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April 25 – May 1, 2025

A week-long presentation of Asian cinema

A Production of Pacific Arts Movement, presenters of the San Diego Asian Film Festival

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Spring Showcase Films

Opening Night Film

Out of Plain Sight

Film Out of Plain Sight Directed by Daniel Straub, Rosanna Xia A scattered graveyard of corroded barrels is discovered across the deep ocean floor a short ten miles off…
Closing Night Film

Between Goodbyes

Film Between Goodbyes Directed by Jota Mun Born in South Korea as Miok, Mieke was raised in the Netherlands by her Dutch single adoptive mother,…

Baby Assassins: Nice Days

Film Baby Assassins: Nice Days Directed by Yugo Sakamoto When our favorite teenage hitwomen Chisato and Mahiro show up for a job that’s supposed to be a…

Blue Sun Palace

Film Blue Sun Palace Directed by Constance Tsang A Taiwanese construction worker and a Mainland masseuse share puppy love, while the masseuse and her co-worker are…

I Am a Ghost

Film I Am a Ghost Directed by H.P. Mendoza New 2025 remastering of an indie horror classic. A haunted house story told from the other side: the…

Lucky Star

Film Lucky Star Directed by Gillian McKercher Dad is a reformed gambler, but the relapse is coming. He has secret cash stacks around the house,…

Soldier of Love

Film Soldier of Love Directed by Farkhat Sharipov To the beats of the 80s rock band A’Studio comes director Farkhat Sharipov’s musical moral tale of Beybut,…

Sunshine

Film Sunshine Directed by Antoinette Jadaone The national championship is the next logical leap for Sunshine, a teen gymnast with nowhere to go but…

Yen and Ai-Lee

Film Yen and Ai-Lee Directed by Tom Shu-yu Lin Yen is back home after serving eight years in prison for killing her abusive father. Yen sifts through…
Two By Two: the Parallel Cinemas of Satyajit Ray and Rima Das

Pather Panchali

Film Pather Panchali Directed by Satyajit Ray One of cinema’s great directorial debuts is also the debut of one of its most beloved characters: Apu.…
Two By Two: the Parallel Cinemas of Satyajit Ray and Rima Das

Aparajito

Film Aparajito Directed by Satyajit Ray If Pather Panchali gave its young hero a mere glimpse of the outside world, its sequel takes him…
Two By Two: the Parallel Cinemas of Satyajit Ray and Rima Das

Village Rockstars

Film Village Rockstars Directed by Rima Das In an Assam village where floods threaten livelihoods and evoke memories of loved ones past, 10-year-old Dhunu dreams…
Two By Two: the Parallel Cinemas of Satyajit Ray and Rima Das

Village Rockstars 2

Film Village Rockstars 2 Directed by Rima Das Seven years after we first met her, Dhunu still harbors music dreams. But she’s also a young adult…

Mystery Kung Fu Theater

Film Mystery Kung Fu Theater In life, we make mysteries. In death, we make theater.

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