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COSMOPOLITAN
Director: Nisha Ganatra
USA 2003, 53 mins
SAT 03.06 | 500PM Kabuki | SOLD OUT
TUE 03.09 | 715PM Kabuki | SOLD OUT
After his wife leaves him, Gopal (Roshan Seth) must re-invent himself. He looks to Cosmopolitan magazine as a guide—and as means to pursue his divorcée neighbor—but finds there's more to love than its pages suggest. With short BLOODY FOREIGNERS. More info>>
FIRST MORNING (BUOI SANG DAU NAM)
Director: Victor Vu
USA 2003, 90 mins
SUN 03.07 | 715PM Kabuki | SOLD OUT
TUE 03.09 | 915PM Kabuki | FIRS09 | Purchase Tickets>>
SUN 03.21 | 730PM Camera | SOLD OUT
A Vietnamese American family struggles to survive a past no one is ready to admit, let alone accept. Victor Vu's first feature film creates a powerful story about the pains of war and the equally destructive silences that follow. More info>>
FLAVORS
Director: Raj Nidimoru, Krishna DK
USA 2003, 114 mins
FRI 03.05 | 930PM Kabuki | SOLD OUT
WED 03.10 | 730PM Kabuki | FLAV10 | Purchase Tickets>>
FRI 03.19 | 700PM Camera | SOLD OUT
The mating habits of Indian Americans gets an energetic ensemble treatment in this colorful comedy of love, cell phones and layoffs. Don't underestimate the romantic fantasies of that mild-mannered engineer from Hyderabad in the next cubicle! More info>>
INVISIBLE LIGHT (GEU JIP AP)
Director: Gina Kim
South Korea 2003, 78 mins
FRI 03.05 | 700PM PFA | INVI05 | Purchase Tickets>>
SAT 03.06 | 930PM Kabuki | INVI06 | Purchase Tickets>>
A remarkable achievement of psychological cinema, this achingly beautiful film offers an unflinching gaze into two women's darkest hours. Lingering, meticulously framed shots expose the psychological extremes of an unfaithful wife and her husband's younger lover. More info>>
THE RIDE
Director: Nathan Kurosawa
USA 2003, 93 mins
SAT 03.06 | 1215PM Kabuki | SOLD OUT
SUN 03.07 | 930PM Kabuki | SOLD OUT
An arrogant professional surfer nearly drowns, but awakens in turn-of-the-century Waikiki next to legendary surfer Duke Kahanamoku. A surfing film rare in its attention to historical accuracy and Hawaiian culture that captures wisdoms of one of surfing's—and Hawaii's—greatest legends. More info>>
SECOND GENERATION
Director: Jon Sen
UK 2003, 138 mins
MON 03.08 | 700PM Kabuki | SOLD OUT
SAT 03.20 | 445PM Camera | SOLD OUT
Part KING LEAR, part Bollywood melodrama, SECOND GENERATION follows the tangled roots of two British South Asian families as they deal with tradition, identity, duty and extramarital affairs. With a pulsating Asian underground soundtrack by Nitin Sawhney. More info>>
SEE YOU OFF TO THE EDGE OF TOWN
Director: Ching C. Ip
USA/Hong Kong 2002, 87 mins
FRI 03.05 | 900PM PFA | SEEY05 | Purchase Tickets>>
SAT 03.06 | 700PM Kabuki | SEEY06 | Purchase Tickets>>
TUE 03.09 | 100PM Kabuki | SEEY09 | Purchase Tickets>>
A bittersweet story of a family's reunion and separation, Ip's debut feature is a fun and witty we're-off-to-see-the-Grand-Canyon road movie in which love reigns over adversity. More info>>
TAKE OUT
Director: Shih-Ching Tsou, Sean Baker
USA 2003, 91 mins
SUN 03.07 | 215PM Kabuki | SOLD OUT
MON 03.08 | 645PM Kabuki | SOLD OUT
In a desperate race against time, a Chinese-restaurant deliveryman must make $150 in a single day to pay off a loan shark. An unflinchingly brutal, yet humanizing portrait of the illegal immigrant experience in Manhattan. More info>>