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CAAMFest2017

Films

  1. Nuoc

    Quyên Nguyen-Le / Shorts / USA / 2016 / Experimental, Short / 5 mins
    Plays In:
    OUT/HERE – SHORTS

    Roxie Theater
    March 11, 2017 7:30 pm Buy Tickets Buy Tickets

  2. Our Time

    Arpita Kumar / Shorts / USA / 2016 / Bay Area Connection, Short / 11 mins
    Technology plays a significant role in the unfolding family rupture and dynamics between Maira and her mother as she discovers fragmented recordings of her parents through the mobile devices around her home; which forces her to confront a reality that would prompt her to grow up.
    Plays In:
    IMMEDIATE FAMILY – SHORTS

    Roxie Theater
    March 12, 2017 4:40 pm Buy Tickets Buy Tickets

  3. Pages

    Tatsu Aoki & Melody Takata / Shorts / USA / 2016 / 15 mins
    PAGES is a meditation on the emergence of Japanese modernist and experimentalist art movements.

    Precedes: Light

    Precedes:
    Light

    Gray Area
    March 11, 2017 7:00 pm Buy Tickets Buy Tickets

  4. Paint Your Life Away

    Brandon Gong / Shorts / USA / 2016 / 8 mins
    Time is of the essence as a young woman paints out her memories, dreams and disappointments through the form of a self-portrait painting.
    Plays In:
    IN THE MOOD FOR LOVE…MAYBE – SHORTS

    Roxie Theater
    March 10, 2017 9:40 pm Buy Tickets Buy Tickets

  5. The People’s Hospital

    Jim Choi & Chihiro Wimbush / Special Presentations / USA / 2017 / Bay Area Connection, Short / 27 mins
    Filmmakers Jim Choi and Chihiro Wimbush explore the endearing story of the Chinese Hospital, the last independent hospital in San Francisco, showing that the heart and soul of a community lies in the unlikeliest of places.

    Preceded by: Caregiving: Circle of Love

    The People’s Hospital

    Great Star Theater
    March 12, 2017 3:00 pm Buy Tickets Buy Tickets

  6. Plastic China

    Jiu-liang Wang / Cinema Asia / China / 2016 / Documentary / 82 mins
    The lives of workers processing infinite amounts of recycled materials are full of dreams and debris. PLASTIC CHINA documents a family as they tread poor living conditions, sorting through mountains of plastic for income. In spite of their struggles, the family hopes for a richer life, seen through the global waste that they comb through every day.
    Plastic China

    Roxie Theater
    March 11, 2017 2:40 pm Buy Tickets Buy Tickets

  7. Poi E: The Story of our Song

    Tearepa Kahi / Special Presentations / New Zealand / 2016 / Documentary / 92 mins
    In the 1980s, POI E, a simple song with a contagious beat, took New Zealand by storm and became the country’s unofficial national anthem. Envisioned by Dalvanius Prime, the song is a point of pride for generations of New Zealanders and continues to inspire more than 30 years after its release.
    Poi E

    Alamo Drafthouse
    March 12, 2017 12:20 pm Buy Tickets Buy Tickets

  8. Pria

    Yudho Aditya / Shorts / Indonesia / 2017 / 22 mins
    In a time of great expectation and pressure stemming from the traditions of his upbringing, Aris—a gay Muslim teenager living in rural Indonesia—finds himself increasingly drawn to his well-traveled English teacher despite his upcoming marital preparations to a woman he harbors no romantic feelings for. With his whole life planned out for him by his parents, Aris struggles with the conflicting notions of tradition, duty and his own personal idea of happiness.
    Plays In:
    OUT/HERE – SHORTS

    Roxie Theater
    March 11, 2017 7:30 pm Buy Tickets Buy Tickets

  9. Queen of Earth

    Chelbert Dai / Shorts / USA / 2016 / 7 mins
    After the collapse of civilization and forgoing the natural world, a 10-year-old girl finds herself alone in an ethereal existence as she waits for her parents’ return.
    Plays In:
    IMMEDIATE FAMILY – SHORTS

    Roxie Theater
    March 12, 2017 4:40 pm Buy Tickets Buy Tickets

  10. Rabbit in the Moon

    Emiko Omori / Special Presentations / USA / 1999 / Bay Area Connection / 85 mins
    Peel back the long-silent veneer covering the incarceration of Japanese Americans and witness an intimately complex and tense history in RABBIT IN THE MOON. Emiko Omori’s award-winning film explores her own childhood experiences within the camps and the political tensions between generations living there.
    Rabbit in the Moon

    Gray Area
    March 12, 2017 2:00 pm Buy Tickets Buy Tickets