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For 30 years, SFIAAFF followed its mission of cultivating the best in Asian American film. CAAMFest continues in that tradition, bringing together veteran directors and first-time filmmakers. Masterful storytellers are found in the most unlikely places, and CAAM brings them all to Bay Area audiences.
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Abigail Harm
Lee Isaac Chung / Narrative / Hong Kong, USA / 2012 / 80 mins
The director of Munyurangabo returns with this fairy tale about a New York City woman who finds an old Korean fable suddenly come to life—in her apartment. Starring Amanda Plummer and Will Patton.Abigail Harm
Sundance Kabuki Cinemas
March 17, 2013 7:00 pm Buy Tickets Buy TicketsAbigail Harm
Sundance Kabuki Cinemas
March 18, 2013 6:15 pm Buy Tickets Buy TicketsAbigail Harm
New People
March 19, 2013 8:30 pm Buy Tickets Buy Tickets
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Dead Dad
Ken J. Adachi / Narrative / USA / 2012 / Feature, Narrative, Narrative Fiction / 82 mins
Three grown siblings reunite after their father’s unexpected death, and must shake their self-absorbed attitudes to finally take responsibility for their lives. This original, well-scripted and refreshingly sincere drama throws down a challenge to its generation’s hipster attitudes.Dead Dad
New People
March 16, 2013 6:40 pm Buy Tickets Buy TicketsDead Dad
Sundance Kabuki Cinemas
March 19, 2013 6:15 pm Buy Tickets Buy TicketsDead Dad
New People
March 24, 2013 12:30 pm Buy Tickets Buy Tickets
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Graceland
Ron Morales / Narrative / Philippines, USA / Narrative / 84 mins
The director of festival favorite Santa Mesa returns with this powerhouse thriller set in Manila’s urban underbelly. A dedicated chauffer finds himself over his head when kidnappers abduct both his daughter and the daughter of his boss, a corrupt and ruthless congressman.Graceland
New People
March 15, 2013 7:00 pm Buy Tickets Buy TicketsGraceland
New People
March 22, 2013 10:15 pm Buy Tickets Buy Tickets
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Late Summer
Ernie Park / Narrative / USA / 2012 / 57 mins
If Yasujiro Ozu could set a film in the Black South, it might look a lot like Late Summer. Ernie Park not only riffs on Ozu’s tales of family love and social belonging, he crafts a kindred poetic language, one born little by little, over time …in Nashville. With short by video-essayist Kogonada + conversation with Park and Kogonada.Late Summer
Sundance Kabuki Cinemas
March 16, 2013 3:00 pm Buy Tickets Buy TicketsLate Summer
Sundance Kabuki Cinemas
March 20, 2013 9:15 pm Buy Tickets Buy Tickets
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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 OnlySomeone I Used to Know
New People
March 23, 2013 12:00 pm Buy Tickets Buy TicketsSomeone I Used to Know
Great Star Theater
March 24, 2013 2:00 pm Buy Tickets Buy Tickets
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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 TicketsSunset Stories
Castro Theater
March 17, 2013 9:45 pm Buy Tickets Buy Tickets
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