Free Film Screening: Unbroken Glass
12 Gates Art Gallery 106 N 2nd St, Philadelphia, PA, United StatesA documentary about hereditary depression in the Indian American community. Director Dinesh Sabu will be in attendance.
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2017 Events
Opening Night: The Dragon Painter
Lightbox Film Center 3701 Chestnut St, Philadelphia, PA, United StatesDirected by William Worthington Starring Japanese immigrant Sessue Hayakawa, this early Hollywood silent film is a fantasy romance about love and creative inspiration. Tatsu (Hayakawa) is a reclusive painter who lives in the mountains, painting images of the dragon princess he loved in another life. Tatsu comes to believe the daughter of a wealthy art …
$10
Stand Up Man
Lightbox Film Center 3701 Chestnut St, Philadelphia, PA, United StatesForced to move back to his hometown of Windsor Canada, wannabe comedian Moses Kim finds his dreams derailed when his parents surprise him and his new wife with the deed to their family restaurant. Life gets more complicated when Moses’ teenage cousin from Korea unexpectedly shows up. Now Moses must navigate his failing restaurant, non-existent …
$5 – $10
Becoming American Shorts
Institute of Contemporary Art 118 S 36th Street, Philadelphia, PA, United StatesThis series of FREE shorts offers a glimpse at a few of the many pathways to becoming an American in both a legal sense and identity. Subjects include Syrian refugees, undocumented college students, and first-generation identity crisis. Filmmakers expected to be in attendance. Go to Where the Light Is Director: Josh Oldham | 7 mins …
Free
Southeast Asian Migration
Institute of Contemporary Art 118 S 36th Street, Philadelphia, PA, United StatesThis collection of FREE shorts tells the varied stories of Southeast Asian Americans whose identities stem from their refugee status and one film about the current Karenni refugee crisis in Thailand. Filmmakers are expected to be in attendance. Float Director: Tristan Seniuk, Tristan Seniuk | 24 mins | USA Set in mid 1990s Seattle, Cambodian-American …
Free
Visions in the Dark: The Pinky Thompson Story
Lightbox Film Center 3701 Chestnut St, Philadelphia, PA, United StatesDirected by Ty Sanga Born in 1924, Myron “Pinky” Thompson was a social worker, activist, educator, soldier, and Native Hawaiian historian. Sustaining a serious eye wound at Normandy during WWII, Pinky wore a head bandage that kept him in the dark for some two years – from that darkness emerged a clear vision of his …
$5 – $10
The Aliens
Directed by Byron Yee Growing up, Jacob used to spend every Saturday night camping in the desert with his disgraced astronomer father, waiting for the extra-terrestrials to arrive. Now an adult, Jacob continues this tradition alone while his ailing father is in the hospital on his deathbed. One night, a Mexican coyote, Maria, walks into …
$5 – $10
Sci-Fi Horror Action
Lightbox Film Center 3701 Chestnut St, Philadelphia, PA, United StatesBack by popular demand for the fifth year running, this year’s FREE program of Sci-Fi, Horror, and Action Genre shorts is a non-stop thrill ride. Subjects include female assassins, mythical monsters, and dark animations. Filmmakers are expected to be in attendance. Model Minority Director: Sean Dacanay | 2 mins | USA In response to the …
$5 – $10
Aunt Lily’s Flower Book
Lightbox Film Center 3701 Chestnut St, Philadelphia, PA, United StatesIn this mixed media theater performance, Emmy-winning musician Mark Izu accompanies his wife and “America’s foremost Asian storyteller” Brenda Wong Aoki to share touching and personal family histories with universal and contemporary appeal. The two acclaimed artists weave memories recorded in a recently discovered family diary with further flourish, story and song tracking over 100 …
$5 – $10