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Asia Pop!
THE 12TH SUSPECT
Film
THE 12TH SUSPECT
Directed by Ko Myoungsung
Nearly completely set in the tense confines of an ordinary cafe, this political whodunit swirls with post-Korean War…
A Room of One’s Own
Film
A Room of One’s Own
Directed by Jeong Han
A lonely wife and former writer rents an idyllic room as a form of escape.
Air Conditioner in Panmunjeom
Film
Air Conditioner in Panmunjeom
Directed by Lee Tae-hun
Temperatures and political tensions comically escalate as a South Korean repairman must fix a broken AC dangerously close…
Alien
Film
Alien
Directed by Jegwang Yeon
When the friend of a young factory worker dies during an immigration raid, trying to honor the dead…
Dong Kae (My Little One)
Film
Dong Kae (My Little One)
Directed by Steven Go
On the way to drop off his grandson, a grandfather loses contact with him in a crowded marketplace.
Empty
Film
Empty
Directed by Kim Min Jae
A middle aged restaurant worker with a slacker husband discovers she’s pregnant. She also has an annoying boss,…
Discoveries
A FRENCH WOMAN
Film
A FRENCH WOMAN
Directed by Kim Hee-jung
Once a promising actor, middle-aged Mira heads straight from a divorce and a lifetime in Paris to reunite…
Asian American Panorama
GEOGRAPHIES OF KINSHIP
Film
GEOGRAPHIES OF KINSHIP
Directed by Deann Borshay Liem
Thirty years after the Korean War, South Korea emerged as the leader in international adoption, despite a flourishing…
Gong Ju
Film
Gong Ju
Directed by Jerome Yoo
The Princess of the school builds a new Queendom when she is forced to move from South Korea…
Hands and Wings
Film
Hands and Wings
Directed by Sungbin Byun
Startling and provocative, a rarely seen look at queer desire and disability, portrayed with all its life force,…
Discoveries
THE HOUSE OF US
Film
THE HOUSE OF US
Directed by Yoon Ga-eun
Fed up with her parents’ fighting, 12-year-old Ha-Na finds solace in friendship with two young sisters she meets…
Asian American Panorama
JERONIMO
Film
JERONIMO
Directed by Joseph Juhn
An encounter with a taxi driver unearths the little-known history of Koreans trafficked to Latin America and the…
Jesa
Film
Jesa
Directed by Kyungwon Song
A filmmaker’s parents' vastly different feelings about the traditional Korean memorial ceremony are humorously captured in stop motion.
Mother-in-law
Film
Mother-in-law
Directed by Shin Seung Eun
After a Korean mother finds an unexpected roommate at her daughter’s apartment, she decides to make her a…
Asia Pop!
NO MERCY
Film
NO MERCY
Directed by Lim Kyoung-tack
After her parents’ death, In-Ae swore to protect her younger sister. But one day, sis is abducted by…
Special Presentations
THE PARADISE WE ARE LOOKING FOR
Film
THE PARADISE WE ARE LOOKING FOR
Directed by Joseph Mangat, Norbert Shieh, Quyên Nguyen-Le, R.J. Lozada
ENCORE SCREENING Tues 11/12 @ 5p! San Diego has been called many things – including a paradise. It’s…
Pepper
Film
Pepper
Directed by Jayil Pak
Preference for male children is thrown upside down when a Korean birth goddess in a maternity ward encounters…
Asian American Panorama
SUNRISE/SUNSET
Film
SUNRISE/SUNSET
Directed by Ougie Pak
Yeon Jae visits Min Suk in New York City, hoping to pick up the teenage romance where it…
To Each Your Sarah
Film
To Each Your Sarah
Directed by Deokgeun Kim
Abandoned by her husband, a former queen bee suffers through hazing and nausea to work at an intestine…
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