San Diego Asian Film Festival 2009 : Festival Calendar

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Wednesday, October 21st
3:00 PM	click to rate	In Love We Trust Xiaoshuai Wang 2007 \| Arthouse, Cancer, Chinese, Drama \| 115 min.	UltraStar Theater - Sharp	+ add to cal	buy tickets
4:00 PM	click to rate	The Love Market Shalom Almond 2009 \| Documentary, Free, Hmong, Target, Women \| 52 min. ** Note: Free screening presented by Target	UltraStar Theater - Barona	+ add to cal
4:45 PM	click to rate	Crossing Tae-Gyun Kim 2008 \| North Korean \| 112 min.	UltraStar Theater - Wells Fargo	+ add to cal	buy tickets
5:00 PM	click to rate	Aki Ra's Boys James Leong, Lynn Lee 2007 \| Cambodian, Documentary \| 57 min.	UltraStar Theater - Sharp	+ add to cal	buy tickets
5:30 PM	click to rate	Daddy Tran: A Life in 3-D Siu Ta 2008 \| Art, Canadian, Documentary, Free, Photography, Target, Vietnamese \| 47 min.	UltraStar Theater - Barona	+ add to cal	buy tickets
6:00 PM	click to rate	My Beijing Birthday Howie Snyder 2008 \| Children, Chinese, Comedy, Documentary, Family, Historical, Target \| 52 min. ** Note: Director Howie Snyder in attendance	Ultrastar Theater - Stella Artois	+ add to cal	buy tickets
7:00 PM	click to rate	My Girlfriend is an Agent Tae-ra Shin 2009 \| Action, Comedy, Korean \| 112 min.	UltraStar Theater - Barona	+ add to cal	buy tickets
7:15 PM	click to rate	Animation: The Illusion of Life Various \| Animation, Short films, Shorts \| 90 min. ** Note: followed by filmmaker Q&A	UltraStar Theater - Wells Fargo	+ add to cal	buy tickets
7:30 PM	click to rate	Best of Times Youngyooth Thongkonthun 2009 \| Drama, Romance, Thai \| 118 min.	UltraStar Theater - Sharp	+ add to cal	buy tickets
7:45 PM	click to rate	Mother Joon-ho Bong 2009 \| Drama, South Korean, Thriller \| 128 min. ** Note: Member only screening	Ultrastar Theater - Stella Artois	+ add to cal
9:30 PM	click to rate	Make Yourself at Home Soopum Sohn 2008 \| Indie, Korean, Thriller \| 90 min.	UltraStar Theater - Wells Fargo	+ add to cal	buy tickets
9:40 PM	click to rate	Neko Rahmen Taisho Minoru Kawasaki 2008 \| Comedy, Extreme, Puppets \| 80 min.	UltraStar Theater - Barona	+ add to cal	buy tickets
Thursday, October 22nd
2:30 PM	click to rate	Aki Ra's Boys James Leong, Lynn Lee 2007 \| Cambodian, Documentary \| 57 min.	Ultrastar Theater - Stella Artois	+ add to cal	buy tickets
3:30 PM	click to rate	Om Shanti Om Farah Khan 2007 \| Bollywood, Comedy, Indian, Musical \| 162 min.	UltraStar Theater - Wells Fargo	+ add to cal	buy tickets
4:00 PM	click to rate	Journey of the Red Fridge Natasha Stankovic, Lucian Muntean 2007 \| Children, Documentary, Free, Nepalese \| 52 min. ** Note: Free screening presented by Target	UltraStar Theater - Barona	+ add to cal
4:45 PM	click to rate	Winds of September Tom Shu-Yu Lin 2008 \| Drama, Taiwanese \| 107 min.	UltraStar Theater - Sharp	+ add to cal	buy tickets
5:15 PM	click to rate	Tiger Spirit Min Sook Lee 2008 \| Documentary, North Korean \| 73 min.	Ultrastar Theater - Stella Artois	+ add to cal	buy tickets
6:55 PM	click to rate	Tandoori Love Oliver Paulus 2008 \| Bollywood, Comedy, Food, German, Indian, Musical, Romance \| 92 min.	UltraStar Theater - Wells Fargo	+ add to cal	buy tickets
7:00 PM	click to rate	Kollaboration Comedy Night: MONROK KOREANAIRE Comedy \| 105 min.	UltraStar Theater - Barona	+ add to cal	buy tickets
7:10 PM	click to rate	The Drummer Kenneth Bi 2007 \| Drama, Music, Taiwanese \| 118 min.	Ultrastar Theater - Stella Artois	+ add to cal	buy tickets
7:30 PM	click to rate	Private Eye Park Dae-min 2009 \| Korean, Thriller \| 111 min.	UltraStar Theater - Sharp	+ add to cal	buy tickets
9:15 PM	click to rate	Help Me Eros Kang-sheng Lee 2007 \| Alternative, Drama, Edgy, Sexual content, Taiwanese \| 103 min. ** Note: 18 and up only	UltraStar Theater - Wells Fargo	+ add to cal	buy tickets
9:30 PM	click to rate	Rough Cut Hun Jang 2008 \| Action, Edgy, Korean \| 113 min.	Ultrastar Theater - Stella Artois	+ add to cal	buy tickets
9:45 PM	click to rate	The Things We Carry Ian McCrudden 2009 \| Asian American, Drama, Edgy, Indie \| 77 min.	UltraStar Theater - Sharp	+ add to cal	buy tickets
Friday, October 23rd
3:00 PM	click to rate	Patsy Mink: Ahead of the Majority Kimberlee Bassford 2008 \| Asian American, Documentary, Hawaiian, Political, Women \| 56 min.	UltraStar Theater - Sharp	+ add to cal	buy tickets
3:10 PM	click to rate	Sita Sings The Blues Nina Paley 2008 \| Animation, Free, Indian, Music, Puppet, Target \| 82 min.	Ultrastar Theater - Stella Artois	+ add to cal	buy tickets
4:00 PM	click to rate	My Beijing Birthday Howie Snyder 2008 \| Children, Chinese, Comedy, Documentary, Family, Historical, Target \| 52 min. ** Note: Free screening; Director Howie Snyder to attend	UltraStar Theater - Barona	+ add to cal
5:00 PM	click to rate	The Philosopher Kings Patrick Shen 2009 \| Asian American, Contemplative, Documentary, Education \| 70 min. ** Note: Director Patrick Shen scheduled to attend	Ultrastar Theater - Stella Artois	+ add to cal	buy tickets
5:30 PM	click to rate	Dancing Across Borders Anne Bass 2009 \| Ballet, Cambodian, Dance \| 88 min. ** Note: Director Anne Bass in attendance	UltraStar Theater - Sharp	+ add to cal	buy tickets
7:00 PM	click to rate	The People I've Slept With Quentin Lee 2009 \| Asian American, Comedy, Gay, Indie, Queer, Romance, Sexual content \| 89 min. ** Note: Cast and crew in attendance	UltraStar Theater - Barona	+ add to cal	buy tickets
7:30 PM	click to rate	Going Home Jason Hoffman 2009 \| Adoption, Asian American, Documentary, Korean \| 73 min. ** Note: Director Jason Hoffman in attendance	Ultrastar Theater - Stella Artois	+ add to cal	buy tickets
7:45 PM	click to rate	Bombay Summer Joseph Mathew Varghese 2008 \| Asian American, Drama, Indian \| 102 min. ** Note: Director Joseph Mathew in attendance	UltraStar Theater - Sharp	+ add to cal	buy tickets
9:30 PM	click to rate	The Concrete Jungle Various \| Action, Short films, Shorts, Urban \| 111 min.	Ultrastar Theater - Stella Artois	+ add to cal	buy tickets
9:45 PM	click to rate	My Girlfriend is an Agent Tae-ra Shin 2009 \| Action, Comedy, Korean \| 112 min.	UltraStar Theater - Barona	+ add to cal	buy tickets
10:30 PM	click to rate	Vampire Girl vs. Frankenstein Girl Naoyuki Tomomatsu, Yoshihiro Nishimura 2009 \| Extreme, Japanese, Sexual content \| 85 min.	UltraStar Theater - Sharp	+ add to cal	buy tickets
Saturday, October 24th
11:30 AM	click to rate	Ni Hao Kai-Lan Goes to China 2009 \| Animation, Children, Family, Free \| 30 min. ** Note: FREE	Ultrastar Theater - Stella Artois	+ add to cal
12:15 PM	click to rate	Speaking in Tongues Ken Schneider, Marcia Jarmel 2008 \| Children, Chinese, Documentary, Education, Family \| 60 min. ** Note: Co-director Ken Schneider in attendance	UltraStar Theater - Sharp	+ add to cal	buy tickets
12:30 PM	click to rate	Between the Folds Vanessa Gould 2008 \| Art, Japanese \| 56 min. ** Note: Director Vanessa Gould in attendance	UltraStar Theater - Barona	+ add to cal	buy tickets
12:45 PM	click to rate	All About Dad Mark Tran 2009 \| Asian American, Comedy, Drama, Vietnamese \| 90 min.	Ultrastar Theater - Stella Artois	+ add to cal	buy tickets
2:00 PM	click to rate	Operation Babylift: The Lost Children of Vietnam Tammy Nguyen Lee 2009 \| Asian American, Children, Documentary, Historical, Vietnamese, War \| 73 min. ** Note: Director Tammy Nguyen Lee in attendance	UltraStar Theater - Sharp	+ add to cal	buy tickets
2:00 PM	click to rate	SDAART Now: Actors Workshop Workshop	Doubletree Mission Valley	+ add to cal	buy tickets
2:10 PM	click to rate	Kimjongilia N.C. Heikin 2009 \| Documentary, Historical, Justice, Korean, North Korean \| 75 min. ** Note: Director NC Heikin in attendance	UltraStar Theater - Barona	+ add to cal	buy tickets
2:50 PM	click to rate	The Real Shaolin Alexander Sebastien Lee 2008 \| Chinese, Documentary, Martial arts \| 89 min. ** Note: Cast and martial artist Orion Lee to attend	Ultrastar Theater - Stella Artois	+ add to cal	buy tickets
4:05 PM	click to rate	The Philosopher Kings Patrick Shen 2009 \| Asian American, Contemplative, Documentary, Education \| 70 min.	UltraStar Theater - Sharp	+ add to cal	buy tickets
4:30 PM	click to rate	Reel Voices 2009 \| Children, Documentary, Family, Free, Short films, Shorts \| 51 min. ** Note: Free event	UltraStar Theater - Barona	+ add to cal
5:00 PM	click to rate	I Am That Girl B. Hayward Randall 2008 \| Asian American, Comedy, Indie, Romance, Women \| 97 min.	Ultrastar Theater - Stella Artois	+ add to cal	buy tickets
6:00 PM	click to rate	Fruit Fly H.P. Mendoza 2009 \| Gay, Lesbian, Musical, Queer \| 94 min. ** Note: cast and crew in attendance	UltraStar Theater - Sharp	+ add to cal	buy tickets
7:00 PM	click to rate	Scandal Makers Hyeong-cheol Kang 2008 \| Comedy, Korean, Romance \| 108 min.	UltraStar Theater - Barona	+ add to cal	buy tickets
7:30 PM	click to rate	The Harimaya Bridge Aaron Woolfolk 2009 \| African American, Drama, Japanese \| 120 min. ** Note: Director Aaron Woolfolk in attendance	Ultrastar Theater - Stella Artois	+ add to cal	buy tickets
8:15 PM	click to rate	Yang Yang Cheng Yu-Chienh 2009 \| Alternative, Coming of age, Drama, Edgy, Indie, Sexual content, Taiwanese \| 112 min.	UltraStar Theater - Sharp	+ add to cal	buy tickets
8:30 PM	click to rate	Blowfish: An Intersection of Sights and Sounds Music	Canes Bar & Grille	+ add to cal
10:00 PM	click to rate	Detroit Metal City Toshio Lee 2009 \| Anime, Drama, Extreme, Japanese, Music, Rock \| 103 min.	UltraStar Theater - Barona	+ add to cal	buy tickets
10:10 PM	click to rate	Sights and Sounds of a New Hope Various \| Asian American, Filipino, Hip-hop, Pacific Islander, Philippines, Short films, Shorts \| 85 min.	Ultrastar Theater - Stella Artois	+ add to cal	buy tickets
Sunday, October 25th
11:30 AM	click to rate	Mushi-shi Katsuhiro Otomo 2007 \| Alternative, Arthouse, Japanese, Science fiction \| 131 min.	UltraStar Theater - Barona	+ add to cal	buy tickets
12:15 PM	click to rate	Patsy Mink: Ahead of the Majority Kimberlee Bassford 2008 \| Asian American, Documentary, Hawaiian, Political, Women \| 56 min.	UltraStar Theater - Sharp	+ add to cal	buy tickets
1:00 PM	click to rate	Whatever It Takes Christopher Wong 2008 \| Asian American, Documentary, Education, Family \| 90 min.	Ultrastar Theater - Stella Artois	+ add to cal	buy tickets
2:00 PM	click to rate	Kimjongilia N.C. Heikin 2009 \| Documentary, Historical, Justice, Korean, North Korean \| 75 min. ** Note: Director NC Heikin in attendance	UltraStar Theater - Sharp	+ add to cal	buy tickets
2:30 PM	click to rate	Between the Folds Vanessa Gould 2008 \| Art, Japanese \| 56 min. ** Note: Director Vanessa Gould in attendance	UltraStar Theater - Barona	+ add to cal	buy tickets
3:30 PM	click to rate	Dancing Across Borders Anne Bass 2009 \| Ballet, Cambodian, Dance \| 88 min. ** Note: Director Anne Bass in attendance	Ultrastar Theater - Stella Artois	+ add to cal	buy tickets
4:00 PM	click to rate	North Korea in Focus panel Free, North Korean, Panel \| 90 min. ** Note: Free event	UltraStar Theater - Sharp	+ add to cal
4:15 PM	click to rate	Shades of Ray Jaffar Mahmood 2008 \| Asian American, Comedy, Hapa, Indie, Pakistani, Romance \| 87 min. ** Note: Director Jaffar Mahmood in attendance	UltraStar Theater - Barona	+ add to cal	buy tickets
5:45 PM	click to rate	Boy Auraeus Solito 2009 \| Drama, Filipino, Gay, Queer \| 80 min.	Ultrastar Theater - Stella Artois	+ add to cal	buy tickets
6:15 PM	click to rate	Dim Sum and then Some Various \| Asian American, Chinese, Comedy, Drama, Food, Immigration, Short films, Shorts, Women \| 105 min.	UltraStar Theater - Sharp	+ add to cal	buy tickets
7:00 PM	click to rate	Merantau Gareth Evans 2009 \| Action, Indonesian, Martial arts \| 106 min.	UltraStar Theater - Barona	+ add to cal	buy tickets
7:45 PM	click to rate	The Clone Returns Home Kanji Nakajima 2009 \| Arthouse, Science fiction \| 110 min.	Ultrastar Theater - Stella Artois	+ add to cal	buy tickets
9:00 PM	click to rate	Private Eye Park Dae-min 2009 \| Korean, Thriller \| 111 min.	UltraStar Theater - Sharp	+ add to cal	buy tickets
9:15 PM	click to rate	The People I've Slept With Quentin Lee 2009 \| Asian American, Comedy, Gay, Indie, Queer, Romance, Sexual content \| 89 min.	UltraStar Theater - Barona	+ add to cal	buy tickets
10:00 PM	click to rate	I Am That Girl B. Hayward Randall 2008 \| Asian American, Comedy, Indie, Romance, Women \| 97 min.	Ultrastar Theater - Stella Artois	+ add to cal	buy tickets
Monday, October 26th
1:20 PM	click to rate	Winds of September Tom Shu-Yu Lin 2008 \| Drama, Taiwanese \| 107 min.	UltraStar Theater - Barona	+ add to cal	buy tickets
2:15 PM	click to rate	Speaking in Tongues Ken Schneider, Marcia Jarmel 2008 \| Children, Chinese, Documentary, Education, Family \| 60 min.	Ultrastar Theater - Stella Artois	+ add to cal	buy tickets
3:00 PM	click to rate	Tiger Spirit Min Sook Lee 2008 \| Documentary, North Korean \| 73 min.	UltraStar Theater - Sharp	+ add to cal	buy tickets
4:00 PM	click to rate	Sita Sings The Blues Nina Paley 2008 \| Animation, Free, Indian, Music, Puppet, Target \| 82 min. ** Note: Free screening presented by Target	UltraStar Theater - Barona	+ add to cal
4:45 PM	click to rate	Around the World Various \| Animation, Australian, Documentary, Drama, Indian, Iranian, Japanese, Korean, Short films, Shorts, Women, World \| 89 min.	Ultrastar Theater - Stella Artois	+ add to cal	buy tickets
5:30 PM	click to rate	Journey of the Red Fridge Natasha Stankovic, Lucian Muntean 2007 \| Children, Documentary, Free, Nepalese \| 52 min.	UltraStar Theater - Sharp	+ add to cal	buy tickets
7:00 PM	click to rate	Forever Enthralled Chen Kaige 2009 \| Chinese, Drama, Historical, Opera \| 147 min.	UltraStar Theater - Barona	+ add to cal	buy tickets
7:15 PM	click to rate	The Harimaya Bridge Aaron Woolfolk 2009 \| African American, Drama, Japanese \| 120 min.	Ultrastar Theater - Stella Artois	+ add to cal	buy tickets
7:30 PM	click to rate	Scandal Makers Hyeong-cheol Kang 2008 \| Comedy, Korean, Romance \| 108 min.	UltraStar Theater - Sharp	+ add to cal	buy tickets
9:45 PM	click to rate	Yang Yang Cheng Yu-Chienh 2009 \| Alternative, Coming of age, Drama, Edgy, Indie, Sexual content, Taiwanese \| 112 min.	UltraStar Theater - Sharp	+ add to cal	buy tickets
9:55 PM	click to rate	Boy Auraeus Solito 2009 \| Drama, Filipino, Gay, Queer \| 80 min.	Ultrastar Theater - Stella Artois	+ add to cal	buy tickets
10:15 PM	click to rate	Ichi Fumihiko Sori 2008 \| Action, Japanese, Samurai \| 120 min.	UltraStar Theater - Barona	+ add to cal	buy tickets