Free Films at 4

All films at 4:00 pm on festival weekdays are FREE.

SHORTS: passenger princess dies by self-driving jaguar.

Program SHORTS: passenger princess dies by self-driving jaguar. When bots and avatars commingle with flesh and bone. Stories of simulations, AI, clones, reenactments, and images-unfound yet…

SHORTS: REENTANGLINGDISENTANGLING

Program SHORTS: REENTANGLINGDISENTANGLING Whether twisted like tea or fingers entwined, these stories snag, warp, and unravel around messy visceral, lingual, or…

SHORTS: SIDEQUEST

Program SHORTS: SIDEQUEST Sometimes the real lore happens in life’s smaller missions. A lyrical selection of stories that take place in…

SHORTS: SORRY TO THIS MAN

Program SHORTS: SORRY TO THIS MAN Stories that navigate the art and artifice of apology - as immigrant shield or ceremonial act, a father/son…

SHORTS: TERRA UNFIRMA

Program SHORTS: TERRA UNFIRMA Like a hangry, mighty-morphin Mother Nature, these shorts put the wild in wilderness, and consider the mysteries of…

SHORTS: YOUR BRIGHT FUTURE

Program SHORTS: YOUR BRIGHT FUTURE One girl’s battle to be a soccer superfan. A Lizzy McGuire-inflected meet-cute. College-applying mania gone too far. These…

Member Screening

The MON Nov 11 screening of PAPER MARRIAGE is FREE for members of Pac Arts. Members can redeem their free ticket(s) online by using the code provided in the general membership e-newsletter. For any assistance, please email membership@pacarts.org.

Asian American Panorama

Paper Marriage

Film Paper Marriage Directed by Jeff Man Fanny decides to pay unemployed Jeff to enter into a green card marriage with a year to prepare…

Programs for Families

Shorts for Shorties! A collection of international short films for kids, FREE for kids ages 12 and under.
Reel Voices World premiere of our high school documentary program, FREE to the public.

SHORTS for Shorties!

Program SHORTS for Shorties! A family-friendly blend of films featuring cute animals, courageous youth, and a legendary Hawaiian queen to inspire the…

SHORTS: REEL VOICES

Program SHORTS: REEL VOICES This year’s 11 filmmakers from our Reel Voices documentary filmmaking program break binary boundaries with varying explorations of…

Taiwan Film Showcase

All films in the Taiwan Film Showcase are FREE for UCSD students, faculty, and staff with a valid ID.

Abiding Nowhere

Film Abiding Nowhere Directed by Tsai Ming-liang The 10th installment of Tsai Ming Liang’s epic Walker series, in which a monk moves with mesmerizing slowness…

Dead Talents Society

Film Dead Talents Society Directed by John Hsu A raucous coming-of-undead comedy, a timid new ghost has 30 days to scare the living with flair, enough…

Asian American Panorama

Light of the Setting Sun

Film Light of the Setting Sun Directed by Vicky Du Equal parts unflinching and compassionate, Vicky Du sifts through her family’s history during Taiwan's tumultuous post-war decades, striving…

Classics Revived

Mahjong

Film Mahjong Directed by Edward Yang A young French girl comes to Taiwan to rekindle her romance with an older man but finds herself…

Pierce

Film Pierce Directed by Nelicia Low Zi-Jie always felt that his brother was wrongfully imprisoned for killing an opponent during a fencing match. So…

SHORTS: ANIMAL INSTINCTS

Program SHORTS: ANIMAL INSTINCTS Two- and four-legged encounters, the winged and the wondrous. These short films from Taiwan feature animals to track…