by Patricia Frischer
The San Diego Asian Film Festival is November 5–14 in its 27th year bringing its largest program yet to San Diego with 190 films from more than 30 countries and 30 languages. The six short films at MCASD are a tiny taste of what you can expect and they are as varied as the word Asian can be. There are swimming animations, rock climbing and angel performance artists, calisthenics, a made-up animal, a fire spirit and a heat images vision of a city. You can see descriptions of all the films on their site with brief descriptions of the six films in the first set called READY TO POP.
The San Diego Asian Film Festival is offering two unique programs of short films on view through a special partnership with the Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego. SDAFF programs run hourly in MCASD’s downstairs galleries (3rd floor down near the elevator).
Regular museum admission allows access to SDAFF’s SHORTS @MCASD films. READY TO POP is Thur. Nov 5 – Sun Nov 8 and is report on here. PHASE RELATIONS is Thus. Nov 12 to Sun Nov 15.
You
can also see Visiones
Nocturnas: Queer Nightlife in Contemporary Art while you are there
which is reported on by SDVAN.
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KARA:
THE BURNING WOMAN - Si Kara: Ang Babaye Nga Nagdaba-daba directed by Dale. Amidst
killings in their countryside community, residents evolve deadly antibodies
with toxic gases fatal to nonresidents. In the city, Kara experiences an
extreme increase in body temperature, while her father attempts to cool her
down in absurd ways. |
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| KARA: THE BURNING WOMAN - Si Kara: Ang Babaye Nga Nagdaba-daba directed by Dale |
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| KARA: THE BURNING WOMAN - Si Kara: Ang Babaye Nga Nagdaba-daba directed by Dale |
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THE TIMES ARE CALLING directed by Shu Chutian. Soft resistance comes alive in the midst of one of the most familiar sets of radio calisthenics practiced by Chinese middle and high school students. |
THE TIMES ARE CALLING directed by Shu Chutian.
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YOUR
CITY directed
by Ting Su. A fragmented memoir-diary disguised as a disaster film. What
begins as a mundane phone call slowly unravels into a storm of uncertainty.
Between Shenzhen and New York, cities built by migration and constant change:
two queer voices, a river of analog film and thermal imagery. |
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HEAD OF A CAMEL directed by Shannon Lee. A Korean American woman attempts to connect with her cultural roots by conjuring up a mystical creature from an ancient Daoist recipe. |
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TAMASHI
directed
by Ashima Shiraishi, Jess X. Snow Water once flowed in the desert of
Payahuunadu valley. Ashima Shiraishi, a former child prodigy climber, alongside
their butoh dancer father, offers a ceremony of climbing and dance to invite
healing to both their fractured relationship and the land of Paiute. |
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| TAMASHI directed by Ashima Shiraishi, Jess X. Snow |
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| TAMASHI directed by Ashima Shiraishi, Jess X. Snow |
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| BEACH DAY directed by Damian Gong. BEACH DAY Fish, bodybuilders, and soccer games re-materialize in a boy's mind. as part of the San Diego Asian Film Festival |
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| BEACH DAY directed by Damian Gong. |
READY TO POP is Thur. Nov 5 – Sun Nov 8
and PHASE RELATIONS Thus. Nov 12 to Sun Nov 15
The Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego
700 Prospect St.,La Jolla, CA 92037
Thursday—Saturday: 11AM—7PM, Sunday: 11AM—5PM
and PHASE RELATIONS Thus. Nov 12 to Sun Nov 15
The Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego
700 Prospect St., La Jolla, CA 92037
Thursday—Saturday: 11AM—7PM, Sunday: 11AM—5PM
Free every second Sunday and third Thursday of the month
The San Diego Asian Film Festival November 5–14 at various venues
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