19th Annual SDAFF Mini-Guide

FESTIVAL MINI-GUIDE

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WHAT A CRAZY RICH SUMMER it’s been for Asian American cinema. Two features directed by and primarily featuring Asian Americans cracked the top four in weekly box office, and one has gone on to becoming the highest grossing romantic comedy in nearly a decade. With any historic achievement though comes the question: what’s next? We can wait for Hollywood to now invest in more Asian American stories, but we’ve seen that enthusiasm fizzle before.

Instead, let’s turn to the bedrock of Asian American cinematic talent: the independent filmmakers. Let’s acknowledge the veterans who never needed a #goldopen to announce their artistry. Directors like H.P. Mendoza, Stephanie Wang-Breal, Tanuj Chopra,

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and Patrick Wang, who all return in 2018 with tenacious new features that look and sound like nothing else in mainstream cinema. And let’s continue to herald the emergence of new talents in documentary, animation, narrative, and experimental filmmaking, and to those working in the feature and short forms, who realize that Hollywood needs them more than they need Hollywood.

And in the end, we’re reminded we need them too. These are the filmmakers whose independence as artists fuel their nothingto-lose spirits and dare them to make singular statements. After a historic summer, we return to our regular, bold, spectacular programming in the fall.

Filmmakers, audiences: welcome back to the San Diego Asian Film Festival.

Periodical Statement San Diego Asian Film Festival, Nov. 8–17, 2018, Issue No. 4 Published annually Address: Pacific Arts Movement, 2508 Historic Decatur Road #140, San Diego, CA 92106.

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TI C K E T INFO R MAT ION • Tickets for all presentations are available at sdaff.org.

• Walk-up tickets for presentations at UltraStar go on sale at the UltraStar box office starting Nov. 2.

• Walk-up tickets for presentations at non-UltraStar locations are available at that venue’s box office one hour before showtime.

• Vouchers can be redeemed for regular screenings (not valid for special presentations) at Pac Arts box office/will call. See back of voucher for details.

NON-MEMBER PRICES

PAC ARTS MEMBER PRICES

GENERAL ADMISSION $12

GENERAL ADMISSION $9

OPENING/CLOSING FILMS $40

OPENING/CLOSING FILMS $30

CENTERPIECE FILM $15

CENTERPIECE FILM $12

FESTIVAL 6-PACK $60

ALL FESTIVAL PASS $195

ALL FESTIVAL PASS $295

GROUP TICKETS

STUDENT/SENIOR/MILITARY SAN DIEGO PUBLIC LIBRARY $10 (at door only) with valid ID

MINIMUM OF 10 TICKETS PER SCREENING $9 (general), $30 (Opening/Closing), $12 (Centerpiece)

FREE SCREENINGS FREE FILMS AT 4 All films at 4:00PM on weekdays of the festival are free.

SHORTS FOR SHORTIES! A collection of international short films, free for kids 12 and under (Nov. 10, pg 30).

REEL VOICES World premiere of our high school documentary program (Nov. 11, pg 29).

ALL SCREENINGS & PANELS AT UCSD PRICE CENTER THEATER Free for UCSD students, faculty, and staff with valid ID. PAC ARTS MEMBER SCREENING The Nov. 12 screening of DEAR EX (pg 12) is free for Pac Arts members

SPECIAL EVENTS SDAFF AWARDS GALA & AFTER PARTY | SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 10 Awards Gala 5:00PM-9:00PM | After Party 9:00PM-midnight | Port Pavilion on Broadway Pier $200 for Pac Arts members / $250 general. Purchase tickets at pacarts.org/awards-gala.

For more special events, visit sdaff.org or go to pg 23.

TICKET INFORMATION

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MAIN VENUE

SDAFF AWARDS GALA

SAN DIEGO NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM 1788 El Prado, San Diego, CA 92101 (Nov. 8, Nov. 17)

ULTRASTAR CINEMAS MISSION VALLEY 7510 Hazard Center Dr. #100 San Diego, CA 92108 (Nov. 9-14)

PORT PAVILION ON BROADWAY PIER 1000 N Harbor Dr. San Diego, CA 92101 (Nov. 10)

TAIWAN FILM SHOWCASE

INDIE FILMS IN NORTH PARK

MIRA MESA SCREENINGS

ENCORE SCREENINGS SATURDAY

UCSD PRICE CENTER THEATER 9500 Gilman Dr. La Jolla, CA 92093 (Nov. 9-11)

DIGITAL GYM CINEMA 2921 El Cajon Blvd.

San Diego, CA 92104 (Nov. 16-17)

EDWARDS MIRA MESA STADIUM 10733 Westview Pkwy San Diego, CA 92126 (Nov. 15-16)

MUSEUM OF PHOTOGRAPHIC ARTS 1649 El Prado San Diego, CA 92101 (Nov. 17)

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S P E C IAL PR ESENTATION S The feature presentations of this year's San Diego Asian Film Festival include two delectable films about families bound by food, a selection of imaginative virtual reality from Taiwan, classic films that will have you singing in your seats, and a rousing documentary about the kids who will save the world.

THUR 11/08 When Hye-won flees Seoul’s empty calories and daily 7:00PM humiliations, she returns to her rural town with a voracious NAT LITTLE FOREST

YIM SOON-RYE / S. KOREA / 2018 / 103 MIN

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craving to whip up the good stuff. A gorgeous cooking journey based on a popular manga, auteur Yim Soon-rye’s latest glows with the beauty of self-invention, seasonal joys, and homemade makgeoli.

SUN 11/11 Science and young adult passion are entwined in this 7:00PM exhilarating dose of hope, creative guts and Inspector Gadget ULTRA INVENTING TOMORROW LAURA NIX / USA / 2018 / 87 MIN

genius. Four teens from Mexico, Hawaii, Indonesia, and India pursue ingenious solutions for environmental crises close to home on their way to the largest science fair in the world. A riveting journey and beautiful ode to awkward adolescence, teamwork, and people who want to save the world.

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RAMEN SHOP ERIC KHOO / SINGAPORE, JAPAN, FRANCE / 2018 / 90 MIN

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A cinematic turducken of food movie wrapped in a love story marinated by Singapore’s multi-ethnic history. Two iconic dishes and one iconic director come together in a Japanese chef’s search for his Singaporean mother’s soup recipe, discovering forbidden love and family rifts swimming in the broth. Foregoing nostalgia, Khoo vividly portrays the ways political histories reinvent the very food we eat.

VIRTUAL REALITY FROM TAIWAN UCSD PRICE CENTER THEATER / FREE

Come check out the latest in virtual reality from Taiwan, featuring short narrative experiences that poke fun at tradition and reveal history in sensuous 360 degrees.

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Lai Kuan-Yuan / Taiwan / 2017 / 8 min

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John Hsu / Taiwan / 2017 / 10 min

VR experiences are available on a first come, first served basis.

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S P E C IAL PR ESENTATION S CELLULOID JUKEBOX Like discovering birth parents way cooler than you could have imagined, these rediscovered classics rewrite the lineage of Asian cinema with vivid and timeless poignancy.

THE LEGEND OF THE STARDUST BROTHERS MACOTO TEZUKA / JAPAN / 1985 / 100 MIN

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Choreographed stage antics! Cocaine in kiddie pools!

This is the star-studded MTV glam rock opera you’ve never heard of, the one about dreamers who get a break from record label schemers and government conspirators, and who, in a flash of glory, experience the galaxial heights of superstardom. Newly remastered cut of director Macoto (son of Osamu) Tezuka.

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SUN 11/11 This program features two of director Richard Chen’s 1:00PM landmark films of youth in Taiwan. A newly-restored print of his documentary-esque short THE MOUNTAIN, about political UCSD MOON FASCINATING, BIRD SWEET RICHARD CHEN YAO-CHI / TAIWAN / 1978 / 95 MIN

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ideals in 1960s Taiwan, made after he graduated from UCLA; and his Chiung Yao adaptation MOON FASCINATING, BIRD SWEET, about the romantic fantasies of a kindergarten teacher played by Brigitte Lin.

Preceded by THE MOUNTAIN / Richard Yao-Chi Chen / Taiwan / 1966, 2017 restoration / 19 min WAIKIKI BROTHERS YIM SOON-RYE / S. KOREA / 2001 / 109 MIN

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A landmark classic from the Korean New Wave, Yim Soonrye’s deadpan portrait of masculinity follows a struggling cover band’s last gasp at a faded hotel in Sung-woo’s hometown. Masterfully blending black comedy with warm compassion, this hard-to-find essential film, shown in a new digital remastering, features many of Korea’s future stars in a stellar ensemble cast.

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A S I AN AMER ICAN PA N ORA M A The best of Asian American cinema in all of its colors — from short film programs and animation, to documentaries about the famous and infamous, to feature-length tales of woe and humor.

SUN 11/11 It’s the Bible Belt during the AIDS crisis and Adrian is 8:30PM returning home for Xmas for possibly the last time. With ULTRA 1985

YEN TAN / USA / 2018 / 85 MIN

an all-consuming diagnosis put on painful mute, his dog and ex-girlfriend become his only confidants as Adrian grapples with the muscle tension of walking unspoken boundaries in the midst of family love.

SAT 11/10 Saxophone in hand, Alex goes searching for his grandparents 1:00PM on the Big Island, only to discover they have long passed ULTRA AUGUST AT AKIKO'S

CHRISTOPHER MAKOTO YOGI / USA / 2018 / 75 MIN

away, leading him to free-spirited Akiko’s Buddhist B&B. A breathtaking ode to jazz, empathy, and an island breathing ancestral mystery and healing.

BETWEEN TIDES MASA FOX / JAPAN, USA, GUAM / 2018 / 87 MIN

As the Bonin Islands passed back and forth between US and Japan rule after WWII, for a young “Navy Generation” of multi-ethnic islanders, their citizenship, culture, and language changed overnight. Exploring the intimate ripple effects of ongoing statelessness, this film explores how these islanders hold onto remnants of their mixed traditions.

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SAT 11/10 12:50PM Endorphins flood the senses in this observational doc about ULTRA THE BIG HOUSE

KAZUHIRO SODA, MARKUS NORNES, TERRI SARRIS / USA, JAPAN / 2018 / 119 MIN

UMich’s football stadium, which hosts a jaw-dropping 100,000 visitors. Kazuhiro Soda and 16 co-directors wander in fascination, capturing everything but the game, from sonic immersions to assembling sandwiches and the myriad temporary microcosms within a blue and yellow galaxy.

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BITTER MELON H.P. MENDOZA / USA / 2018 / 96 MIN

A dark revenge comedy featuring a Filipino American family overcoming domestic violence demons with the worst son ever. H.P. Mendoza returns, mixing multiple genres and tones in his transgressive take on the homefor-the-holidays story.

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Preceded by MAYBE / Kat Cole / USA / 2018 / 10 min

BLOWIN' UP STEPHANIE WANG-BREAL / USA / 2018 / 94 MIN

Deep in Queens, Judge Toko Serita has created a courtroom remarkably uninterested in crime. A space where women caught in sex work can wipe their slate utterly clean. A gripping documentary on the revolutions that happen when a small group of women rethink the unthinkable within a rigid criminal system.

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MON 11/12 A multi-purpose arts space, run by an old couple and 6:30PM an omnipresent child projectionist, stands up against a ULTRA A BREAD FACTORY, PART ONE PATRICK WANG / USA / 2018 / 122 MIN

municipal proposal to defer arts funding away from the historic community center and toward celebrity performance artists from China. Small town sensibilities become the showcase for introspection and the will—especially of women—to find purpose in communion.

MON 11/12 The threads, so precisely woven in Part One, start to show 8:45PM their seams in Part Two, and the role of art in a small town ULTRA A BREAD FACTORY, PART TWO PATRICK WANG / USA / 2018 / 120 MIN

reveals itself in all its unexpected, and sometimes very comic, contradictions. New guests show up in town, drama ensues over a local newspaper, and a new production of Euripides pushes ahead steadfast.

A BREAD FACTORY, PART ONE and TWO: Both films included with single admission.

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SAT 11/17 A smoke-filled, action-packed, dust-covered, Indonesian 2:30PM spin on the classic western. In the 19th century, American- MOPA BUFFALO BOYS

MIKE WILUAN / INDONESIA, SINGAPORE / 2018 / 105 MIN

born Indonesian gunslingers return to Java to avenge their father’s murder and deliver sweet justice to evil Dutch colonizers who have taken over their town.

TUE 11/13 Transgender woman Jennifer Laude is found dead in a motel 7:55PM bathroom in the Philippines, last seen with an American ULTRA CALL HER GANDA

PJ RAVAL / PHILIPPINES, USA / 2018 / 94 MIN

Marine on leave. Vigorous and poetic, PJ Raval’s latest doc follows a mother, trans journalist, and attorney as they set off a firestorm in pursuit of justice.

Preceded by FUCK ME OR DESTROY ME / Aisha Mirza / UK, USA / 2016 / 4 min

MON 11/12 Bobby (aka real-life musician Big Phony) is a singer- 6:40PM songwriter who can’t seem to find his place in New York ULTRA FICTION AND OTHER REALITIES

BOBBY CHOY, STEVE LEE / S. KOREA, USA / 2018 / 84 MIN

City. Set to the actor’s own music, this semi-autobiographical film follows Bobby as a roadie on a friend’s tour in Korea where a chance meeting with a beautiful street singer sets him on a path to belonging.

TUE 11/13 Model-turned-actress Joony Kim stars as Hana, who floats 8:10PM between working at her family restaurant, off-kilter modeling ULTRA FISH BONES

JOANNE MONY PARK / USA / 2018 / 82 MIN

gigs, and new romantic curiosity sparked by musician Nico’s gentle seductions. Non-linear storytelling mixes with daring stylization and an emotional punch in this star-making debut for actors Kim, Cris Gris, and director Joanne Mony Park.

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WED 11/14 Caridad and Georgina, both with Cuban mothers and 5:55PM Chinese fathers, grew up in Havana performing Cantonese ULTRA HAVANA DIVAS

S. LOUISA WEI / HONG KONG / 2018 / 90 MIN

opera as teenagers. Mixing scenes from Cuban history and a dream visit to China, the documentary showcases the women, now in their eighties, as they revive their opera careers and keep their Chinese Cuban culture alive.

LATE LIFE: THE CHIEN-MING WANG STORY FRANK W CHEN / USA, TAIWAN / 2018 / 99 MIN

Former New York Yankees pitcher and “Pride of Taiwan,” Chien-Ming Wang, finds himself without a job in Major League Baseball while struggling to come back after years of injuries. He works to regain his form to make one final push to pitch again at baseball’s highest level.

LEITIS IN WAITING HINA WONG-KALU, DEAN HAMER, JOE WILSON / TONGA, USA / 2018 / 72 MIN

Transgender women in Tonga fight religious fundamentalism and intolerance in a kingdom that once treasured their role. Through interviews with the leiti community and American-financed evangelicals, this feisty and poignant doc explores what it takes to thrive in a society influenced by outside forces without forsaking culture and tradition.

Preceded by GRANDMOTHER AND ME / Kat Cole / USA / 2018 / 7 min ORIGIN STORY KULAP VILAYSACK / USA, LAOS / 2018 / 106 MIN

At 14, Kulap discovered that the man she called father was in fact not. Now a successful entertainer, Kulap embarks on an investigatory quest that takes her to the Mekong, in search for keys to disentangle family secrets and the decade-long rift between Kulap and her mother.

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STAYCATION TANUJ CHOPRA / USA / 2018 / 61 MIN

Sex, more sex, indecent proposals and Indian food tensions punctuate every minute of Tanuj Chopra’s latest dramedy about a millennial couple grappling with insecurities and unearthed phone pics, all within the tangled bedsheets of their apartment.

TO KILL ALICE KIM SANGKYU / S. KOREA / 2017 / 78 MIN

Literal explosives light the media firestorm surrounding Eunmi, a South Korean in America who rethinks her antiCommunist upbringing after visiting North Korea and pens a book calling for unification. Sangkyu Kim’s objective eye captures the public turmoil of her Korean book tour and wildly shifting assumptions about free speech, social faultlines, and Eunmi herself.

UNLOVABLE SUZI YOONESSI / USA / 2018 / 82 MIN

Based on the life of lead actor Charlene deGuzman, Joy seeks help for sex addiction and finds herself in the garage of a socially awkward man, and soon afterward, finds herself wielding drumsticks and a beat that leads to recovery.

Rocking, hilarious, sexy, and genuine, UNLOVABLE is a touching tribute to the power of music.

WHITE RABBIT DARYL WEIN / USA / 2018 / 71 MIN

Between eking out a living as a Task Rabbit for entitled moms, bungling her way through love, and staging outrageous performances to a totally indifferent public, Sophia Lee is a modern day Don Quixote. Her truly impossible mission: existing as a human artist in Los Angeles. A hilarious, unforgettable portrait.

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Preceded by LIQUOR STORE BABIES / So Yun Um / USA / 2018 / 5 min

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A S I A POP! Films to make you laugh, cry, and cheer, featuring high-flying teachers, time-traveling lovers, and a zombie-film director who will stop at nothing to achieve greatness.

THUR 11/15 Donnie Yen puts the danger in Dangerous Minds as the 8:35PM martial arts superstar plays a US Marine returning to EDMM BIG BROTHER

KAM KA-WAI / HONG KONG / 2018 / 101 MIN

his former high school as an extremely unconventional teacher. Yen solves student problems at home, fights corrupt developers, and keeps fans happy with his lightning quick legs in this upbeat social commentary.

Preceded by PRACTICE / Iyabo Kwayana / China, USA / 2018 / 10 min

BROTHER OF THE YEAR VITHAYA THONGYUYONG / THAILAND / 2018 / 125 MIN

Jane and Chut are siblings filled with mutual hate since childhood. Now adults, Jane is super successful while Chut has little accolades to his name. The only way Chut can ruin Jane’s life is to sabotage her blossoming relationship with their mutual boss. Will Chut risk it all just to taste revenge?

DEAD PIGS CATHY YAN / CHINA / 2018 / 130 MIN

In a world where money is everything, how do you keep your soul? Based on true events, an epidemic of dead pigs surface in Shanghai-bound rivers, causing unpredictable collisions amongst a farmer, salon owner, waiter, rich girl, and Westerner-for-hire. A zany, dark, and sometimes musical journey set to the sound of China’s corroding traditionalism.

DEAR EX MAG HSU, CHIH-YEN HSU / TAIWAN / 2018 / 100 MIN

Sanlian is left bewildered after her husband asks for a divorce, and his sudden death reveals the beneficiary of his insurance policy is his gay partner, who her son suddenly decides to live with. With humor and heart, three people must navigate strange living arrangements, fresh grief, and new identities.

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GO-GO SISTERS NGUYEN QUANG-DUNG / VIETNAM / 2018 / 117 MIN

Set against the backdrop of war in Vietnam, a group of high school girls in Da Lat calling themselves the Wild Horses vow never to leave each other’s side. When one is stricken with cancer in present day, the women rush to find each other again before it’s too late.

GRADUATION JOAN JI YEY HUI / S. KOREA / 2018 / 82 MIN

Juggling graduation, living on her own, and low-paying jobs, lively and bright-eyed Hae-Rang holds onto her dream to become a film production designer while maneuvering adulthood.

HOW LONG WILL I LOVE U SU LUN / CHINA / 2018 / 101 MIN

In this time traveling screwball romcom, bootstrapped strangers Xiao and Lu wake up in the same bed, toggling between 2018 and 1999 every time they step out of each other’s doors. After their time travel get-rich schemes hilariously fail, their budding romance takes a turn when their two-person universe becomes a most unusual love triangle.

A LAND IMAGINED YEO SIEW HUA / SINGAPORE, FRANCE, THE NETHERLANDS / 2018 / 95 MIN

In this breathtakingly baroque Singaporean noir, the black heart of the criminal underworld isn’t drugs but sand, illegally smuggled to expand an ever-growing shoreline. A hard boiled detective searches for a missing migrant worker and encounters a mysterious gamer in a Lynchian rabbit hole unlike any Singapore seen before. Winner of the Golden Leopard at the 2018 Locarno Film Festival.

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MEN ON THE DRAGON SUNNY CHAN / HONG KONG / 2018 / 92 MIN

Lacking teamwork, Andy Lau tickets, and muscle tone in general, four aging telecom workers jump into a dragon boat race to avoid layoffs. A star-studded Hong Kong mid-life desperation comedy and a hard-hitting commentary on new economic realities, bundled into a feel-good sports film.

MORI, THE ARTIST'S HABITAT SHUICHI OKITA / JAPAN / 2018 / 99 MIN

Japan’s revered actors star in this charming comedy about one enchanted day in the life of celebrated painter and hermit Morikazu Kumagai and his beloved wife, played by late Kirin Kiki. Immersed in the terrarium of his garden where microcosms become wonderlands, he swats away a throng of fans, official awards, and even a supernatural being.

MR. AND MRS. CRUZ SIGRID ANDREA P. BERNARDO / PHILIPPINES / 2018 / 115 MIN

Two strangers with the same last name meet serendipitously while traveling to the beautiful island of Palawan where everyone mistakes them for a married couple. With the shy heart of Before Sunset, their romantic musings and meanderings twist and turn toward an unpredictable destination.

ONE CUT OF THE DEAD SHINICHIRO UEDA / JAPAN / 2017 / 96 MIN

Can a zombie wield an axe? Would Hot Potato with a severed arm work on-screen? How far will a fast, cheap, but average director go to ensure that his masterpiece doesn’t fall to pieces? Director Shinichiro Ueda’s debut answers all of these questions and more in the ingenious zombie horrorcomedy of the decade.

Preceded by MEA CULPA / Meng Yu / USA / 2018 / 7 min

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SUNSET IN MY HOMETOWN LEE JOON-IK / S. KOREA / 2018 / 123 MIN

Hak-Soo’s big chance to succeed as a rapper is interrupted when his father suddenly falls ill and he must return to his hometown. As he realizes nothing has changed, he begins a humorous and heartwarming journey to reckon with an unwelcome past.

THE WITNESS JO KYU-JANG / S. KOREA / 2018 / 111 MIN

The “bystander effect” is twisted into box office thriller gold as an ordinary salaryman witnesses a murder outside his apartment complex and says nothing. Eye contact with the murderer has placed a target on his back, and a terrifying cat and mouse game plays out in the halls and stairways of a once-safe home.

XIAO MEI MAREN HWANG / TAIWAN / 2018 / 95 MIN

Nine points of view filmed as nine different genres make up this ambitious portrait of a young elusive drug addict living in a kaleidoscopic Taipei. Splashy and visually sumptuous, the film’s whodunnit of missing identity juggles film noir, action, and PSAs, slyly suggesting film’s own unreliable and multiple personalities.

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MA S TE R S Fresh from Cannes, Venice, and other prestigious international film festivals, these are premiere works by the world’s best directors.

3 FACES JAFAR PANAHI / IRAN / 2018 / 100 MIN

Banned filmmaker Jafar Panahi (This is Not a Film) turns on his camera again, this time to probe the film culture that has produced his present circumstances. Specifically, he looks at the way society views women at different points in their entertainment careers. The result is a characteristically playful, patiently charming, and witty mix of narrative and documentary impulses.

ASH IS PUREST WHITE JIA ZHANG-KE / CHINA, FRANCE / 2018 / 141 MIN

In the heat of panic, Qiao fires a gun to protect the man she loves. For him, she serves five years in prison, but upon her release, she finds that gang loyalty can be stronger than romantic ones. Covering nearly two decades, Jia Zhang-ke’s latest epic is an ode to innocence shattered and the classic Hong Kong gangster films that continue to resuscitate the heart.

DEAD SOULS WANG BING / FRANCE, SWITZERLAND / 2018 / 506 MIN

Survivors of China’s Anti-Rightist Campaign of 1957-1959 recount, with unflinching straightforwardness, the terrors of their imprisonment, the mundane miracle of their survival, and their decades spent amongst the ghosts of the perished.

This monumental documentary will be shown in two parts with an intermission and a dinner break.

DETECTIVE DEE: THE FOUR HEAVENLY KINGS TSUI HARK / CHINA, HONG KONG / 2018 / 131 MIN

The Tang Dynasty’s most beloved sleuth returns to the big screen to outsmart secular and supernatural forces, while fending off an imperial army intent on nabbing a deadly scepter. All which to say, the stage is set for another colorful Tsui Hark extravaganza of choreographed wizardry, shown for the first time in North America the way it was meant to be seen: in 3D. 16

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A FAMILY TOUR YING LIANG / TAIWAN, HONG KONG, SINGAPORE, MALAYSIA / 2018 / 107 MIN

A dissident Chinese filmmaker exiled in Hong Kong finds a way for her young son to meet the grandmother she can no longer visit on the mainland: by intersecting on a tourist trip to Taiwan. Swirling emotions of joy, regret, hesitation, and betrayal grip the family through the gentle pangs of unconditional love during their clandestine reunion.

GRASS HONG SANG-SOO / S. KOREA / 2018 / 67 MIN

Young writer Areum (Kim Min-hee) rattles away on her MacBook, concocting a new story in a café. At a nearby table is a rotating door of couples discussing matters of guilt and mutual entanglement. Is Areum stealing their stories for her own? Or are we seeing the manifestation of her imagination?

The artist’s knotted psyche makes for a breezy, if at times wistfully melancholic, creation.

KILLING SHINYA TSUKAMOTO / JAPAN / 2018 / 80 MIN

Young ronin Mokunoshin is recruited away from countryside life and must grapple with a samurai sword he has never used to kill. Known as the legendary creator of Tetsuo, Tsukamoto continues to experiment, this time with a samurai’s inner turmoil as he confronts the mythical violence he is known for.

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TUE 11/13 STEPHEN NOMURA SCHIBLE / USA, JAPAN / 2018 / 65 MIN 6:30PM Legendary composer Ryuichi Sakamoto (The Revenant, ULTRA RYUICHI SAKAMOTO: ASYNC AT THE PARK AVENUE ARMORY

The Last Emperor) performs his latest and most personal work, the acclaimed async, conceived as the soundtrack to a non-existent Tarkovsky film. This intimate concert documentary witnesses Sakamoto layering organic and electronic sounds across programmed instruments under a luminous projection screen.

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SHOPLIFTERS HIROKAZU KORE-EDA / JAPAN / 2018 / 121 MIN

Scrambling just below the radar is a rag-tag family that subsists on petty thievery. When they decide to take in a young girl from the cold, the unspeakable secrets that hold this improvised household together start to spell danger.

Creative living and the hardest bonds to break enliven this nimble and heart-wrenching winner of the 2018 Cannes Film Festival.

VISION NAOMI KAWASE / JAPAN, FRANCE / 2018 / 109 MIN

A forest ranger is visited by a French journalist in search of a mythic plant thought to alleviate all suffering. The visitor is soon revealed to be more than a cultural tourist, but somebody with a mysterious connection to the mountain terrain and to the fabled herb. Another sensuous tale of nature, romance, and transcendence by Naomi Kawase.

YOCHO (FOREBODING) KIYOSHI KUROSAWA / JAPAN / 2017 / 140 MIN

Etsuko might be the only person who can resist the alien Dr. Makebe, who sucks concepts from humans, leaving them blubbering skin bags. As an alien invasion begins, Etsuko must free her husband from Dr. Makebe’s control. Without using special effects, Kurosawa’s latest is minimalist sci-fi thriller, with a soft spot for schleppy heroes.

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FRI 11/16 6:00PM EDMM SAT 11/17 5:00PM MOPA

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SAT 11/10 8:05PM ULTRA MON 11/12 2:00PM ULTRA

D IS C O VER IES From Asia’s most innovative and thought-provoking filmmakers come new stories and new ways of telling them.

MON 11/12 Global warming, increasing typhoons, and rising tide levels 4:50PM threaten to submerge the Pacific Island nation Kiribati ULTRA ANOTE'S ARK

MATTHIEU RYTZ / CANADA / 2018 / 77 MIN

and 4,000 years of culture. Tumultuous and urgent, the film follows President Anote Tong as he pleads within the international climate change community, while Sermary and her six children live the consequences of climate displacement.

ASAKO I & II RYUSUKE HAMAGUCHI / JAPAN, FRANCE / 2018 / 119 MIN

Asako’s first love is a fantasy lifted from the movies: he’s cruelly handsome, heart-stoppingly passionate. Two years later, she meets another man who looks just like him, setting forth a romance of uncanny and unspeakable encounters.

There are multiple sides to everyone, and director Ryuske Hamaguchi has formulated a perfect enigmatic dream for their unexplainable actions.

FATHER TO SON HSIAO YA-CHUAN / TAIWAN / 2018 / 115 MIN

Taiwan’s emerald alleyways and small town merchants are the backdrop for this meditative drama intertwining several families with a mysterious past. Upon learning of his illness, rugged inventor Van Pao-te brings his son to Japan in search of the father who abandoned him as a young child, an event which ripples in the next generation around him.

FRI 11/09 5:30PM ULTRA SUN 11/11 6:20PM ULTRA

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YANG MINGMING / CHINA / 2018 / 117 MIN

writers stuck living together in the cramped eavesdropping confines of old Beijing. Their unusual camaraderie snaps with the dry comedy of flawed lovers and ambition hemmed by codependence.

Preceded by DIRECTOR OF SUCCESS OR: HOW I LEARN TO SHOOT A FILM / Kun-Yu Lai / USA / 2018 / 8 min

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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 8 7:00PM OPENING NIGHT FILM

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1:00PM FATHER TO SON 115 MIN (pg 19)

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1:10PM SHORTS: SECRET UNIVERSAL

SERIAL BUS 87 MIN (pg 29)

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1:25PM BROTHER OF THE YEAR

125 MIN (pg 12)

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3:15PM STAYCATION 61 MIN (pg 11)

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3:15PM A FAMILY TOUR 107 MIN (pg 17)

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4:00PM SHORTS: WHERE ARE YOU

REALLY FROM? 99 MIN (pg 30)

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5:30 - VIRTUAL REALITY FROM TAIWAN 10PM (pg 5)

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3:35PM SHORTS: CAN'T HOLD IT ANYMORE 99 MIN (pg 27)

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5:30PM ASAKO I & II 119 MIN (pg 19)

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3:45PM ORIGIN STORY 106 MIN (pg 10)

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6:20PM WAIKIKI BROTHERS

109 MIN (pg 6)

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4:00PM SUNSET IN MY HOMETOWN

123 MIN (pg 15)

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6:35PM A LAND IMAGINED

95 MIN (pg 13)

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5:20PM DETECTIVE DEE: THE FOUR

HEAVENLY KINGS 131 MIN (pg 16)

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7:00PM DEAR EX 100 MIN (pg 12)

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7:00PM MR. AND MRS. CRUZ

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5:25PM LATE LIFE: THE CHIEN-MING

WANG STORY 99 MIN (pg 10) 6:10PM WHITE RABBIT 71 MIN (pg 11)

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8:00PM THE LAND OF SEONGHYE

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6:30PM SHORTS: QUEER ACTUALLY 91 MIN (pg 29)

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8:45PM LONG DAY'S JOURNEY

INTO NIGHT 133 MIN (pg 24)

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6:45PM MEN ON THE DRAGON 92 MIN (pg 14)

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9:05PM MORI, THE ARTIST'S HABITAT 99 MIN (pg 14)

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8:05PM YOCHO (FOREBODING)

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9:50PM ONE CUT OF THE DEAD 96 MIN (pg 14)

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8:30PM SHORTS: NSFW: NOT SAFE

FOR WUSSIES 90 MIN (pg 28)

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8:55PM VISION 109 MIN (pg 18)

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SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 10 11:00AM SHORTS FOR SHORTIES! 48 MIN (pg 30)

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9:05PM ONE CUT OF THE DEAD

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12:50PM THE BIG HOUSE 119 MIN (pg 7)

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SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 11

1-7PM VIRTUAL REALITY FROM TAIWAN

(pg 5)

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12:00PM REEL VOICES 100 MIN (pg 29)

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1-7PM VIRTUAL REALITY FROM TAIWAN

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1:00PM AUGUST AT AKIKO'S 75 MIN (pg 7) ULTRA

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BIRD SWEET 95 MIN (pg 6)

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2:00PM YOCHO (FOREBODING)

140 MIN (pg 18)

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1:00PM SHORTS: ANIMATION SENSATION 89 MIN (pg 27)

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3:15PM DEAD PIGS

130 MIN (pg 12)

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1:15PM BLOWIN' UP 94 MIN (pg 8)

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1:30PM THE RETURN 84 MIN (pg 25)

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4:00PM SHORTS: SERVING LIFE

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2:10PM MEN ON THE DRAGON

92 MIN (pg 14)

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4:50PM ANOTE'S ARK 77 MIN (pg 19)

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6:00PM DEAR EX 100 MIN (pg 12)

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3:20PM XIAO MEI 95 MIN (pg 15)

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3:25PM BITTER MELON 96 MIN (pg 8)

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6:30PM A BREAD FACTORY: PART 1

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3:45PM 3 FACES 100 MIN (pg 16)

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6:40PM FICTION AND OTHER REALITIES

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4:00PM UNLOVABLE 82 MIN (pg 11)

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8:35PM THE WITNESS 111 MIN (pg 15)

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4:15PM BROTHER OF THE YEAR

125 MIN (pg 12)

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8:45PM A BREAD FACTORY: PART 2

120 MIN (pg 8)

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5:20PM TEN YEARS TAIWAN

108 MIN (pg 26)

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9:00PM THE LEGEND OF THE STARDUST BROTHERS 100 MIN (pg 6)

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5:55PM DEAD PIGS 130 MIN (pg 12)

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6:05PM SHORTS: INTERNATIONAL

DISCOVERIES COMPETITION

97 MIN (pg 27)

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6:20PM ASAKO I & II 119 MIN (pg 19)

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7:00PM CENTERPIECE FILM ULTRA

INVENTING TOMORROW 87 MIN (pg 5) 8:30PM 1985 85 MIN (pg 7)

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8:40PM LONG DAY'S JOURNEY INTO NIGHT 133 MIN (pg 24)

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8:50PM TEN YEARS THAILAND

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9:30PM MYSTERY KUNG FU THEATER

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MONDAY, NOVEMBER 12 12:30PM DEAD SOULS 506 MIN (pg 16)

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1:00PM HOW LONG WILL I LOVE U

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1:30PM MORI, THE ARTIST'S HABITAT

99 MIN (pg 14)

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TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 13 2:15PM ASH IS PUREST WHITE 141 MIN (pg 16)

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4:00PM SHORTS: OVERNIGHT SHIPPING ULTRA

94 MIN (pg 28) 5:15PM SIGNAL ROCK 127 MIN (pg 25)

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5:45PM DETECTIVE DEE: THE FOUR

HEAVENLY KINGS 131 MIN (pg 16)

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Celluloid Jukebox

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6:30PM RYUICHI SAKAMOTO: ASYNC

AT THE PARK AVENUE ARMORY

65 MIN (pg 17)

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7:55PM CALL HER GANDA 94 MIN (pg 9)

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8:10PM FISH BONES 82 MIN (pg 9)

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8:30PM 3 FACES 100 MIN (pg 16)

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8:40PM KILLING 80 MIN (pg 17)

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WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 14 4:00PM SHORTS: OCTOPUS RUPTURE 99 MIN (pg 28)

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4:20PM GRASS 67 MIN (pg 17)

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5:30PM TEN YEARS JAPAN 98 MIN (pg 26)

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5:45PM THE WITNESS 111 MIN (pg 15)

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5:55PM HAVANA DIVAS 90 MIN (pg 10)

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 16 4:00PM TO KILL ALICE 78 MIN (pg 11)

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5:00PM THE ISLAND 42 MIN (pg 24)

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6:00PM SHOPLIFTERS 121 MIN (pg 18)

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6:10PM NERVOUS TRANSLATION

91 MIN (pg 25)

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6:25PM KILLING 80 MIN (pg 17)

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8:15PM BIG BROTHER 101 MIN (pg 12)

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8:30PM SUNSET IN MY HOMETOWN

123 MIN (pg 15)

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SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 17 12:30PM LATE LIFE: THE CHIEN-MING

WANG STORY 99 MIN (pg 10)

MOPA

12:30PM SIR 96 MIN (pg 25)

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2:25PM GIRLS ALWAYS HAPPY

117 MIN (pg 19)

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6:25PM GRADUATION 82 MIN (pg 13)

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2:30PM BUFFALO BOYS 105 MIN (pg 9)

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7:40PM THE THIRD WIFE 94 MIN (pg 26)

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4:45PM INLAND SEA 122 MIN (pg 24)

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7:55PM LEITIS IN WAITING 72 MIN (pg 10)

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5:00PM SHOPLIFTERS 121 MIN (pg 18)

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8:10PM ASH IS PUREST WHITE

141 MIN (pg 16)

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7:15PM CLOSING NIGHT FILM

RAMEN SHOP 90 MIN (pg 5)

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8:20PM A FAMILY TOUR 107 MIN (pg 17)

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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 15 4:00PM BETWEEN TIDES 87 MIN (pg 7)

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5:40PM GO-GO SISTERS 117 MIN (pg 13)

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ULTRA EDMM

Edwards Mira Mesa Stadium

6:25PM SIR 96 MIN (pg 25)

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UCSD

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8:05PM MR. AND MRS. CRUZ

115 MIN (pg 14)

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MOPA

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MR. & MRS. CRUZ RECEPTION

(FREE for LITTLE FOREST ticket holders & badgeholders)

(FREE for Taiwan film ticket holders & badgeholders)

(FREE for MR. & MRS. CRUZ ticket holders and badgeholders)

THUR Nov. 8, 9:00-11:00PM Natural History Museum 1788 El Prado San Diego, CA 92101

FRI Nov. 9, 5:30-6:30PM UCSD Price Center 9500 Gilman Dr. La Jolla, CA 92093

FRI Nov. 9, 5:30-7:00PM Ultrastar Mission Valley 7510 Hazard Center Dr. #100 San Diego, CA 92108

SDAFF AWARDS GALA & AFTER PARTY

QUEER ACTUALLY RECEPTION

FILMMAKER & INDUSTRY BRUNCH

($200 for Pac Arts members; $250 general)

(FREE for QUEER ACTUALLY ticket holders & badgeholders)

(Filmmaker & industry guests only)

SAT Nov. 10, 8:30-10:00PM Ultrastar Mission Valley 7510 Hazard Center Dr. #100 San Diego, CA 92108

SUN Nov. 11, 10:30AM-12:30PM Hazard Center, 3rd Floor 7150 Hazard Center Dr. San Diego, CA 92108

REEL VOICES RECEPTION

CENTERPIECE RECEPTION

(FREE for REEL VOICES ticket holders & badgeholders)

(FREE for INVENTING TOMORROW ticket holders & badgeholders)

MEMBER & BADGEHOLDER RECEPTION

SUN Nov. 11, 1:30-3:00PM Hazard Center, 3rd Floor 7150 Hazard Center Dr. San Diego, CA 92108

SUN Nov. 11, 5:30-7:00PM Ultrastar Mission Valley 7510 Hazard Center Dr. #100 San Diego, CA 92108

SDAFF HAPPY HOURS

GO-GO SISTERS AFTER PARTY

CLOSING NIGHT AFTER PARTY

(Cocktail specials until closing)

(FREE for RAMEN SHOP ticket holders & badgeholders)

SAT Nov. 10, 5:00-9:00PM Port Pavilion at Broadway Pier 1000 N Harbor Dr. San Diego, CA 92101 Gala After Party (FREE for badgeholders)

9:00PM-Midnight

(Suggested donation)

TUES Nov. 13 & WED Nov. 14 7:00-8:30PM Ultrastar Mission Valley 7510 Hazard Center Dr. #100 San Diego, CA 92108

THUR Nov. 15, 7:30PM until close Crab Hut Mira Mesa 8280 Mira Mesa Blvd E San Diego, CA 92126

(FREE for members & badgeholders)

MON Nov. 12, 8:00-9:30PM Ultrastar Mission Valley 7510 Hazard Center Dr. #100 San Diego, CA 92108

SAT Nov. 17, 9:00-11:00PM Natural History Museum 1788 El Prado San Diego, CA 92101

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INLAND SEA KAZUHIRO SODA / JAPAN, USA / 2018 / 122 MIN

Surrounded by cats in a remote Japanese village, fishing is braided into the lifestyles of all its aging but vivacious residents. A documentary that unfolds with easy curiosity and reveals the rhythms and the underlying change of a dwindling way of life.

SAT 11/17 4:45PM DGYM

FRI 11/16 Fresh from the Whitney Biennial, a stunning film that weaves 5:00PM historical footage, interviews, and speculative fiction focused DGYM THE ISLAND

TUAN ANDREW NGUYEN / VIETNAM / 2017 / 42 MIN

entirely on Pulau Bidong, an uninhabitable island that from 1978-1991 became the largest refugee camp postVietnam War. Monumental ruins and national debate mix with mythology as the last man on earth encounters a UN scientist washed ashore.

Preceded by HOÀI (ONGOING, MEMORY) / Quyên Nguyen-Le / USA / 2018 / 11 min THE LAND OF SEONGHYE JUNG HYUNG-SUK / S. KOREA / 2018 / 117 MIN

An award-winning deep dive into the precarious everyday life of Seonghye, a young educated woman typical of Korea’s new invisible poor. With realist tension and a provocatively hopeful ending, this finely crafted drama questions the toll of mediocre survival on our working young.

LONG DAY'S JOURNEY INTO NIGHT BI GAN / CHINA, FRANCE / 2018 / 133 MIN

After returning to his hometown, Luo Hongwu finds in an old clock the photo of a mysterious woman, triggering a romantic and existential quest that will lead him, the audience, and perhaps the entire apparatus of cinema itself, on a nocturnal journey through tangled moebius strips of memory and dreams.

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FRI 11/09 8:00PM ULTRA

FRI 11/09 8:45PM ULTRA SUN 11/11 8:40PM ULTRA

FRI 11/16 Yael, an eight-year-old girl growing up in late 80's Philippines, 6:10PM confronts miracles and disasters both international and very, DGYM NERVOUS TRANSLATION

SHIREEN SENO / PHILIPPINES / 2018 / 91 MIN

very small. With tremendous empathy, imagination and attention to detail, director Shireen Seno evokes a child's world as strange and intimate as a dream.

THE RETURN MALENE CHOI / DENMARK, S. KOREA / 2018 / 84 MIN

Fact and fiction swirl around in this deeply touching experimental doc which follows Karoline and Thomas far from their Denmark home, on a quest to uncover their birth parents in Korea. As feelings deepen for each other, stories from other adoptees unsettle their journey with profound and unpredictable outcomes.

Preceded by JOURNEY VISION PART I AND II / JooYoung Choi / USA, The Cosmic Womb / 2018 / 7 min

SUN 11/11 1:30PM ULTRA

TUE 11/13 Set in the 90’s on a remote Filipino island, Intoy begins to 5:15PM connect the dots between his dwindling romantic prospects ULTRA SIGNAL ROCK

CHITO S.ROÑO / PHILIPPINES / 2018 / 127 MIN

and the stream of women sent as overseas workers. When his sister’s life abroad takes a dangerous turn, Intoy sets out to bring her home with the help of bayanihan and Chito S. Roño’s colorful ensemble cast on his side.

SIR ROHENA GERA / INDIA / 2018 / 96 MIN

A delicate and charming story of thwarted love as widowed villager Ratna takes a Mumbai job as a live-in maid for handsome Ashwin, recovering from a failed engagement.

Transcending savior narratives, Rohena Gera’s latest explores unpredictable agency across modern-day caste divides and the magnetic pull of reinvention.

THUR 11/15 6:25PM EDMM SAT 11/17 12:30PM DGYM

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WED 11/14 5:30PM Produced by Kore-eda, a speculative omnibus from five ULTRA TEN YEARS JAPAN

CHIE HAYAKAWA, YUSUKE KINOSHITA, MEGUMI TSUNO, AKIYO FUJIMORA, KEI ISHIKAWA / JAPAN, HONG KONG / 2018 / 98 MIN

top and emerging Japanese filmmakers who imagine their country in ten years woven through with nefarious technology, population culling, military service, and a city forced underground from pollution.

SUN 11/11 5:20PM Cloaked in poetic sci-fi, mockumentary and high style, five UCSD TEN YEARS TAIWAN

LEKAL SUMI CILANGASAN, RINA B. TSOU, PO-SHUN LU, PEI-JU HSIEH, KEK HUAT LAU / TAIWAN, HONG KONG / 2018 / 108 MIN

up-and-coming filmmakers depict in futuristic terms the fallout from the pressing issues of Taiwan today—from mediadriven morality, nuclear waste, rural poverty, transpacific labor and a generation hazily opting out.

TEN YEARS THAILAND ADITYA ASSARAT, WISIT SASANATIENG, CHULAYARNON SIRIPHOL, APICHATPONG WEERASETHAKUL / THAILAND, HONG KONG / 2018 / 95 MIN

With current political uncertainty suggesting dystopic futures, four Thai filmmakers (including a few juggernauts) imagine their country in urgent terms ten years from now.

Themes range from an absurdist cat takeover fantasy, an audacious sci-fi critique, the military’s attempt to police art, and a luminous entry from the master, Apichatpong Weerasethakul.

THE THIRD WIFE ASH MAYFAIR / VIETNAM / 2018 / 94 MIN

Set in 19th century Vietnam, 14-year-old May is the third wife of a wealthy landowner. As she adjusts to married life with complex relationships, May’s desires blossom. In an ethereal and visually stunning debut, Ash Mayfair captures the struggle of a woman caught between what society wants and what the self demands.

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SUN 11/11 8:50PM ULTRA

WED 11/14 7:40PM ULTRA

S HO R TS

SHORTS: ANIMATION SENSATION

Embark on a fantastic trip through worlds unknown from family birthmarks, mysterious forests, and lively women divers in this international series of animated shorts.

SUN 11/11 1:00PM / ULTRA / 89 MIN

HAENYO, THE WOMEN OF THE SEA Éloïc Gimenez / France / 2018 / 5 min RELATIONSHIPS Chingyu Yang / Taiwan / 2017 / 3 min THE REALM OF DEEPEST KNOWING Seunghee Kim / S. Korea / 2017 / 3 min THE STATE OF THINGS Ryo Orikasa / Japan / 2017 / 4 min CHANGYOU'S JOURNEY Perry S. Chen / USA / 2018 / 6 min REUNION Mai Shirai / USA / 2017 / 1 min TO BE FIONA Fiona Lu / USA / 2017 / 6 min REFLECTION Hannah Park / USA / 2018 / 3 min SONDER Neth Nom / USA / 2018 / 13 min MY FATHER'S ROOM Nari Jang / South Korea / 2016 / 8 min JEOM Kangmin Kim / USA / 2018 / 4 min SPACE BUTTHOLE David Chai / USA / 2017 / 8 min WORLD DESTROYER Rebecca Gill, Anthony Gardea / 2017 / USA / 3 min MOGU AND PEROL Tsuneo Goda / Japan / 2018 / 9 min A RADISH TALE Olivia Asis / USA / 2018 / 4 min THE STARRY NIGHT Lee Jonghoon / South Korea / 2017 / 9 min

SHORTS: CAN’T HOLD IT ANYMORE

Overfull bladders, unibrow harassment, cranky grandparents, audacious women, and the neverending taunt of the claw machine. Shorts about reaching your limit and finding relief in the bushes.

SAT 11/10 3:35PM / ULTRA / 99 min

JUNE Huay-Bing Law / USA / 2018 / 13 min NAI NAI Wyatt Wu / USA / 2018 / 20 min COME & TAKE IT PJ Raval, Ellen Spiro / USA / 2018 / 25 min GAZE Farnoosh Samadi / Iran, Italy / 2017 / 15 min YASAMIN Julia Elihu / USA / 2017 / 14 min SELECTION Shim Kyu Taek / S. Korea / 2017 / 12 min

SHORTS: INTERNATIONAL DISCOVERIES COMPETITION

Cinema proves to be the cruelest intoxicant in these ravishing new shorts that capture the eye, ear, and flesh, tendering urban, rural, and otherworldly spirits with piercing vision. They compete for the SDAFF Best International Short Film Award.

SUN 11/11 6:05PM / ULTRA / 97 min

DOWN THERE Zhengfan Yang / China, France / 2018 / 11 min LILY'S PAIN STORE Chen Li / China / 2018 / 25 min TUNGRUS Rishi Chandna / India / 2018 / 13 min BABYLON Keith Deligero / Philippines / 2017 / 20 min KNOCK, KNOCK, KNOCK Arom Choi / S. Korea, USA / 2018 / 15 min A FAREWELL Yifei He / China, USA / 2018 / 13 min SHORTS

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SHORTS: NSFW - NOT SAFE FOR WUSSIES

From dark K-Town host bars to a cat in plastic conehead, strange tensions and unusual desires redefine safety in these playful, shocking, and sensual shorts.

SAT 11/10 8:30PM / ULTRA / 90 min

GOOD HANDS GOOD FEET Marshall Law / Taiwan / 2018 / 13 min MONOGAMISH Nardeep Khurmi / USA / 2018 / 13 min DON'T CRY WITH ME Hiroaki Kubo / Japan / 2017 / 15 min CLIQUE BAIT Anna Mikami / Hong Kong, USA / 2018 / 15 min NIGHT FAT Dolan Chorng / USA / 2018 / 9 min THE TREE Chuhao Liu / USA / 2017 / 13 min KOREATOWN Grant Hyun / USA / 2018 / 12 min

SHORTS: OCTOPUS RUPTURE

A salty explosion of the irreverent and fantastic mixed with breakdowns, probings, sci-fi, and revolutionary food. Literal ruptures included.

WED 11/14 4:00PM / ULTRA / 99 min

THE CLEANER Bowon Kim / South Korea / 2018 / 20 min COSMIC DENTAL ASSOCIATES OF CLIFTON, NJ JP Chan / USA / 2018 / 3 min ALIENS OF EXTRAORDINARY ABILITY Molmol Kuo / USA / 2018 / 14 min MANONG NG PA-ALING E del Mundo / Philippines USA / 2018 / 15 min LUMPIA CAMPESINA Robert Karimi / USA / 2017 / 9 min OKAASAN (MOM) Kana Hatakeyama / Japan, USA / 2018 / 18 min JUST A KID FROM SEATTLE JJ Augustavo / USA / 2018 / 20 min

SHORTS: OVERNIGHT SHIPPING

Imagine Bruce Lee’s Game of Death except instead of Kareem at the top of the pagoda… it’s Love. Yes, Love, kickboxing in all its romantic, familial and heroic splendor.

TUE 11/13 4:00PM / ULTRA / 94 min

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THE WORLD OF MIMI Dong-ki Yoon / South Korea / 2018 / 22 min THE PILGRIMAGE Kevin Duncan Wong / USA / 2018 / 15 min MATCH Zulfiya Hamzaki / USA / 2018 / 7 min MA Andrew Chung / Canada / 2018 / 11 min IF NOT Phyllis Grae Grande / Philippines / 2017 / 19 min UNINVITED Seung Yeob Lee / South Korea / 2017 / 20 min

SHORTS: QUEER ACTUALLY

From a hockey rink and dance club to a mother’s funeral, the emotions that bind crash upon life’s decisive moments.

SALAMAGAN Elisa Oh / USA / 2018 / 12 min FINDING HOME Abraham Troen / USA / 2017 / 19 min LIONS IN WAITING Jason Karman / Canada / 2017 / 18 min LIMBOLAND Melanie Ramos / USA / 2018 / 18 min ZERO ONE Nick Neon / USA / 2018 / 24 min

SAT 11/10 6:30PM / ULTRA / 91 min

SHORTS: REEL VOICES 2018

Mental health, cultural identity, and homelessness are just some of the diverse topics addressed in this impressive collection of documentaries produced by high school students in the 2018 Reel Voices filmmaking class.

SUN 11/11 12:00PM / ULTRA / 100 min

FOLLOW YOUR HEART Madeline Atwater / USA / 2018 / 5 min AMERICAN BORN CONFUSED DESI Anvita Gurung / USA / 2018 / 8 min GREATER THAN HOMELESS Katie Jose / USA / 2018 / 4 min FOR NEVER Trish Lai / USA / 2018 / 3 min BRUJERÍA Vivian Munoz / USA / 2018 / 7 min FOR HERE OR TO GO Ryan Nguyen / USA / 2018 / 6 min STROKES FROM NATURE Sidney Oung / USA / 2018 / 4 min DEPENDENT Drake Presto / USA / 2018 / 8 min LA ÚNICA OPCIÓN Clara Siliezar / USA / 2018 / 8 min TO ALL THE FOODS I CAN’T EAT Berean Smith / USA / 2018 / 5 min

SHORTS: SECRET UNIVERSAL SERIAL BUS

Consider these shorts as messages to the world, smuggled out on a secret USB, embedded in artificial contact lenses, Instagram memes, encrypted memos, and all kinds of surreal border crossings.

SAT 11/10 1:10PM / ULTRA / 87 min

FIRST GENERATION Jeannie Nguyen / USA / 2017 / 9 min NICE Andrew Ahn / USA / 2018 / 22 min SHARE Barna Szász & Ellie Wen / USA / 2018 / 13 min AFTER/LIFE Puck Lo / USA / 2018 / 15 min SUMMER ORANGE Chen Xu / USA / 2018 / 28 min

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From reenactments of Duterte’s unofficial killings, a single mother wrestling with lice, and a hilarious game of telephone, these shorts consider the body’s social entanglements, even when flesh and blood might be physically absent.

MON 11/12 4:00PM / ULTRA / 93 min

KILLINGS Joseph Mangat / Philippines, USA / 2018 / 10 min JIEJIE Feng I Fiona Roan / USA / 2018 / 15 min $30 TO ANTARTICA Joey Chu / Hong Kong, Antarctica, USA / 2017 / 18 min ALICE AT THE STORE Chris Woon-Chen / USA / 2018 / 19 min ONE LAST TASTE Yucong Chen / USA / 2018 / 5 min MILK Winnifred Jong / Canada / 2017 / 2 min A YEAR Jisun Jamie Kim / Nepal, USA / 2018 / 13 min TIDES Masami Kawai / USA / 2018 / 11 min

SHORTS: SHORTS FOR SHORTIES!

A selection of family-friendly shorts to empower and excite the coming generation of bright, young dreamers and achievers.

EVOLVE ME Daniel Chung / USA / 2018 / 3 min

BIG TOP DREAMS Mirza Jaafar, Amanda Chee, Soh Fia / Singapore / 2017 / 7 min YOKO Wesley Fuh / USA / 2018 / 6 min

SLURP Anya Martin / USA / 2018 / 2 min

EVERYBODY ELSE IS TAKEN Jessica Grace Smith / New Zealand / 2017 / 14 min

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INDEX F E AT U R E FI LMS

3 Faces..................................pg 16 1985.....................................pg 7 Anote's Ark............................pg 19 Asako I & II............................pg 19 Ash Is Purest White...............pg 16 August At Akiko's..................pg 7 Between Tides.......................pg 7 Big Brother............................pg 12 Big House.............................pg 7 Bitter Melon..........................pg 8 Blowin' Up............................pg 8 Bread Factory, Part One.........pg 8 Bread Factory, Part Two..........pg 8 Brother Of The Year...............pg 12 Buffalo Boys..........................pg 9 Call Her Ganda......................pg 9 Dead Pigs..............................pg 12 Dead Souls............................pg 16 Dear Ex..................................pg 12 Detective Dee: The Four Heavenly Kings...................pg 16 Family Tour, A........................pg 17 Father To Son.........................pg 19 Fiction And Other Realities..............................pg 9 Fish Bones.............................pg 9 Girls Always Happy................pg 19 Go-Go Sisters........................pg 13 Graduation............................pg 13 Grass.....................................pg 17 Havana Divas........................pg 10 How Long Will I Love U.........pg 13 Inland Sea.............................pg 24 Inventing Tomorrow..............pg 5 Island, The.............................pg 24 Killing...................................pg 17 Land Imagined, A..................pg 13 Land Of Seonghye.................pg 24 Late Life: The Chien-Ming Wang Story..........................pg 10 Legend Of The Stardust Brothers..............................pg 6 Leitis In Waiting....................pg 10 Little Forest...........................pg 5 Long Day's Journey Into Night............................pg 24 Men On The Dragon..............pg 14 Moon Fascinating, Bird Sweet...........................pg 6 Mori, The Artist's Habitat.......pg 14 Mr. And Mrs. Cruz..................pg 14 Nervous Translation...............pg 25 One Cut Of The Dead.............pg 14 Origin Story...........................pg 10 Ramen Shop.........................pg 5 Return, The............................pg 25 Ryuichi Sakamoto: Async At The Park Avenue Armory......pg 17 Shoplifters............................pg 18 Signal Rock...........................pg 25 Sir ........................................pg 25 Staycation.............................pg 11

Sunset In My Hometown.......pg 15 Ten Years Japan.....................pg 26 Ten Years Taiwan....................pg 26 Ten Years Thailand.................pg 26 Third Wife.............................pg 26 To Kill Alice............................pg 11 Unlovable.............................pg 11 Waikiki Brothers....................pg 6 White Rabbit.........................pg 11 Witness, The..........................pg 15 Xiao Mei................................pg 15 Vision....................................pg 18 Yocho (Foreboding)...............pg 18

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$30 To Antarctica...................pg 30 A Farewell.............................pg 27 A Radish Tale.........................pg 27 A Year....................................pg 30 After/Life...............................pg 29 Alice at the Store...................pg 30 Aliens of Extraordinary Ability..................................pg 28 American Born Confused Desi.....................................pg 29 Apple Harvest........................pg 30 Babylon.................................pg 27 Big Top Dreams.....................pg 30 BrujerÍa.................................pg 29 Changyou's Journey.............pg 27 Clique Bait............................pg 28 Come & Take It......................pg 27 Cosmic Dental Associates of Clifton, NJ.......................pg 28 Dependent............................pg 29 Director of Success or: How I Learned to Shoot A Film.....pg 19 Don’t Cry With Me.................pg 28 Down There...........................pg 27 Everybody Else Is Taken.........pg 30 Evolve Me.............................pg 30 FILL and Moo.........................pg 30 Finding Home.......................pg 29 First Generation....................pg 29 Follow Your Heart..................pg 29 For Here or To Go...................pg 29 For Never..............................pg 29 Fuck Me or Destroy Me..........pg 9 Gaze......................................pg 27 Good Hands Good Feet.........pg 28 Grandmother and Me...........pg 10 Greater Than Homeless.........pg 29 Haenyo, The Women of The Sea................................pg 27 Hoài (ongoing, memory).......pg 24 Hot Spring............................pg 30 If Not.....................................pg 28 JEOM....................................pg 27 Jiejie.....................................pg 30 Journey Vision Part I & II.......pg 25 June......................................pg 27 Just a Kid from Seattle..........pg 28

Killings..................................pg 30 Kimchi..................................pg 30 Knock, Knock, Knock.............pg 27 Koreatown.............................pg 28 La Única Opción....................pg 29 Letter to My Children............pg 30 Lily's Pain Store.....................pg 27 Limboland.............................pg 29 Lions in Waiting....................pg 29 Liquor Store Babies...............pg 11 Lumpia Campesina...............pg 28 Ma........................................pg 28 Man of Pa-Aling....................pg 28 Match....................................pg 28 Maybe...................................pg 8 Mea Culpa.............................pg 14 Milk......................................pg 30 Mogu & Perol........................pg 27 Monogamish........................pg 28 My Father's Room.................pg 27 Nai Nai..................................pg 27 Nice.......................................pg 29 Night Fat...............................pg 28 Okaasan (mom).....................pg 28 One Last Taste.......................pg 30 Our Man in Tokyo (The Ballad of Shin Miyata).........pg 30 Practice.................................pg 12 Reflection..............................pg 27 Relationships........................pg 27 Reunion................................pg 27 Salamagan............................pg 29 Selection...............................pg 27 Share....................................pg 29 Side by Side: Out of a South Korean Orphanage and Into the World..............pg 30 Slurp.....................................pg 30 Sonder..................................pg 27 Space Butthole......................pg 27 Strokes From Nature.............pg 29 Summer Orange...................pg 29 The Cleaner...........................pg 28 The Crystal City......................pg 30 The Pilgrimage......................pg 28 The Realm of Deepest Knowing..............................pg 27 The Starry Night....................pg 27 The State of Things................pg 27 The Train Hamasen................pg 5 The Tree.................................pg 28 The world of MIMI.................pg 28 Tides.....................................pg 30 To All The Foods I Can't Eat....pg 29 To Be Fiona............................pg 27 Tungrus.................................pg 27 Uninvited..............................pg 28 World Destroyer....................pg 27 Yasamin................................pg 27 YOKO.....................................pg 30 Your Spiritual Temple Sucks...................................pg 5 Zero One...............................pg 29 INDEX

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