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The Other Side
Akiko Izumitani / Shorts / USA / 2014 / Narrative, Short / 15 mins
Somewhere between “Taken,” “Infernal Affairs,” and a Jackie Chan film, this action-packed drama was made. The hero fights the bad guys, but the bad guy might want to be a hero as well. Brace yourself for this not-so-typical action flick.
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OUT/HERE (SHORTS)
Shorts / 78 mins
From a Filipino immigrant struggling with her undocumented status in the United States in order to live as an out lesbian to a child’s point of view on the much debated subject of marriage equality, these narratives and documentaries collectively broaden the scope of what it means to be queer.In This Program: 100 Crushes Chapter 6: They, Deconstructing My Depression, Distance Between, Finger Running, My Beautiful Resistance, Operation Marriage, Ordinary Family, Sex, Politics, and Sticky Rice
OUT/HERE (SHORTS)
Castro Theatre
March 15, 2015 12:00 pm Not Available
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Outtakes: Queer Asian Cinema
Queer Conversations on Culture and the Arts presents a special screening and panel featuring festival filmmakers in conversation with director Pratibha Parmar (NINA’S HEAVENLY DELIGHTS) and moderated by CAAM Festival & Exhibitions Director Masashi Niwano. Sponsored by Queer Cultural Center, California College of the Arts and CAAM.Outtakes: Queer Asian Cinema
California College of The Arts, Timken Hall
March 17, 2015 7:00 pm FREE
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Partners In Crime
Chang Jung-chi / CinemAsia / Taiwan / 2014 / 89 mins
The inadvertent discovery of a schoolmate’s body entwines the otherwise disparate lives of three teenagers as they search for clues of the alleged suicide. A dark tale of adolescent friendship, personal secrets and public tragedies in the second feature of TOUCH OF THE LIGHT’s (CAAMFest ’13) director Chang Jung-chi.Partners In Crime
Sundance Kabuki Cinemas
March 13, 2015 9:40 pm Not AvailablePartners In Crime
Sundance Kabuki Cinemas
March 16, 2015 9:20 pm Not Available
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PLAYTIME (SHORTS)
Shorts / 75 mins
In this collection of exuberant and wildly imaginative short works, global politics, mythologies and simple sensual encounters are the laboratories for playful visual and aural experimentation. Puns, image-rhymes, fabulous logic and transcendent moments of stillness are the ways through which these artists explore everything from the “cloud” to financial meltdowns to filmmaking itself.In This Program: Curtains, Ham Over Rice, Liquidity, Inc., Moving to the Cloud, Odd Rumblings, Raymond, Snipers in the Trees, Trails
PLAYTIME (SHORTS)
Sundance Kabuki Cinemas
March 15, 2015 5:00 pm Not AvailablePLAYTIME (SHORTS)
Sundance Kabuki Cinemas
March 16, 2015 5:20 pm Not Available
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Raymond
Nina Yuen / Shorts / USA / 2014 / Short / 11 mins
Daydreams and musings, life and the universe, and the name of every person he’s known who has died begin to draw a portrait of Yuen’s father, who ruminates while this New Jersey-based artist constructs a fragmented, inspired and poignant imagistic universe to match.
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Reflections of Union Square
Samati Boonchitsitsak / Shorts / USA / 2014 / Experimental, Short / 4 mins
This luminous short refracts light and shadow, using mirrors and translucent objects to illuminate a new view of San Francisco’s Union Square. Directed by Samati Boochitsitsak, REFLECTIONS ON UNION SQUARE won Best Experimental Film at CityShorts14, San Francisco.
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River of Exploding Durians
Edmund Yeo / CinemAsia / Malaysia / 2014 / 128 mins
In a small Malaysian town, two disparate stories threaten to converge — a tale of young love begins to unwind while a radioactive construction site rises on the city’s edge. In a disquieting coming-of-age, three young women must grapple with the repercussions of love and political activism.River of Exploding Durians
Sundance Kabuki Cinemas
March 15, 2015 9:10 pm Not AvailableRiver of Exploding Durians
Sundance Kabuki Cinemas
March 19, 2015 9:00 pm Not Available
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The Seed of Need
Manuel Roman / Shorts / China, France, USA / 2014 / Short / 19 mins
Jingjing has traveled the world in search of a meaning to her life. In cities like Paris, Rome and Las Vegas, she finds romance and intrigue. Only when Jingjing releases the trappings of her life does she find what she was looking for all along.
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Seoul Searching
Benson Lee / Gala Presentations / South Korea, USA / 2015 / Comedy, Culture, Family, Narrative / 105 mins
Fresh off its world premiere at the 2015 Sundance Film Festival, CAAMFest 2015 opens with SEOUL SEARCHING, directed by award winning Korean-American director Benson Lee, Set in the 1980s and inspired by Lee’s own personal experiences, SEOUL SEARCHING is a fun coming-of-age feature, chronicling the shenanigans and personal journeys of a group of international Korean teens sent to a government-sponsored summer camp for a crash course in Korean culture.Precedes: Opening Night Gala
Seoul Searching
Castro Theatre
March 12, 2015 6:30 pm Not Available
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