Select from a wide range of opportunities to screen films for FREE.
Free Films at 4
All films at 4:00 pm on festival weekdays are FREE.
SHORTS: LONELY HEARTS CLUB
Whether hormonal teenager, sad ghost, or trans hairdresser, loneliness fuels stories of hijinks, insurgencies, long strolls, or hands held on a bad day.
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SHORTS: PARALLEL PLAY
A gang of doppels means double the trouble in eight films that consider reenactment, body swaps, stolen identities, and stand-ins.
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Because of You: A History of Kilawin Kolektibo
This archival documentary traces the history of Kilawin Kolektibo, a pioneering collective of Filipnxs who came together in NYC in the mid-nineties.
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SHORTS: WHAT’S LOVE GOT TO DO WITH THIS
Whether familial, romantic, or mythic, lurk in the murky surfaces and troubling edges of love.
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SHORTS: JUST BETWEEN US
Sometimes a message requires a different messenger. Whether through musical, iPad, ouija boards, or pastiche, these shorts explore alternate ways to connect.
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SHORTS: OUR LAND HAS A THROBBING HEART
Stories that evoke a land whose heart endures, as secret-keeper, accomplice, healer, receiver of our dead, and midwife of unruly entropies.
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Member Screening
The TUES Nov 11 screening of OPM + Home Movies: The Legacy of Uncle Nick 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.
OPM + Home Movies: The Legacy of Uncle Nick
MEMBERSHIP SCREENING 16mm home movies accompanied by live vinyl musical set by Les The DJ After arriving to...
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Programs for Families
For the second year, films at this year’s San Diego Asian Film Festival are free for youth and children.
- Shorts for Shorties! A collection of international short films for kids.
- Reel Voices World premiere of our high school documentary program.
SHORTS FOR SHORTIES!
A family-friendly collection of films to animate and empower the next generation of bright-eyed achievers!
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REEL VOICES
The gig's up: make way for the next generation of alt filmmakers in 12 films by this year's Reel Voices filmmakers.
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Taiwan Film Showcase
All films in the Taiwan Film Showcase (excluding screenings at Ultrastar Cinemas) are FREE for UCSD students, faculty, and staff with a valid ID.
Accidental Trio
Tonight, a member in each of the three families in an apartment building in Taipei is not coming home.
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Back Home
Anong returns home to Laos. Herds wander, the wind stirs the trees, and lights flicker beneath the water. In this no man’s land, abandoned houses stand silent—yet each seem to bear a different face, quietly telling its own story.
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Blind Love
A sensitive teenager discovers the secret affair between his mother and a mysterious woman, unraveling the perfect facade of his family and challenging his understanding of love, identity, and personal truth.
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Decathlon: The CK Yang & Rafer Johnson Story
CK Yang, an indigenous Taiwanese athlete, and Rafer Johnson, the first African American flag bearer at the Olympics, battled for the gold medal in decathlon.
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Family Matters
Spanning twenty-four years, Family Matters follows the seemingly ordinary lives of a Taiwanese family. Each member faces a life-altering challenge.
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Haunted Mountains: The Yellow Taboo
Five years ago, three friends agreed to go mountain climbing despite noticing a mountain closure notice. The consequences of violating the forest's yellow taboo would be unimaginable.
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The Waves Will Carry Us
When Ah Yao returns to Malaysia for his father’s funeral, he expects grief, not chaos. But everything turns upside down when the religious police claim his father—who secretly converted to Islam—must be buried in an Islamic cemetery.
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