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All films will be screened at Paramount Center, unless noted otherwise. Many films have not been rated, viewer discretion advised.
Thursday, October 22 7:30 PM Seoul Searching [Opening Night Film] @Brattle Theatre, Harvard Square Q&A with Director Benson Lee, Uatchet Jin Juch and Nekhebet Kum Juch ONLINE TICKET SALES ARE NOW CLOSED, PLEASE PURCHASE TICKETS AT BRATTLE THEATRE. TICKETS ARE $20 at the door. | MORE INFO Friday, October 23 7:00 PM My Life in China SOLD OUT | MORE INFO Q&A with Director Kenneth Eng and father, Yau King Eng 9:00 PM Shorts: Redefining Home (6 Shorts) SOLD OUT | MORE INFO East of Hollywood / D. Asian / My Hot Mom Gandhi / My Sister Swallowed the Zoo / Next Like / Distance Between Q&A with various filmmakers Saturday, October 24 12:00 PM FREE Panel: Asian Americans and New Media @ Wolff Auditorium, Tufts Medical Center RSVP TICKETS | MORE INFO 1:30 PM Help Us Find Sunil Tripathi Q&A with Director Neal Broffman, Judy Tripathi BUY TICKETS | MORE INFO 4:00 PM Shorts: Queer at Home (7 Shorts) BUY TICKETS | MORE INFO Dol / Paper Wrap Fire / Ordinary Family / FU377 / Coming Home / Draft Day / Brokeback that Ass Up 6:15 PM The Killing Fields of Dr. Haing S. Ngor [Centerpiece Film] Q&A with Director Arthur Dong BUY TICKETS | MORE INFO 9:00 PM Crush the Skull Q&A with lead actor, co-writer and co-producer, Chris Dinh BUY TICKETS | MORE INFO Sunday, October 25 1:00 PM Shorts: Home in America (6 Shorts) BUY TICKETS | MORE INFO Closeness / Leadway / Giap's Last Day at the Ironing Board Factory / Fall Seven Times, Get Up Eight / El Chino / Finding Cleveland Q&A with various filmmakers 3:00 PM Off the Menu / Preceded by Sugarless Tea BUY TICKETS | MORE INFO 5:00 PM Miss India America [Closing Night Film] Q&A with Writer and Actress Meera Simhan and Actress Anjali Bhimani. BUY TICKETS | MORE INFO |
Guests attending (Not full list of guests)
OPENING NIGHT FILM - Seoul Searching
Film contains mature content. Viewer discretion is advised.
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ONLINE TICKET SALES ARE NOW CLOSED, PLEASE PURCHASE TICKETS AT BRATTLE THEATRE. Tickets are $20 at the door.
Thursday, October 22, 7:30pm Brattle Theatre (40 Brattle Street, Cambridge) Followed by Q&A with Director Benson Lee New England Premiere Directed by Benson Lee 2015 | 105 mins | USA | Comedy A 1980’s John Hughes inspired romantic teen comedy about a group of Korean misfits from around the world forced by their parents to attend a cultural propaganda camp in Seoul resulting in the best summer of their lives. READ MORE... Ticket includes admission to screening and Totally Awesome 80s Afterparty. |
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Waitlist will be available 1 hour before the show for rush tickets at the Paramount box office. 
My Life in China88 mins | USA
Directed by Kenneth Eng Friday, October 23, 7:00PM The Paramount Center (559 Washington St., Boston) Followed by Q&A with Director Kenneth Eng and father, Yau King Eng in attendance "My Life in China" is a personal film that takes viewers on a journey to rural China where an emotional revelation takes place. Every family has a special story. In America, everyone has a family story of immigration. Everyone, at some point, has had somebody in their family leave their native country behind to search for a better life. How did they hold onto their identity? How did they adapt to their new life? In my case, it’s my Chinese-American story. READ MORE... |
SOLD OUT!
Waitlist will be available 1 hour before the show for rush tickets at the Paramount box office. Shorts: REdefining home
6 films | 76 mins
Friday, October 23, 9:00PM The Paramount Center (559 Washington St., Boston) Directors Chris Caccioppoli and Maya Yu Zhang, Traci Bingham and Michael Tow in attendance. East of Hollywood (dir. Chris Caccioppoli) D. Asian (dir. Sarah Smith) My Hot Mom Gandhi (dir. Reena Karia) My Sister Swallowed the Zoo (dir. Maya Yu Zhang) Next Like (dir. Milton Ng) Distance Between (dir. R. J. Lozada) Brutally honest and unrelenting, Redefining Home challenges our notions of identity, political correctness, and family expectations. Follow an Indian American couple who consider wearing politically sensitive costumes to a Halloween party; an argument between a daughter in America and her mother in China over her film career prospects; a white 4th grader who identifies as Asian on a standardized test; two aspiring TV actors who help each other audition for roles neither stereotypical nor demeaning. These shorts beckon us to reexamine our preconceptions. READ MORE... |
Enjoy all the film screenings and events by purchasing a FESTIVAL PASS today!
Festival Pass (includes admission to all film screenings and panel, T-shirt, invitations to private events) - One (1) Festival Pass, which grants admission to all screenings (over 25 films) - Exclusive invitation to private activities - BAAFF T-shirt |
Free Community panel: Asian americans and new mediaSaturday, October 24, 12:00PM
Wolff Auditorium, Tufts Medical Center Have Asian Americans created a new “home” through New Media (streaming, on demand, online)? Advances in technology have changed audiences access to media—with a tremendous impact on both consumers and producers of content. How has that impact affected Asian Americans on both a personal and community level? What’s behind the rise of Asian American YouTube stars? What are Asian Americans seeking online? Hear an expert panel’s insider-perspective and contribute your thoughts on Asian Americans and New Media. Panelists include: Jenn Fang, Chris Dinh, and Brad Scholfield READ MORE... |
HELP US FIND SUNIL TRIPATHI2015 | 75 mins | USA/Canada | Documentary Directed by Neal Broffman Saturday, October 24, 1:30PM The Paramount Center (559 Washington St., Boston) Followed by a Q&A with Director Neal Broffman, Judy Tripathi, Ravi Tripathi A fragile and depressed university student disappears from his apartment on a cold winter's night. Four weeks later his name and photo explode across social media and into the mainstream media as 'Suspect #2' in the Boston Marathon bombings. The search for truth derails with tragic consequences as collective fear and suspicion rain down upon a vulnerable family. Exclusive access and never released footage reveal the enduring love of a family in crisis. READ MORE... |
SHORTS:
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THE KILLING FIELDS OF Dr. HAING S. NGOR
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2015 | 87 mins | USA/Canada | Documentary
Directed by Arthur Dong Saturday, October 24, 6:15PM The Paramount Center (559 Washington St., Boston) Followed by Q&A with Director Arthur Dong. When Dr. Haing S. Ngor was forced into labor camps by the Khmer Rouge, little did he know that he would escape four years of torture and be called upon to recreate his experiences in a film that would earn him an Academy Award (R). For the Chinese-Cambodian director, "Nothing has shaped my life as much as surviving the Pol Pot regime. I am a survivor of the Cambodian holocaust. That is who I am." And little did anyone know that some twenty years later, Dr. Ngor would be gunned down in a Los Angeles Chinatown alley. How could it be that he would survive the tyranny of the Khmer Rouge, only to be murdered by gangbangers in America? READ MORE... |
crush the skull2015 | 83 mins | Horror Comedy
Directed by Viet Nguyen Followed by Q&A with Chris Dinh, Lead actor, co-producer, co-writer. Saturday, October 24, 9:00PM The Paramount Center (559 Washington Street, Boston) A highly dysfunctional team of thieves find themselves trapped within a house they intended to rob, only to discover they've wandered into the lair of a deranged serial killer. READ MORE... |
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off the menu / PRECEDED BY SUGARLESS TEA59 mins | Documentary
Directed by Grace Lee Sunday, October 25, 3:00PM The Paramount Center (559 Washington Street, Boston) Sugarless Tea: Fifty four years of separation tethered together by a red string of fate and 10 years of humble restraint. Off the Menu: Asian America is an exploration of food in changing communities, families, traditions, and faiths. Directed by acclaimed filmmaker Grace Lee, we travel from Houston, Texas to New York’s Lower East Side, from Oak Creek, Wisconsin to Oahu, Hawaii seeking stories that reflect an evolving Asian Pacific America and the role food plays in peoples’ lives. READ MORE... |
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CLOSING NIGHT FILM - miss india america95 mins | Comedy | Directed by Ravi Kapoor
Sunday, October 25, 5:00PM The Paramount Center (559 Washington Street, Boston) Followed by Q&A with Writer and Actress Meera Simhan and Actress Anjali Bhimani. The very smart eighteen year-old, Lily Prasad plans on two things; becoming a brain surgeon and marrying her high school sweetheart. But when her boyfriend runs of with the reigning Miss India National beauty pageant queen, she decides that she herself must become the new Miss India National! A comedy where Election and Legally Blonde meets the world of Indian-American beauty pageants. READ MORE... |
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Prices:
Opening Night Tickets: $15 for members, $18 online tickets, $20 at the door Regular tickets: $10 AARW/ArtsEmerson Members: $7.50, accessed via Promo Code Student/Children: $5, must present ID at box office when pick up Seniors: $7.50 |
