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Berkeley: March 17 - 25 San Jose: March 24 - 26
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Asian American / Canadian Features 
The Achievers An eviction notice sends five post-college roommates through a tumultuous month of bizarre hallucinations, random hookups and a catharsis of pent-up frustrations in this drama that features an exciting cast of hip, up-and-coming Asian American talent. 
American Fusion A romantic comedy about a Chinese American family’s misadventures, and the dutiful daughter (Sylvia Chang) who struggles to keep her family together and still find time to fall in love. Audience Award winner at Hawaii International Film Festival. 
Americanese The director of CHARLOTTE SOMETIMES adapts Shawn Wong’s groundbreaking romantic novel about a Chinese American man and a hapa woman who struggle to let go of their relationship. An intelligent, adult love story and a provocative drama about sex and race. Opening Night Film 
Colma: The Musical Catchy melodies, thoughtfully funny lyrics, and appealing teenage protagonists bring South SF’s cemetery town to life in this highly original musical about… Colma! Three best friends sing, dance and dream their way through a city where the dead outnumber the living. 
Conventioneers A red-state/blue-state romance dramatizing the shifting allegiances of fictional characters against the backdrop of the actual 2004 Republican National Convention. Audacious filmmaking and unpredictable, even unsettling, performances capture the excitement of an event that gripped New York City. 2006 Independent Spirit Award winner. 
Eve & the Fire Horse Two Chinese Canadian sisters navigate a 1970’s childhood of playground racists, Catholic school and ill-fitting polyester in this audience-award winner from the Vancouver International Film Festival, and a Special Jury Award winner at Sundance this year. 
Journey From The Fall The first major American film to dramatize the traumatic aftermath of the Vietnam War from a Vietnamese perspective, Ham Tran’s impressive feature-length debut delves into the stories of those left behind after the fall of Saigon. Closing Night Film 
Kiều This beautifully visualized, tenderly passionate update of an epic Vietnamese national poem gives its heroine a 21st-century double life in San Francisco: keeping up a cheerful front for her family as she works in an “Oriental” massage parlor. 
Only The Brave This moving drama about World War II’s Japanese American 100th Battalion/442nd Regimental Combat Team interweaves tense battle sequences with the soldiers’ memories of loved ones left at home to bring the valor, heartache and humanity of these quiet heroes to life. 
Punching At The Sun A young South Asian American teenager copes with personal and social demons during one hot summer in Queens. Examining the lives of desi youth in urban America, the film is a powerful meditation on identity, racism and redemption. San Jose Opening Night Film 
Red Doors A quirky dramedy (reminiscent of Ang Lee's early works) about a Chinese American family whose patriarch’s mid-life crisis leads him to become a monk, while his three grown daughters struggle with one another and some unconventional expressions of love. Award winner at Tribeca Film Festival. 
Rigodon This unique, stylized portrait of three Filipino immigrants in post-9/11 New York City explores the richly textured and sensual undercurrents of their lives. I.N.S. crackdowns clash with the longsuppressed desires and historical legacies of Filipinos far from home. |
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