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CAAMFest 2013

All Films & Events

  1. Seeking Asian Female: So Beautiful Panel

    Special Presentations / 90 mins
    Join director Debbie Lum and other mediamakers in an extended conversation about "yellow fever" and other topics in Seeking Asian Female. Moderated by Nicole Wong of Hyphen, this panel features Phil Yu of Angry Asian Man and filmmaker Hoang Nguyen.

    Preceded by: Seeking Asian Female

    Seeking Asian Female Panel

    Union Bank Community Room
    March 23, 2013 7:00 pm Free

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    Seeking Asian Female

    Pacific Film Archive Theater
    March 15, 2013 7:00 pm Buy Tickets Buy Tickets

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    Seeking Asian Female

    Sundance Kabuki Cinemas
    March 20, 2013 6:30 pm Rush Only

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    Seeking Asian Female

    New People
    March 23, 2013 5:00 pm Rush Only


  2. Seeking Haven

    Hein S. Seok / Documentaries / China, Korea / 2012 / Documentary / 59 mins
    One of the winners of CAAM’s innovative Media Fund Program, this daring documentary follows a young North Korean immigrant in South Korea. With her family’s future on the line, she heads to the China-North Korea border to help her sister escape. With short Inheritance.

    Preceded by: Inheritance

    Seeking Haven

    New People
    March 17, 2013 6:30 pm Buy Tickets Buy Tickets

    Seeking Haven

    Sundance Kabuki Cinemas
    March 18, 2013 8:50 pm Buy Tickets Buy Tickets

    Preceded By:
    Inheritance

    March 17, 2013 6:30 pm Buy Tickets Buy Tickets


  3. Someone I Used to Know

    Nadine Truong / Narrative / USA / 2013 / 79 mins
    Three former high-school friends reunite for a long Los Angeles night in Nadine Truong’s bittersweet drama, a new-millennium remix of eighties’ ensemble dramas (The Breakfast Club and St. Elmo’s Fire). With Hawaii 5-0’s Brian Yang, West Liang, Eddie Mui, Emily Chang and Entourage’s Rex Lee.
    Someone I Used to Know

    New People
    March 15, 2013 9:15 pm Rush Only

    Someone I Used to Know

    New People
    March 23, 2013 12:00 pm Buy Tickets Buy Tickets

    Someone I Used to Know

    Great Star Theater
    March 24, 2013 2:00 pm Buy Tickets Buy Tickets


  4. Sunset Stories

    Ernesto Foronda, Silas Howard / Narrative / USA / 2012 / Narrative / 90 mins
    Two ex-lovers reluctantly reunite to retrieve a lost cooler in this electric ramble across nocturnal Los Angeles, starring Monique Gabriela Curnen (Finishing the Game; The Dark Knight) and Sung Kang (Fast and Furious; The Motel). The first feature film from the infamous internet collective You Offend Me You Offend My Family.
    Sunset Stories

    Pacific Film Archive Theater
    March 15, 2013 9:10 pm Buy Tickets Buy Tickets

    Sunset Stories

    Castro Theater
    March 17, 2013 9:45 pm Buy Tickets Buy Tickets


  5. The Cheer Ambassadors

    Luke Cassady-Dorion / Documentaries / Thailand, USA / 2012 / Documentary / 95 mins
    It’s Bring It On, Thai style and all true: The Cheer Ambassadors tells the incredible story of Bangkok University’s 2011 Cheerleading World Champions. Marvel at their choreography, energy and jaw-dropping moves as they take Orlando, Florida by storm and tangle with some of the world’s greatest cheer squads!
    Cheer Ambassadors

    New People
    March 15, 2013 5:00 pm Buy Tickets Buy Tickets

    Cheer Ambassadors

    Sundance Kabuki Cinemas
    March 18, 2013 8:30 pm Buy Tickets Buy Tickets


  6. Touch of the Light

    Jung-chi Chang / CinemAsia / Hong Kong, Taiwan / 2012 / Bay Area Connection / 110 mins
    A blind piano prodigy encounters challenges when he enters a university to study music, but his encounter with an aspiring dancer may help unshackle the two from their respective prisons. Blind pianist Huang Yu-Siang plays himself in this award-winning crowd-pleaser that was Taiwan’s official submission for the Oscars.
    Touch of the Light

    New People
    March 17, 2013 12:00 pm Buy Tickets Buy Tickets

    Touch of the Light

    Sundance Kabuki Cinemas
    March 21, 2013 6:00 pm Buy Tickets Buy Tickets

    Touch of the Light

    Pacific Film Archive Theater
    March 23, 2013 6:30 pm Buy Tickets Buy Tickets


  7. Turn It Up to 11, Part 2: Wild Days

    Seung-hwa Baek / New Directions / South Korea / 2012 / 91 mins
    Korean indie rock band Galaxy Express tours across Texas to fulfill their dream of playing music to new audiences. This outrageous and vivid follow-up to Baek Seung-hwa’s popular documentary Turn It Up to 11 showcases the band and offers uninhibited insights about rockstar life on the road.
    Turn It Up to 11, Part 2: Wild Days

    Sundance Kabuki Cinemas
    March 17, 2013 9:40 pm Buy Tickets Buy Tickets

    Turn It Up to 11, Part 2: Wild Days

    Great Star Theater
    March 22, 2013 7:00 pm Buy Tickets Buy Tickets


  8. VIP Experience: Film, Gala Reception, and Green Room with the Stars!

    The VIP ticket provides reserved seating at the Castro Theater, admission to the Gala and a rare opportunity to meet the talent behind LINSANITY in our intimate Green Room at the Asian Art Museum which opens at 10:30pm.

    Preceded by: Linsanity

    Preceded By:
    Linsanity

    Castro Theater
    March 14, 2013 7:00 pm Rush Only


  9. When Hari Got Married

    Ritu Sarin / CinemAsia / India, UK, USA / 2012 / Documentary, Feature / 75 mins
    Hari is getting married—to a girl he’s seen only once in their two-year engagement. In the latest film from Ritu Sarin and Tenzing Sonam (Dreaming Lhasa), the chatty taxi driver looks forward to spending his life with a woman he’s only talked to on the phone.
    When Hari Got Married

    New People
    March 16, 2013 9:00 pm Buy Tickets Buy Tickets

    When Hari Got Married

    New People
    March 24, 2013 2:45 pm Buy Tickets Buy Tickets


  10. When I Walk

    Jason DaSilva / Documentaries / USA / 2012 / Documentary / 80 mins
    When I Walk is a feature-length, point-of-view narrative documentary about young filmmaker Jason DaSilva’s battle with Multiple Sclerosis. An official selection of the 2013 Sundance Film Festival, this inspiring documentary is an intimate depiction of a disorder rarely shown on film.
    When I Walk

    Sundance Kabuki Cinemas
    March 15, 2013 5:00 pm Buy Tickets Buy Tickets

    When I Walk

    Sundance Kabuki Cinemas
    March 17, 2013 9:30 pm Buy Tickets Buy Tickets

    When I Walk

    New People
    March 23, 2013 9:15 pm Buy Tickets Buy Tickets