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Cicada

Dean Yamada / Narrative / Japan / 2014 / 100 mins
As a schoolteacher, Jumpei is surrounded by kids and adults who haven’t quite grown up. When Jumpei finds out he’s infertile, he’s given an opportunity to deepen his relationships with the big and little kids that already surround him every day.

Cicada

New People Cinema
March 13, 2015 5:10 pm Not Available

Cicada

Pacific Film Archive
March 14, 2015 8:15 pm Not Available

Cicada

Sundance Kabuki Cinemas
March 18, 2015 6:30 pm Not Available
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Don’t Think I’ve Forgotten: Cambodia’s Lost Rock and Roll

John Pirozzi / Directions in Sound / Cambodia, France, USA / 2014 / 105 mins
April 17 marks the 40th anniversary of Cambodia’s fall to the Khmer Rouge. This brilliant film reveals the beauty and vibrancy of Cambodian music pre-1975, showcasing talented artists who perished in the genocide. Their music lives on, and their country is once again filled with song: mournful, resilient, hopeful.

Don’t Think I’ve Forgotten: Cambodia’s Lost Rock and Roll

Pacific Film Archive
March 18, 2015 7:00 pm Rush Only

Don’t Think I’ve Forgotten: Cambodia’s Lost Rock and Roll

Sundance Kabuki Cinemas
March 19, 2015 6:30 pm Rush Only
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Dot 2 Dot

Amos Why / CinemAsia / Hong Kong / 2014 / 89 mins
After relocating nearby to his childhood home in Hong Kong, Chung deliberately engages in what he calls “slow living.” When his cryptic dot graffiti is deciphered by a lovely Mandarin teacher, they risk arrest in a series of public declarations of love for their city and, ultimately, each other.

Dot 2 Dot

Sundance Kabuki Cinemas
March 16, 2015 7:20 pm Not Available

Dot 2 Dot

Sundance Kabuki Cinemas
March 18, 2015 9:00 pm Not Available
FALLING (SHORTS)

Shorts / 90 mins
FALLING is heartbreak and hilarity, a kiss in the dark, a riot of sound and color. From the glance across a room to the end of the line, these tales touch on what it really means to trip and fall into love.
In This Program: After Us, Comfort Girls, If You Lived Here, You’d Be Home Already, Miss Guidance – EP 4: Persevering, Next Like, No No, Homo, The Seed of Need, Touch Of Essence, Tramp

FALLING (SHORTS)

Sundance Kabuki Cinemas
March 14, 2015 9:40 pm Not Available

FALLING (SHORTS)

Sundance Kabuki Cinemas
March 16, 2015 9:30 pm Not Available

FALLING (SHORTS)

New People Cinema
March 20, 2015 9:20 pm Not Available
FAMILY TIES (SHORTS)

Shorts / 96 mins
In a whirlwind of doubt, rejection, trust and love, these shorts express the struggle and joy that come out of reconnecting with family. With a few autobiographical stories like GIAP’S LAST DAY and narratives like MAMA TANG, histories emerge between generations of disconnect and silence.
In This Program: Cold Spring, Giap’s Last Day at the Ironing Board Factory, Jaya, Mama Tang, My Father, Francis, To Sit With Her

FAMILY TIES (SHORTS)

Sundance Kabuki Cinemas
March 14, 2015 2:40 pm Rush Only

FAMILY TIES (SHORTS)

Sundance Kabuki Cinemas
March 18, 2015 7:10 pm Not Available
FLIPSIDE (SHORTS)

Shorts / 93 mins
Bold and eye-opening, this mosaic of films takes you to the “Flipside.” These films powerfully illustrate unconventional perspectives, illuminating life’s complexities for all its joy and grief. Created with surprising empathy, these directors assure you that many things, and people, are more than what they seem.
In This Program: D.Asian, Dandekar Makes a Sandwich, Give It Up, Hypebeasts, My Hot Mom Gandhi, N. King, The Other Side, Woman In Fragments

FLIPSIDE (SHORTS)

Sundance Kabuki Cinemas
March 14, 2015 12:15 pm Not Available

FLIPSIDE (SHORTS)

Sundance Kabuki Cinemas
March 18, 2015 9:25 pm Not Available
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Flowing Stories

Jessey Tsang Tsui-shan / CinemAsia / France, Hong Kong / 2014 / Documentary / 97 mins
Hong Kong Film Awards’ Best New Director Tsang asks us to consider what connects us to a piece of earth time and time again. This documentary weaves a revelatory tale of one family’s ties to place through the 400-year-old Ho-Chung Village Festival held every 10 years.

Flowing Stories

Sundance Kabuki Cinemas
March 13, 2015 5:10 pm Not Available

Flowing Stories

Sundance Kabuki Cinemas
March 19, 2015 7:00 pm Not Available
Forbidden City, U.S.A.

Arthur Dong / Special Presentations / USA / 1989 / Bay Area Connection / 56 mins
Swing back in time to Chinatown in the 1930s in a premiere of the new digitally remastered version of FORBIDDEN CITY, U.S.A. CAAM celebrates Arthur Dong’s documentary with live perfor- mances and a reading of excerpts from the book by Dong himself — Forbidden City, USA: Chinese American Night Clubs, 1936-1970.

Forbidden City, U.S.A.

The Great Star
March 14, 2015 4:00 pm Rush Only
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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 Available

Fred Ho’s Last Year

New Parkway Theater
March 21, 2015 2:45 pm Not Available
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 Available

Hollow

Sundance Kabuki Cinemas
March 14, 2015 9:15 pm Not Available