE Members/Students/Seniors/Disabled $10 AAIFF.org *Must show valid ID if member, student, or senior Tickets are available until 9:00PM the day before a film screening OPENING NIGHT PRESENTATION & GALA Minimal processing fees will apply Screening, Q&A with filmmaker and producers, Gala reception with chef’s tasting tables, Open Save on processing fees by sharing event via bar, and Gala gift bag Facebook and Twitter VIP All Stars - VIP reception before the screening & priority seating $250 BY PHONE General $75 212-989-0017 Members/Students/Seniors/Disabled $65 Monday-Friday, 12pm-5pm EST only Processing fee of $1.50 per ticket will apply CENTERPIECE PRESENTATION & RECEPTION Please have credit card ready General $20 Members/Students/Seniors/Disabled $15 IN PERSON CLOSING NIGHT PRESENTATION & AAIFF Available at respective theaters July 24 - AWARDS CEREMONY & GALA August 3 General $40 Venue box office opens one hour prior to first Members/Students/Seniors/Disabled $35 program of day and closes half hour after start of last program of day at each venue EARLY BIRD SPECIAL Cash or credit card only $2 off per ticket using online code: earlybird2off For $60 for 6-pack | $90 for 10-pack discount, email For more info: www.aaiff.org [email protected] All specials exclude Opening, Centerpiece, and For inquiries: [email protected] Closing Night Presentations and expire July 21

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All ticket sales are final. There are no refunds and ANTHOLOGY FILM ARCHIVES (AFA) no exchanges. All tickets are general 32 Second Avenue admission. Ticketholders must arrive 15 min- New York, NY 10003 utes prior to show time. Late ticketholders will be seated at the discretion of management. All ASIA SOCIETY (AS) programs may be subject to change, please check 725 Park Avenue AAIFF.org New York, NY 10021

TICKET PICK-UP NEW YORK INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY AUDITORIUM ON BROADWAY (NYIT) Tickets purchased in advance online or by phone 1871 Broadway are available as print-at-home or pick-up at will New York, NY 10023 call. Will call tickets will be available one hour before show time at the Will Call Desk. Please MUSEUM OF CHINESE IN AMERICA (MOCA) present ticket order confirmation to claim tickets. 215 Centre Street Students, seniors, and members must present a New York, NY 10013 valid ID to claim tickets MUSEUM OF THE MOVING IMAGE (MMI) SOLD-OUT PROGRAMS & RUSH TICKETS 36-01 35th Avenue Astoria, NY 11106 In the event of a sold-out program, a rush line will form one hour prior to screening outside the PHILIPPINE CONSULATE GENERAL (PCG) venue box office. Rush tickets will be sold on a 556 Fifth Aveunue first-come, first-served basis depending on New York, NY 10036 availability. No discounts apply, cash only OPENING NIGHT PRESENTATION WED 7.24 | 7:30PM | AS

DIR. EVAN JACKSON LEONG | USA | 2013 | 88 MIN In 2012, Jeremy Lin, the first Chinese American to play in the NBA, swept the NBA and basketball fans by storm and created the Linsanity movement. Linsanity brings back the unforgettable frenzy around the meteoric rise of Jeremy LIN with galvanizing game footage, juxtaposed with intimate interviews and home videos that showcase his faith, passion, and perseverance. As the Opening Night Presentation for AAIFF’13, Linsanity marks the homecoming of the magical moment when a determined young man did what seemed impossible, and took everyone to the heights with him. #linspiration

SPECIAL CELEBRATION FRI 7.26 | 6:30PM | AFA CH DIR. JASON DASILVA | USA, CANADA | 2013 | 85 MIN When Jason DASILVA was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis, a disease which leads to vision and muscle loss as well as a myriad of other problems, Jason picked up the camera, turned it on himself, and began filming the slow, difficult decline of his body and the miracles he encountered along the way. A Sundance 2013 selection, the documentary chronicles how a brave young man’s strong will to live and deep love for life have led to the most poignant, yet creative work of his life. Come say hi and happy birthday to Jason! CENTERPIECE PRESENTATION SAT 7.27 | 8:00PM | NYIT

DIR. SUBARNA THAPA | NEPAL, FRANCE | 2012 | 85 MIN Featuring two luminous performers, Deeya MASKEY and Nisha ADHIKARI, Soongava - Dance of the Orchids is a tender and heartbreaking tale about two young women: Diya, who dreams of becoming a dancer, and her best girlfriend Kiran. When her feelings for Kiran deepen and develop into a love affair, she has to stand up against her family, and the traditions and morality of Nepali society. In a country where the “third gender” is legally recognized, same-sex relationships continue to be stigmatized. This debut feature by Subarna THAPA is the first Nepali film to spotlight LGBTQ issues.

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DIR. CHANG JUNG-CHI | TAIWAN, HONG KONG | 2012 | 110 MIN Based on the life story of HUANG Yu-Siang, who stars as himself, Touch of the Light tells HUANG’s story as a blind piano prodigy from rural Taiwan and his relationship with Xiao Jie (Sandrine PINNA), a young woman who dreams of becoming a dancer despite enormous challenges. Critically acclaimed and warmly received worldwide, Touch of the Light is blessed with the most striking performance by HUANG Yu-Siang as it celebrates the triumphs of those who dare to dream. CLOSING NIGHT PRESENTATION SAT 8.3 | 7:00PM | AS

DIR. YANG YONGHI | JAPAN | 2012 | 100 MIN Sent decades ago as a child to North Korea under a repatriation program, Sungho returns to Japan for a temporary medical visit. A wrenching human drama unfolds as his family grapples with why he was ever let go. Under the constant surveillance by an accompanying North Korean official, Sungho and his family reunite again in this sensitive tale inspired by Korean-Japanese director YANG Yonghi’s true family story. Capturing the tender feelings of separation, memory, and belonging, the film also provides a rare glimpse into the life of ethnic Koreans in Japan.

3D PRESENTATION THURS 8.15 | MMI

DIR. RAMESH SIPPY | INDIA | 1975, 2013 | 188 MIN If there was ever a Bollywood film deserving of 3D treatment, it isSholay . The celebrated ‘curry-western’ takes on a Sergio Leone film that itself plays off Hollywood’s Westerns and Kurosawa’s samurai dramas. Considered one of the greatest Hindi films of all time,Sholay is a vastly entertaining Indian action-musical-adventure melodrama about two small-time thieves on a reward hunt to capture the ruthless dacoit Gabbar. The 3D version of the 1975 landmark film will have its world premiere at the Museum of the Moving Image on Aug 15, 2013, to celebrate 100 Years of Indian Cinema on the country’s Independence Day. Check asiancinevision.org for updates. FEATURE FEATURE

DIR. BREA GRANT | USA | 2012 | 82 MIN DIR. VAN M. PHAM | USA | 2013 | 106 MIN THURS 8.1 | 6:30PM | AFA CH THURS 8.1 | 8:30PM | AFA CH

A droll mix of BFF bickering and road movie with an Aaron MILLER, a high school wrestling star who is well unusual nuclear apocalyptic setting, Best Friends loved but sticks out as a Vietnamese adoptee in his Forever follows two gals, the unsuccessful optimist white Middle America town, is facing a disintegrating Harriet (Brea GRANT) and her devil-may-care best friendship with his best friend Bo. They draw apart friend Reba (Vera MIAO), as they hit the road for when a new Vietnamese American student Linh TRAN Austin, TX for Harriet’s start-over. Along the way, arrives and causes Aaron to question what he truly strangers begin to act very strangely indeed. A knows about himself. Van M. PHAM’s debut feature is Slamdance 2013 spotlight, GRANT’s assured directorial a solidly told and well-paced classic sports movie debut film will charm and entertain with its fluid synthesizing athletic excitement and a personal commentary on friendship and its darker shadings of journey, set in the visually fresh field of panic and vigilantism. high-school wrestling.

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DIR. MARILOU DIAZ-ABAYA | PHILIPPINES | DIR. MONA LISA YUCHENGCO | USA | 2012 | 87 MIN 1983 | 123 MIN FRI 7.26 | 7:00PM | PCG SUN 7.28 | 8:00PM | AFA MD In this endearing documentary tribute to her friend, With the solemnity of a Greek tragedy yet with an Mona Lisa YUCHENGCO recounts the achievements of intimacy in storytelling, Karnal follows a prodigal son Marilou DIAZ-ABAYA (1955-2012), the “first lady” of Narcing’s return to his family’s isolated hacienda with Philippine cinema. Marilou made unflinching efforts his urban wife Puring. Shocked at her resemblance to to make films for the underclass, who struggled to his late wife, Narcing’s father lusts after his survive harsh societal and political conditions. They daughter-in-law. Passionate encounters - from resulted in some of the most daring films that first parricide to infanticide and suicide - flare up against brought Philippine cinema to world attention such as the continuing feudal repression. Set in the 30s, the Brutal (1980), Karnal (1983), Baby Tsina (1984), and grisly story simultaneously alludes to the oppressive later Jose Rizal (1998), and Reef Hunters (1999). Marcos era and stands out as unique in DIAZ-ABAYA’s early collaborations with writer Ricky LEE. FEATURE FEATURE

DIR. STANLEY YUNG | USA | 2013 | 85 MIN DIR. QUAN LING | CHINA | 2013 | 87 MIN THURS 7.25 | 9:00PM | AFA CH SUN 7.28 | 1:00PM | AFA CH

Incendiary from its very title, Chink is a macabre Life goes on for Xuesong at her corner store and her portrait of the self-loathing Eddy TSAI (Jason TOBIN), carpenter husband Weihang in a small town on the a Ted BUNDY-admiring serial killer with a hatred of all Yangzte River. Mundane chores, financial burden Asians, that will disturb and divide - even as it holds and distrust gradually escalate the dormant tension you in its grip. But is it too late when a new woman underlying the marriage when Weihang’s feelings of comes into his office and into his life? The first Asian inadequacy and simmering paranoia about his wife’s American serial killer movie, Chink adds an ethnic admirers erupt. Produced by acclaimed director JIA twist to the slasher genre and will make you question Zhangke, this debut feature of QUAN Ling depicts the stereotypical notions of the model minority. seventh-year marital crisis and the woes of materialism. The film, acclaimed at Berlinale 2013, casts a subtle and unsentimental look at alienation in an otherwise intimate relationship.

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DIR. MANJEET SINGH | INDIA | 2012 | 78 MIN DIR. ÇAGLA ZENCIRCI & GUILLAUME GIOVANETTI | SUN 7.28 | 5:00PM | AFA CH FRANCE, TURKEY, PAKISTAN | 2012 | 78 MIN FRI 8.2 | 6:30PM | AFA CH As if Slumdog Millionaire meets Mean Streets (Hollywood Reporter), Mumbai’s King gives an inside Noor plays himself in this stunning and poetic film look at the authentic festivity and cruelty in the streets inspired by his life. Once a member of the Khusras of Mumbai. The neo-realistic feature debut of (Pakistan’s transgender community), Noor wants to Manjeet SINGH captures the happiness and sorrow of be a real man. He now works at a truck depot and the mischievous adolescent Rahul and his has a girlfriend. But his girlfriend’s brother objects to balloon-seller pal Arbaaz, following them as they roam their relationship. An unexpected incident places him the city, steal potatoes, stalk girls, and plot revenge behind the wheel of a stolen truck. The disillusioned on Rahul’s abusive father. Noor embarks on a spiritual journey to alter this fate. This Cannes 2012 selection surveys a breathtaking Northern Pakistan landscape along a transformative road trip. FEATURE FEATURE

DIR. HUA TIEN-HAU | TAIWAN | 2012 | 75 MIN DIR. LARA PEREZ TAKAGI & MEGUMI NISHIKURA | WED 7.31 | 9:00PM | AFA CH JAPAN | 2012 | 87 MIN SUN 7.28 | 5:30PM | AFA MD Well, why not a motorcycle club for senior citizens? With an average age of 81, a group of 17 Taiwanese With its plethora of cultural meanings, both positive retirees leave behind their grandchildren and take along and negative, Hafu is a term used to describe a their aches and pains to embark on an unbelievable Japanese of mixed heritage. Detailing the nuances of adventure: a thirteen-day motorcycle tour around the this hybridity, directors Megumi NISHIKURA and Lara island of Taiwan. These Grandriders defied everyone’s Perez TAKAGI, both Hafu themselves, tell a compelling expectations with their epic motorcycle trip of 2007. A story of the voices and visibility of the Hafu identity joyous mélange of personal, uplifting and awe-inspiring with five stories ofHafu Japanese as they connect to stories, the film makes us reconsider what it means to their other roots in Australia, Korea, Venezuela, Mexico be old and very much alive. and Ghana to give us an absorbing look at ways of being Japanese. PRECEDED BY HONORABLE JOURNEY DIR. STEPHEN MENICK | 16 MIN

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A speech-impaired veteran lives with his adopted Ning, a young Catholic woman, takes up a better job daughter, Mei. After becoming a singer, she tries to with a furniture company, while her hapless husband leave her ghetto life behind. Despite the genre’s - occasionally hawking gasoline - spends most of his waning, the all-time classic Mandarin musical time doing pretty much nothing. It is when Ning is melodrama is a historical part of the many elements required by her new job to go on a road trip with Mur, that make up today’s Taiwanese cinema: the motifs of a male Muslim colleague, that the suffocation of her family, neighborhood and pop culture; and, after 1981, marriage gives way to an awakening of repressed the use of Taiwanese Hokkien after language desires. Set in Yogyakarta, this delicately observed restrictions were lifted. mood piece and debut feature touches on unspoken issues of sexual repression and adultery in contemporary Indonesia.

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Harana is a long-abandoned Filipino courtship A nameless former Tamil Tiger fighter returns to his serenade, which originated in the Spanish colonial small town to begin a new life. He is confronted by his period. In this award-winning documentary, guitarist neighbors’ resentment and his own haunting past. He Florante AGUILAR returns to the Philippines from the becomes a security guard for a smuggler, while US for the first time in twelve years to discover three forming a strange bond with the wife of the of the last remaining harana masters: a farmer, a previous holder of the job. Sinhalese director Asoka fisherman, and a tricycle driver.Harana emotively HANDAGAMA’s film is one of the rare Tamil-language weaves their performances to exemplify the past and films, and certainly the first of its kind, to present, the here and there, and the rural and urban. compassionately depict a slowly healing country torn apart by a 26-year long civil war.

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DIR. LOY ARCENAS | PHILIPPINES | 2012 | 97 MIN DIR. NADINE TRUONG | USA | 2013 | 79 MIN FRI 7.26 | 9:00PM | AFA CH SAT 7.27 | 6:00PM | AFA CH

Loy ARCENAS’ adroitly layered REquieme! riffs off After almost losing his girlfriend, his job and his life, the Gianni VERSACE-Andrew CUNANAN case from, suicidal Charlie heads to L.A. to reconnect with his literally, the Other side. Ambitious local politician best friends from high school: Luke, a now-famous Swanie holds a wake for a distant relative who has actor, and Danny, a rich boy. They are joined by some become an instant celebrity after killing a famous others in the Hollywood Hills. The glittering city American designer; all while her dressmaker below reverberates with the thirty-somethings feeling transgender son sacrifices her breast transplant around their past friendships as their lives have grown money to help bury a neighbor. With its absurd veneer apart. Nuanced and incisive, this bitter-sweet feature and colorful characters, ARCENAS paints a picaresque debut of German-born Vietnamese filmmaker Nadine yet emotionally complex tale of a small Philippine TRUONG plays out a series of revelations as town as it reacts to a faraway incident through its the night wears on. own haze of desire, ambition, and estrangement. FEATURE FEATURE

DIR. WONG CHEN-HSI | SINGAPORE | 2012 | 88 MIN DIR. DJ HOLLOWAY & SUN W. KIM | USA | SUN 7.28 | 3:00PM | AFA CH 2013 | 101 MIN SAT 7.27 | 3:30PM | AFA CH A delicate story of friendship between two tweens, each estranged at home. Transfer student Syafiqah, In this tautly crisp indie suspense thriller, James PARK a Malay girl, befriends Ah Huat, a Chinese boy and (Jun-seong KIM, West 32nd Street, Man-Choo), is a half-wild prankster in their teachers’ eyes. The two retired undercover detective, facing his worst little souls resort to the lush mountain, away from a nightmare when his young son Cody is kidnapped by a dysfunctional adult world - of divorce and mysterious criminal (C.S. LEE, Dexter) in retribution for drunkenness. But cruelties ensue, and the monsoon past transgressions. With a handful of past enemies, rains arrive. An exquisite feature debut by WONG Chen simultaneous murders, a wife who’s losing faith in Hsi, Innocents is marked with masterful atmospheric him, and two detectives in hot pursuit, James must depiction of the worlds that children share move fast to bring his son home safely. that makes it a “tone-poem” film.

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DIR. CHARLIE LAVOY | USA | 2013 | 81 MIN DIR. ROX CHAO-JEN HSU | TAIWAN | 2012 | 114 MIN FRI 8.2 | 7:00PM | AFA MD SAT 7.27 | 5:30PM | NYIT

Every time Steve CHONG screws up, he writes it down Xiao Yang patiently observes and quietly serves as a and pins up the note card on his wall. As the wall’s messenger for the love affairs in her neighborhood last bare patch is covered, he decides that it is time (the title references a play on words: to-get-her). to die. But before he kills himself, Steve invites three Reminiscent of urban tales with an ensemble cast friends to his family’s lake house for one final round like A One and a Two, this film patiently unfolds of intoxication. A surprising passion project by a group romantic stories on a street in contemporary Taipei, of New Orleans cinephiles, Steve Chong Finds Out That with a refreshingly original voice. Together presents Suicide is a Bad Idea proudly shows the real boom of brilliant performances from the great actors of Louisiana underground film scene through this different generations, such as LEE Lieh, Kenny BEE, intriguing story. Sonia SUI, HUANG Shao-yang, and MA Chih-hsiang, to weave together this romantic film. PRECEDED BY FAUX DEPART DIR. SHEKHAR BASSI | 6 MIN SHORTS PROGRAM SHORTS PROGRAM

FRI 8.2 | 8:30PM | 74 MIN | AFA CH FRI 7.26 | 7:30PM | 79 MIN | AFA MD Curated by Martin Wong of Asian American pop culture What is the incomprehensibility of love that seduces icon Giant Robot, the program combines skateboarding us to unravel it? Perhaps it is the pointed question that and cinema, two dynamic sources that inform his deters us from loving, as well as compels us to love. lifestyle and navigating the unknown. Surprisingly These five quirky shorts explore this idea as couples in fresh and engaging, the program conveys “not only the the form of puppets, travelers, and couch-bound rush of rolling on four wheels but also how the energy potatoes as they come together and fall apart and creativity spill over into so many other along their unexpected journeys. facets of life.” Films include Films include SWEETLY BROKEN, CROSSINGS, COUCH & POTATOES, THE WORKING MAN, PERFECT TIME, THE NO LONGER THERE, JULY 1ST, AN UNHAPPY BROTHERHOOD CHICAGO, TRAVELING SOUNDS, WIDE BIRTHDAY ANGLE SOUNDS, WILLY VERSUS JO KOY, NY REVISITED 3 REMIX

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SAT 8.3 | 3:30PM | 80 MIN | AFA MD THURS 7.25 | 6:30PM | 85 MIN | AFA CH With a power and imagination uninhibited by their Asian American representation in mainstream media length, these five beautiful shorts capture the strength has always been a struggle. Only those who envisage and pitfalls of familial bonds. The program explores the a possible shattering of the status quo could pioneer comedic, dysfunctional and inexplicable tensions that change. Through persevering artistic expression, characterize those bonds, and illumines our life-risking investigative journalism, or satirical weaknesses under unknown forces – whether it is potential of Youtube, these five stories exemplify the power, economic uncertainty, loss of innocence, grief, various ways by which Asian Americans have made or simply the unknown. inroads in our history and present.

Films include Films include LITTLE MAO, ADVANTAGEOUS, RAINY DAY FOR EARTH ONLY CHILD, KEYE LUKE, OR DIE..., MORE THAN A WORMS, THREE LIGHT BULBS, HOWARD FACE IN THE CROWD, LIL TOKYO REPORTER SHORTS PROGRAM SHORTS PROGRAM

THURS 8.1 | 7:00PM | 75 MIN | AFA MD TUES 7.30 | 5:00PM | 53 MIN | MOCA From racial tension in NYC, disillusioned Pakistani Encompassing animation, narrative, and documentary refugees in LA to Uyghur pickpockets roaming in the shorts, For Youth by Youth program celebrates streets of Central China, these heart-wrenching stories works by media makers of Asian descent under the provide insights on how the disfranchised are sent on age of 21, articulating their perceptions of life and the a downward spiral to a limbo where everything could world in the most original voice. Preceded by The Well possibly go awry. Wishing Tree from CUNY AAFF 2013, a brief glimpse into the daily life and philosophy of Vruksha Montes- Films include sori School in Chennai, India. HU’S GAME, DAWN, OLIVE, SHAYA, A TRAIL FROM XINJIANG Films include SKIN, IN HER SHOES, A SHORT BOARD GAME STORY, MALAYSIA A COLORFUL COUNTRY, BEGINNINGS, TRAB LAUS, LEMON DROPS

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SAT 8.3 | 1:30PM | 90 MIN | AFA MD FRI 7.26 | 10:00PM | 84 MIN | AFA MD Special program Korean War Remembered The modern Taipei witnesses the reluctant parting of a examines the history and human effects of the Korean Singaporean soldier; a boy framed for theft squats in a War, a war that most Americans now remember little pineapple patch in the South; an aboriginal man about. From the imprint warfare’s brutality etched ruminates on the tribe’s present severed from their upon the psyches of individual soldiers and civils tradition. The three cherry picked short films, (A Day in 1951) to the continuing pain of separation and interspersed with two refreshing animations, destruction of families torn apart by their country’s comprehensively present the various city- and division (Memory of Forgotten War) — the two films landscapes of Taiwan, and briskly depart from the rich are able to invoke the emotionally vivid memories of legacies of the Taiwanese masters like HOU and YANG. the war that broke out 50 years ago, but is still resounding today. Followed by a special performance Films include by Nodutol for Korean Community Development. WHEN THE COLD WIND BLOWS, THE BOX, HOW I LEARNED TO TELL A LIE, SEED, RAIN Films include A DAY IN 1951, MEMORY OF FORGOTTEN WAR GENRES/THEMES/SUBJECTS

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best friends forever beyond the mat chink forgetting to know you go grandriders hafu: the mixed-race experience in japan harana him, here, after innocents innocent blood karnal linsanity papa, can you hear me sing? marilou-diaz abaya: filmmaker on a voyage mumbai’s king noor our homeland peculiar vacation and other illnesses requieme! sholay - 3D someone I used to know soongava - dance of the orchids steve chong finds out that suicide is a bad idea together touch of the light when I walk

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animal style revisited an unbounded romance enduring encounters for youth by youth in times of innocence into the penumbra korean war remembered taiwan cinema days

A Asian FE Female Experiences/Filmmakers RF Road Film AA Asian American FR Family/Relationships SI Social Issues COA Coming of Age HIS Historical SP Sports CR Crime ID Identity TCD Taiwan Cinema Days DA Differently Abled LGBTQ Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer W War DOC Documentary PE Personal