Films
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Fred Ho’s Last Year
Steven De Castro / Directions in Sound / USA / Documentary, Feature / 58 mins
Making its San Francisco debut just shy of the one-year anniversary of Fred Ho’s passing, the film is a tribute to the artist and his battle with cancer. LAST YEAR shows how the titular artist became even more driven to combat his disease and share his insights with the world.Fred Ho’s Last Year
New People Cinema
March 17, 2015 7:00 pm Not AvailableFred Ho’s Last Year
New Parkway Theater
March 21, 2015 2:45 pm Not Available
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Giap’s Last Day at the Ironing Board Factory
Tony Nguyen / Shorts / USA / 2014 / Culture, Documentary, Independent, Reality / 25 mins
Coming from a trialing childhood, Tony Nguyen tracks back to his small hometown to reconnect with his Vietnamese mother. As he documents his and his mother’s journey, contrasting rural American imagery with Vietnamese subjects, the film captures the refugee history of adapting to life in the US.
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Give It Up
Justin Tan / Shorts / USA / 2014 / Drama, Narrative, Short / 5 mins
A comedian’s job is to make people laugh. But a comedian’s life is mostly far from cheerful. Justin Tan stars and directs himself in a brutally honest depiction of a performer’s struggles and the hope that some good might come out of it.
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Ham Over Rice
Ying Liu / Shorts / USA / 2014 / Experimental, Short / 2 mins
In this pun-filled, rooftop-to-subway escapade, New York-based Liu deconstructs the Chinese myth of the legendary archer Houyi, who saves the world but loses his immortality. Animation, live action and a kaleidoscope of text connect the worlds.
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Happy Fun Room
Greg Pak / Shorts / USA / 2014 / Bay Area Connection / 14 mins
Out of the mind of comic book writer and filmmaker Greg Pak, HAPPY FUN ROOM is a feverish and colorful romp through the backstage terrain of a post-apocalyptic kid's show. This short is part of the fifth and final series of ITVS's FUTURESTATES.
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Hollow
Ham Tran / CinemAsia / Vietnam / 2014 / 95 mins
Keep your morals in check, because they may come back to haunt you. From the director of HOW TO FIGHT IN SIX INCH HEELS, Ham Tran’s HOLLOW features the story of a family terrorized by their dead daughter, Ai, who has come back to life, possessed by a vengeful spirit.Preceded by: Employed Identity
Hollow
Pacific Film Archive
March 13, 2015 8:50 pm Not AvailableHollow
Sundance Kabuki Cinemas
March 14, 2015 9:15 pm Not Available
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The Home Promised
Betty Xie / Shorts / Taiwan / 2014 / Documentary, Reality, Short, Social Issue / 19 mins
THE HOME PROMISED focuses on an urban neighbourhood on the brink of demolition – the Shaoxing neighbourhood in Taipei, Taiwan – whose story encapsulates the dilemma faced by a generation of Taiwanese torn between their ideological stance as mainlanders and the reality of losing their long promised home. Facing eviction, elderly residents of Shaoxing band together and find a home they never knew they had. Winner of Toronto Reel Asian Film Festival’s pitch competition.
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Hotel 22
Elizabeth Lo / Shorts / USA / 2014 / Documentary, Short / 8 mins
As Palo Alto Bus 22 hurtles through one of the richest parts of the world, homeless people transform it into a temporary shelter. Directed by Stanford filmmaker Elizabeth Lo, HOTEL 22 documents the lives that have been displaced and disregarded by Silicon Valley - those who are forced to commit the most private act - sleep - in the most public of spaces: a shaky, humming bus hurtling through the heart of the tech boom...
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Hypebeasts
Jessica dela Merced / Shorts / USA / 2013 / Bay Area Connection, Narrative, Short / 19 mins
The slickest new kicks are just about to be released and young sneakerheads line up get them. Antsy to get a pair, a cut in the line pushes tensions to a outbreak. Produced by CAAMFest filmmaker, Marissa Aroy, HYPEBEASTS brings a pop-y focus on a youth subculture and its flaws.
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If You Lived Here, You’d Be Home Already
Soo Hyun Chung / Shorts / USA / 2014 / Drama, Narrative, Short / 6 mins
A typical couple has a regular evening at home, eating dinner, watching TV, reading in bed side by side. Under the surface, however, everything is not well, and the tension only has one direction to go.
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