SHORTS PROGRAM

Free admission to this screening for students!

From Arts Engine, the producers of the Media That Matters Film Festival, comes this collection of Asian American-made or -themed documentaries, providing a thought-provoking and even incendiary mix of issues and ideas. Featured films include the following:

• DAY OF REMEMBRANCE, dir. Cynthia Fujikawa (8 min.)
• A GIRL NAMED KAI, dir. Kai Ling Xue (8 min.)
• HOW WAL-MART CAME TO HASLETT, dir. Meerkat Media Collective (3 min.)
• NIGHT VISIONS, dir. Kathy Huang (7 min.)
• THE RULES OF THE GAME, dir. Garance Burke and Monica Lam (27 min.)
• SLIP OF THE TONGUE, dir. Karen Lum (4 min.)
• SOMETHING OTHER THAN OTHER, dir. Jerry A. Henry and Andrea J. Chia (7 min.)
• VISION TEST, dir. Wes Kim (6 min.)

Official site: www.artsengine.net

For the third year in a row, San Diego Asian Film Festival graces us once again with a collection of the latest and greatest animated films as curated by animator and film programmer extraordinaire, Sam Chen (ETERNAL GAZE, NWAAFF 2003). Prepare to be dazzled! Featured films include the following:

• THE DANCING THIEF, dir. Meng Vue (2 min.)
• FUMI AND THE BAD LUCK FOOT, dir. David Chai (7 min.)
• KUNGFU GECKO, dir. Nickson Fong (6 min.)
• GORILLA, dir. Kyu-Shik (Eric) Choi (2 min.)
• MUMUHUG, dir. Vick Wang (4 min.)
• SCOPE, dir. Makoto Yabuki (3 min.)
• MUSASHINO PLATEAU, dir. Nobuo Takahashi (2 min.)
• OH HISSE, dir. Hikaru Yamakawa (6 min.)
• ZONKED, dir. Marco Li (2 min.)
• PIN POINT, dir. James Kim (3 min.)
• THE SUNSHINE, dir. Ming Chang (3 min.)
• DOLL FACE, dir. Andy Huang (4 min.)
• IN SEARCH OF THE PUPPETEER, dir. Chih-ming Chang (5 min.)
• BEAUTIFUL EYES, dir. Will Kim (4 min.)
• GLIMMER, dir. Donald Phan (3 min.)
• THE FLY, dir. Hanjin Song (2 min.)
• TALKING ABOUT AMY, dir. Yorico Murakami (8 min.)
• MIRAGE, dir. Youngwoong Jang (9 min.)
• TOYARTIST: PAPA & BABY, dir. Wooksang Chang, Hyejin Kim, Jaemin Lee, Younghee Choi, Donghyuk Choi, Chigon Park (7 min.)

Official site: www.sdaff.org

SHORTS PROGRAM

Come celebrate Northwest filmmakers at this program of regional shorts! Featured films include the following:

• COMMUNITY STORIES: UNCLE JIMMY, dir. Shannon Gee (10 min.)
• HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY, dir. Mark Ratzlaff, prod. Jessica Cheung (13 min.)
• THE INVISIBLE DOG, dir. Madeleine Grant, prod. Jessica Cheung (7 min.)
• LITTLE RED RIDING HOOD, dir. SJ Chiro (11 min.)
• PALWEISER BEER, dir. Brad Wilke (10 min.)
• ROOM 710, dir. Ann Marie Fleming (8 min.)
• SMELLS LIKE FISH SAUCE, dir. Chau Nguyen, Tony Ngo, Boon Tran, Quang Pham (4 min.)
• TOKIWA, dir. Doug Ing (6 min.)

Many filmmakers in attendance! Come meet the artists!

Also featured in the program: An assortment of trailers and sneak peeks of works-in-progress from a host of Seattle-area filmmakers.

COLMA: THE MUSICAL

Seattle premiere!

Taking place in the suburban town of Colma, where the dead outnumber the living 1500 to 1, COLMA: THE MUSICAL takes the music of H.P. Mendoza and weaves it into a fresh personal look into the ups and downs of early adulthood.

Best pals Rodel, Billy, and Maribel find themselves in a state of limbo; fresh out of high school, they are just beginning to explore a new world of part-time mall jobs and crashing college parties. As newfound revelations and romances challenge their relationships with one another and their parents, the trio must assess what to hold onto, and how to best follow their dreams.

With 13 original musical numbers, you'll be singing along with the musical that the LA Weekly proclaimed had "more wit, energy, and imagination in any one frame...than in an entire decade's worth of lame Hollywood attempts to revivify the genre."

Special guest filmmaker Richard Wong scheduled to attend the screening!

Special Jury Prize, San Francisco International Asian American Film Festival • Special Jury Prize, Los Angeles VC International Asian Pacific Film Festival • Special Jury Prize, San Diego Asian Film Festival • Nominee, Independent Spirit Awards

WRITER: H.P. Mendoza
DIRECTOR: Richard Wong
Official site: www.colmafilm.com

CINEOKE!
presented by THREE DOLLAR BILL CINEMA

It's party time! Join us for year two of CINEOKE hosted by Three Dollar Bill Cinema. What's CINEOKE? In the words of Three Dollar Bill, "It's like karaoke -- only better! You're the star of your favorite movie musical!" Pick a scene to sing along to while the film and lyrics are projected onto the screen. Choose from one of hundreds of songs in the CINEOKE songbook, or bring in your own DVD or VHS to wow the audience. With FLOWER DRUM SONG finally out on DVD, you really have no excuse not to sing!