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Special Presentations
OPENING NIGHT FILM: LITTLE FOREST
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OPENING NIGHT FILM: LITTLE FOREST
Directed by Yim Soon-rye
When Hye-won flees Seoul’s empty calories and daily humiliations, she returns to her rural town with a voracious…
Asian American Panorama
FICTION AND OTHER REALITIES
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FICTION AND OTHER REALITIES
Directed by Bobby Choy, Steve Lee
Bobby (aka real-life musician Big Phony) is a singer-songwriter who can’t seem to find his place in New…
Asian American Panorama
FISH BONES
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FISH BONES
Directed by Joanne Mony Park
Model-turned-actress Joony Kim stars as Hana, who floats between working at her family restaurant, off-kilter modeling gigs, and…
Asia Pop!
GRADUATION
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GRADUATION
Directed by Joan Ji Yey Hui
Juggling graduation, living on her own, and low-paying jobs, lively and bright-eyed Hae-Rang holds onto her dream to…
Masters
GRASS
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GRASS
Directed by Hong Sang-soo
Young writer Areum (Kim Min-hee) rattles away on her MacBook, concocting a new story in a café. Meanwhile,…
JEOM
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JEOM
Directed by Kangmin Kim
A man struggles with a passed-down family legacy; a giant birthmark on his buttock.
KIMCHI
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KIMCHI
Directed by Jackson Kiyoshi Segars
Marrying into a Korean American family in disarray over the grandmother’s choice of death, a Japanese American man…
KNOCK, KNOCK, KNOCK
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KNOCK, KNOCK, KNOCK
Directed by Arom Choi
One woman in a cramped humid room carries on with stretching, solo dance, and piling ramen bowls until…
KOREATOWN
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KOREATOWN
Directed by Grant Hyun
Sexy danger blankets an insular Koreatown host bar, where paid fantasy mixes with real longings, underground economies, and…
Discoveries
THE LAND OF SEONGHYE
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THE LAND OF SEONGHYE
Directed by Jung Hyung-suk
An award-winning deep dive into the precarious everyday life of Seonghye, a young educated woman typical of Korea’s…
LETTER TO MY CHILDREN
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LETTER TO MY CHILDREN
Directed by Joseph Juhn
An imaginary letter from a Korean man who lived in Mexico as slave labor and in Cuba as…
LIQUOR STORE BABIES
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LIQUOR STORE BABIES
Directed by So Yun Um
Raised behind the counter, two Los Angeles Korean Americans come to terms with their parents career choices.
MY FATHER’S ROOM
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MY FATHER’S ROOM
Directed by Jang Nari
Abused by her father during childhood, a young woman's pain and anger begins to fade until one day…
Discoveries
THE RETURN
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THE RETURN
Directed by Malene Choi
Fact and fiction swirl around in this deeply touching experimental doc which follows Karoline and Thomas far from…
SELECTION
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SELECTION
Directed by Shim Kyu Taek
Tired of fruitless job interviews that leave her buried under a ton of Gengars, an unemployed woman in…
Asia Pop!
SUNSET IN MY HOMETOWN
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SUNSET IN MY HOMETOWN
Directed by Lee Joon-ik
Hak-Soo’s big chance to succeed as a rapper is interrupted when his father suddenly falls ill and he…
THE CLEANER
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THE CLEANER
Directed by Bowon Kim
Stephen Chow mysticism meets millennial entitlement in a slapstick journey of a retired man who embraces neighborhood cleanup…
THE STARRY NIGHT
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THE STARRY NIGHT
Directed by Lee Jonghoon
A beautiful visit to the coast with an elderly man and his dog.
THE WORLD OF MIMI
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THE WORLD OF MIMI
Directed by Dong-ki Yoon
With minutes ticking down on the clock and enemies in her path, can Mimi save her boyfriend from…
Asian American Panorama
TO KILL ALICE
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TO KILL ALICE
Directed by Kim Sangkyu
Literal explosives light the media firestorm surrounding Eunmi, a South Korean in America who rethinks her anti-Communist upbringing…
UNINVITED
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UNINVITED
Directed by Seung Yeob Lee
A mother make an unannounced visit to her son in Seoul, who quickly tries to hide the evidence…
Asia Pop!
THE WITNESS
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THE WITNESS
Directed by Jo Kyu-Jang
The “bystander effect” is twisted into box office thriller gold as an ordinary salaryman witnesses a murder outside…
Special Presentations
WAIKIKI BROTHERS
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WAIKIKI BROTHERS
Directed by Yim Soon-rye
CELLULOID JUKEBOX A landmark classic from the Korean New Wave, Yim Soon-rye’s deadpan portrait of masculinity follows a…
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